I’m Not a Researcher, I’m a Hardware Person: Learning About Collaborative Research

• In Event: Processes and Impacts of Collaborative Self-Study

Abstract

Collaboration is a necessary component of self-study. This paper considers the nuances of a new faculty self-study group. The research draws on over 400 pages of transcripts and 70 pages of letters, collected over the course of a 3 and a half year period. Findings suggest that 1.) epistemological differences about research , influencing teaching practice and identity development, 2.) analysis of data can be challenging in interdisciplinary groups, but is aided by dialogical structures, and 3.) the question of data "ownership" becomes complicated when self study groups open themselves up to new members. The paper raises important questions about the nature of new faculty learning about collaborative research processes.

Author

• Kami M. Patrizio, Viginia Tech