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The Nurturing of New Educational Researchers

Dialogues and Debates

  • Within the context of knowledge societies and 21st Century skills, the number of doctoral programs offered in education is expanding at a very rapid rate and concern has shifted from access to doctoral study to the quality of the programs; to this end, we raise what we believe to be the most important issues and summarize ways to address them in order to produce a high quality, workable doctoral program in education.

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Doctoral Education and Training

    • Ulrich Teichler
    Pages 1-25
  3. Commentary On Chapter 1

    • María de Ibarrola
    Pages 27-32
  4. Doctoral Education of Educational Researchers

    • María de Ibarrola
    Pages 33-56
  5. Commentary on Chapter 2

    • Ulrich Teichler
    Pages 57-63
  6. A Two-Track Doctorate in Education

    • Gavriel Salomon
    Pages 65-72
  7. Commentary on Chapter 3

    • Lorin W. Anderson
    Pages 73-75
  8. Commentary on Chapter 3

    • Denis C. Phillips
    Pages 77-80
  9. Commentary on Chapter 4

    • Denis C. Phillips
    Pages 99-102
  10. Commentary on Chapter 4

    • Gavriel Salomon
    Pages 103-105
  11. Great Things from Small Beginnings

    • Denis C. Phillips
    Pages 107-123
  12. Commentary on Chapter 5

    • Lorin W. Anderson
    Pages 125-127
  13. Commentary on Chapter 5

    • María de Ibarrola
    Pages 129-133
  14. Key Questions for Thought and Action

    • Lorin W. Anderson, María de Ibarrola, Denis C. Phillips, Gavriel Salomon, Ulrich Teichler
    Pages 135-148
  15. Back Matter

    Pages 149-150

About this book

Five educational researchers, coming from a variety of higher education institutions, academic disciplines, and cultural backgrounds, met together over a three-year period to discuss the present and future of doctoral education and training in the field of education.  Their hope was that the product of their discussions would enable educators and policy makers around the world to rethink, restructure, and even design new programs to prepare the rising generation of educational researchers in their countries.  These differences in academic, national, and institutional perspectives led to a variety of ways, even conflicting ones, in which the quality of doctoral education and training could be improved.
Based on our discussion, we came to the conclusion that there are no universal solutions to the problems involved in setting up and operating a quality doctoral program.  Rather, educators would be wise to be aware of the alternatives at their disposal and make informed choices based on an understanding of the larger societal and political contexts in their states, regions, or nations.  To facilitate this decision-making process, we have chosen to conclude with a set of key questions that should be addressed by those seeking to examine and improve their doctoral programs in education and briefly describe some of the alternative ways of answering these questions.
Instead of passively absorbing a unified position, then, the reader is invited to join the dialogue that has taken place (and is still taking place) between and among the authors.  To exemplify such a dialogue, each chapter is followed by one or two commentaries written by members of the group.  We would encourage the reader to write commentaries on the individual chapters (and perhaps the commentaries), thereby engaging in a dialogue with the authors on a fairly personal level.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Educational Research, Center for Research and Advanced Studies, Mexico

    María de Ibarrola

  • University of South Carolina, USA

    Lorin W. Anderson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Nurturing of New Educational Researchers

  • Book Subtitle: Dialogues and Debates

  • Editors: María de Ibarrola, Lorin W. Anderson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-698-1

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6209-698-1Published: 11 July 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 150

  • Topics: Education, general

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