Disciplinary identity as a developmental process across the academic life course¶

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Description¶

The article frames disciplinary identity, or "connection to a particular academic discipline", as something "constructed through a developmental process across a scholar's academic life course". This framing motivates studying how motivations for participating in research relate to identity among undergraduate researchers. It positions identity as formed over time rather than fixed, making undergraduate research participation a site where disciplinary connection can develop.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Requires studying students across their academic life course to capture identity development

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• undergraduate researchers

Target Learning Objectives¶

• development of connection to an academic discipline

Claims¶

Related Theories¶

• Onto-Epistemic Heterogeneity

Examples¶

• Institutions and undergraduate programs can use motivation profiles to encourage student participation in research

Key Sources¶

• Shannon N. Davis, Sarah E. Wagner. (2019). Research Motivations and Undergraduate Researchers' Disciplinary Identity. Sage Open, vol. 9, issue 3. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/research-motivations-and-undergraduate-researchers-disciplinary-identity