Educational Research Sustainability in Higher Education: Reflections on the Concept, Factors, and Actions for its Enhancement

Guerra, Cecília

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“…In this context, some authors [24,28,44,63] have borrowed the idea of sustainability to understand how pedagogical innovation is developed and sustained after the end of the funded period of research-based education projects. This option could be justified mainly given its focus on the relational aspects of the development process of pedagogical innovations (application, implementation, and the post-funding period).…”

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“…In this context, Guerra [28] (p. 10) puts forth a definition of the sustainability of pedagogical innovations developed through funded, research-based education projects in HE: "The sustainable use of pedagogical innovations [ . .…”

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“…Nevertheless, according to different studies [27,28], obtaining a grant to develop a research-based project, particularly in higher education, requires a considerable amount of effort and time on the part of researchers and teachers and is, in most cases, difficult to obtain [29], particularly in research-based education [27].…”

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“…According to Luukkonen [37], impact is related to the effect that the activity has and its results for people, practices, organisations and systems; sustainability is the capacity of the project results and products to persist and remain in use beyond the duration of a funding period. This is what is referred to as the sustainability of pedagogical innovations developed through funded research-based projects [28].…”

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“…Additionally, there are already several studies about the sustainability of research (e.g., [41][42][43]), which demonstrates the need to better understand it, namely, the importance of pursuing research-based education projects focused on the development of pedagogical innovations in higher education (HE) [44]. Nonetheless, much of the literature on sustainability remains theoretical, with little practical guidance on how to sustain research-based education project delivery, implementation strategies, and research outcomes, particularly after the end of a funding period [28,44].…”

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Can Pedagogical Innovations Be Sustainable? One Evaluation Outlook for Research Developed in Portuguese Higher Education

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2021

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Across higher education, teachers have been inspiring themselves (and others) to apply pedagogical innovations grounded in a unifying intention: to prepare students for labour markets and societal challenges. Research-based education has been funded to promote pedagogical innovations with valuable impact on the students’ academic success and/or the teachers’ academic growth. However, there is still few documented research-based evidence that highlight how long-lasting and/or how embedded are the pedagogical innovations in academic practices, particularly when the funding period comes to an end. The purpose of this article is to discuss the extent to which funded national research-based education projects, developed in public Portuguese higher education institutions (universities and polytechnic institutes), have considered the sustainability of research results (e.g., pedagogical innovations), after funding ends. Based on a qualitative research approach, data collection included: document analysis of 39 projects’ materials and conceptions collected with 9 coordinators and 17 key participants from selected projects, through interviews and questionnaires, respectively. Content analysis of data collected showed that there are key factors that contribute to enhance and/or limit the sustainability of research results (e.g., funding and institutional support to maintain innovation). Results and recommendations are put forward to inform educational policies, funding agencies and involved actors (e.g., institution leaders, researchers, and teaching staff) to increase the sustainability of research results.

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Sustentabilidade da investigação em educação: da concepção à implementação de um referencial

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2021

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Este artigo pretende apresentar um recorte do processo metodológico referente ao desenvolvimento de um referencial para a promoção da sustentabilidade de investigação em educação. Este produto decorre de um estudo de investigação e desenvolvimento (I&D), envolvendo a colaboração com diversos agentes-chave do ensino superior português (investigadores e docentes universitários) no desenho, implementação e avaliação da qualidade de estratégias e instrumentos promotoras da sustentabilidade de inovações educativas resultantes da investigação. Os dados foram recolhidos através da aplicação de questionários, realização de entrevistas e observação participante da investigadora do projeto. A análise de conteúdo dos documentos produzidos pelos participantes (ex. artigos científicos produzidos) e a análise dos registos de observação do trabalho desenvolvido na rede (observação participante da investigadora do estudo) é um processo contínuo, com ciclos de reflexão-ação para ajudar a identificar as potencialidades, constrangimentos e definir melhorias para produzir a segunda versão do referencial. Pretende-se, por fim, informar (e direcionar) a sustentabilidade de inovações educativas desenvolvidas a partir de investigação educacional financiada.

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Novus Projects: Innovative Ideas to Build New Opportunities upon Technology-Based Avenues in Higher Education

2022

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This study describes a funding initiative that promotes educational innovation in a higher education institution in Mexico. This initiative, known as Novus, and carried out at Tecnologico de Monterrey, encourages professors to present educational innovation proposals by funding and monitoring research projects that promote student learning and competencies. These projects are based on digital technologies and pedagogies developed on the 26 campuses distributed throughout the country. This article presents a case study in which the historical data of Novus projects from 2012 to 2021 are reviewed. The results show that using digital technologies in these projects has favored more than 65,000 students on more than 1700 courses and the 1000 professors who teach these formative experiences. In addition, there are similar initiatives, especially in Latin America; however, they are still too few to contribute to improving student learning in an unprecedented time. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the digital transformation of educational institutions has been accelerated, with many challenges and obstacles. Therefore, showing the result of initiatives that favor the professionalization of teachers through technological projects based on evidence will illustrate the possibilities for higher education to develop these experiences. This study aims to communicate the main ideas and findings that originated in the projects created with this initiative and to show how these experiences have impacted the teaching-learning processes of university students through the innovation proposed by teachers. The dissemination of these results can generate interest so that other institutions understand the benefits of this initiative and can continue to generate new opportunities for these contexts.

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Educational Research Sustainability in Higher Education: Reflections on the Concept, Factors, and Actions for its Enhancement

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Can Pedagogical Innovations Be Sustainable? One Evaluation Outlook for Research Developed in Portuguese Higher Education

Can Pedagogical Innovations Be Sustainable? One Evaluation Outlook for Research Developed in Portuguese Higher Education

Sustentabilidade da investigação em educação: da concepção à implementação de um referencial

Novus Projects: Innovative Ideas to Build New Opportunities upon Technology-Based Avenues in Higher Education

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