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Apprenticeship in science research: whom does it serve?

Davies, P; (2016) Apprenticeship in science research: whom does it serve? Cultural Studies of Science Education , 11 (4) pp. 991-997. 10.1007/s11422-015-9661-0. Green open access

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Abstract

This article advances the thinking of Thompson, Conaway and Dolan’s “Undergraduate students’ development of social, cultural, and human capital in a network research experience”. Set against a background of change in the biosciences, and participation, it firstly explores ideas of what it means to be a scientist, then challenges the current view of the apprenticeship model of career trajectory, before going onto to consider the nature of participation in communities of practice and issues related to underrepresented minority groups in science. Central to this analysis is the place that the notion of habitus plays in thinking about shaping future scientists and the how this can both support, but also suppress, opportunities for individuals through a maintenance of the status quo.

Type: Article
Title: Apprenticeship in science research: whom does it serve?
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1007/s11422-015-9661-0
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11422-015-9661-0
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2016 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11422-015-9661-0
Keywords: Science research, Communities of practice, Habitus, Capital, Undergraduate biology
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1475780
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