Teaching open and reproducible scholarship: a critical review of the evidence base for current pedagogical methods and their outcomes

Pownall, M. et al. (2023) Teaching open and reproducible scholarship: a critical review of the evidence base for current pedagogical methods and their outcomes. Royal Society Open Science, 10(5), 221255. (doi: 10.1098/rsos.221255) (PMID:37206965) (PMCID:PMC10189598)

Abstract

In recent years, the scientific community has called for improvements in the credibility, robustness and reproducibility of research, characterized by increased interest and promotion of open and transparent research practices. While progress has been positive, there is a lack of consideration about how this approach can be embedded into undergraduate and postgraduate research training. Specifically, a critical overview of the literature which investigates how integrating open and reproducible science may influence student outcomes is needed. In this paper, we provide the first critical review of literature surrounding the integration of open and reproducible scholarship into teaching and learning and its associated outcomes in students. Our review highlighted how embedding open and reproducible scholarship appears to be associated with (i) students' scientific literacies (i.e. students’ understanding of open research, consumption of science and the development of transferable skills); (ii) student engagement (i.e. motivation and engagement with learning, collaboration and engagement in open research) and (iii) students' attitudes towards science (i.e. trust in science and confidence in research findings). However, our review also identified a need for more robust and rigorous methods within pedagogical research, including more interventional and experimental evaluations of teaching practice. We discuss implications for teaching and learning scholarship.

• Item Type: Articles
• Additional Information: T.G.M. is supported by a UKRI/ESRC rapid call grant, K.M.S. by Health Research Board Applying Research into Policy and Practice Fellowship, R.M.R. is supported by the John Templeton Foundation (grant ID: 62631) and B.J.I. by a Northern Ireland Department for the Economy Research Studentship.
• Keywords: Pedagogy, open scholarship, open science, teaching, higher education, open research.
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Jamieson, Ms Michelle and Bartlett, Dr James

Creator Roles

Jamieson, M.: Writing – original draft
Bartlett, J. E.: Writing – original draft

• Authors: Pownall, M., Azevedo, F., König, L. M., Slack, H. R., Evans, T. R., Flack, Z., Grinschgl, S., Elsherif, M. M., Gilligan-Lee, K. A., de Oliveira, C. M. F., Gjoneska, B., Kalandadze, T., Button, K., Ashcroft-Jones, S., Terry, J., Albayrak-Aydemir, N., Děchtěrenko, F., Alzahawi, S., Baker, B. J., Pittelkow, M.-M., Riedl, L., Schmidt, K., Pennington, C. R., Shaw, J. J., Lüke, T., Makel, M. C., Hartmann, H., Zaneva, M., Walker, D., Verheyen, S., Cox, D., Mattschey, J., Gallagher-Mitchell, T., Branney, P., Weisberg, Y., Izydorczak, K., Al-Hoorie, A. H., Creaven, A.-M., Stewart, S. L. K., Krautter, K., Matvienko-Sikar, K., Westwood, S. J., Arriaga, P., Liu, M., Baum, M. A., Wingen, T., Ross, R. M., O'Mahony, A., Bochynska, A., Jamieson, M., Tromp, M. V., Yeung, S. K., Vasilev, M. R., Gourdon-Kanhukamwe, A., Micheli, L., Konkol, M., Moreau, D., Bartlett, J. E., Clark, K., Brekelmans, G., Gkinopoulos, T., Tyler, S. L., Röer, J. P., Ilchovska, Z. G., Madan, C. R., Robertson, O., Iley, B. J., Guay, S., Sladekova, M., and Sadhwani, S.
• College/School: College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Psychology & Neuroscience; College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences
• Journal Name: Royal Society Open Science
• Publisher: The Royal Society
• ISSN: 2054-5703
• ISSN (Online): 2054-5703
• Published Online: 17 May 2023
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2023 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Royal Society Open Science 10(5): 221255
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License