Graduate Experience in Science Education: the development of a science education course for biomedical science graduate students

The University of Rochester's Graduate Experience in Science Education (GESE) course familiarizes biomedical science graduate students interested in pursuing academic career tracks with a fundamental understanding of some of the theory, principles, and concepts of science education. This one-semester elective course provides graduate students with practical teaching and communication skills to help them better relate science content to, and increase their confidence in, their own teaching abilities. The 2-h weekly sessions include an introduction to cognitive hierarchies, learning styles, and multiple intelligences; modeling and coaching some practical aspects of science education pedagogy; lesson-planning skills; an introduction to instructional methods such as case studies and problem-based learning; and use of computer-based instructional technologies. It is hoped that the early development of knowledge and skills about teaching and learning will encourage graduate students to continue their growth as educators throughout their careers. This article summarizes the GESE course and presents evidence on the effectiveness of this course in providing graduate students with information about teaching and learning that they will use throughout their careers.     

Main trends in graduate study in basic sciences in Turkish universities: a quantitative overview

This paper seeks to trace the development of graduate studies in basic sciences in Turkish universities from origins to the present day. The study includes a sketch of the historical background of higher education from its start in medieval madrasahs and Istanbul Darulfunun (The House of Sciences), to the transition into present-day university education, i.e., to the beginnings of modern graduate study and the emergence of new universities. Empirical statistics are given to substantiate the rapid growth of graduate study and of the number of degrees produced since the 1980s. The mean number of Ph.D. Degrees per year has increased from a few in a single university in the 1930s to nearly a hundred in today's twenty seven universities in Turkey in the 1980s. Finally, a quantitative overview of the growth trends in graduate study in basic sciences as well as an assessment of the present degree productivity of Turkish universities are presented.     

Academic socialization of doctoral students through feedback networks: a qualitative understanding of the graduate feedback landscape

ABSTRACT

Scholars focus on the social nature of academic writing to refine an understanding of feedback interactions in higher education. However, studies on the various sources of feedback – feedback networks – have been scarce, particularly during the initial years of doctoral education. Using a qualitative case study approach, multiple sources of feedback for four students in one doctoral program in the United States were identified in line with broader trends focusing on feedback as a social practice. Informed by the academic socialization framework [Duff, Patricia A. 2012. “Second Language Socialization.” In Handbook of Language Socialization, edited by Alessandro Duranti, Elinor Ochs, and Bambi B. Schieffelin, 564–586. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell], this study aims (1) to navigate the landscape of graduate feedback, including interactions beyond class as well as oral and written feedback, and (2) to elucidate the socialization process. Findings suggest that academic writing development is defined as how feedback is situated within disciplinary, academic communities of interaction. This article describes how the larger network of feedback creates the types of interaction that characterizes the community.     

Continuing professional and career development: the doctoral experience of education alumni at a UK university

This article reports on a study of alumni who completed their doctorates 2, 5 and 10 years ago at a Graduate School of Education in the University of London (n=162). It investigates the circumstances within which these research students started and completed their research and how they have subsequently used their studies, showing the particular place of the Ph.D. and the new Ed.D. in professional development in the field of education internationally. It questions current national proposals to ‘improve’ doctoral ‘training’ in the UK by enhancing students' employability and suggests that policy should be based on the actual employment and other life needs of postgraduate students in different disciplines. It argues that research students are paying for the privilege of satisfying their intellectual curiosity and making an original contribution to knowledge and are as concerned with personal growth as with vocational development.     

Improving the Experience of Postgraduate Research: a survey of the UK support provision for staff and students

Abstract

Over the last decade, staff and students in postgraduate research education have had to find new ways of working in the face of progressively increasing pressures. Fortunately various forms of support have evolved to help. The article briefly outlines the reasons behind the need for support, then reports on the findings of work to survey the support. An appendix gives contact addresses by which the support can be accessed.     

基于大学生职业生涯规划中的思想政治教育研究

2008年以来,教育部明确要求各高校加强大学生的职业生涯规划教育,但是大学生在职业生涯规划中仍然存在思想认识方面的偏差,导致大学生在择业、就业过程中不能找到合适的岗位。思想政治教育能够对大学生职业生涯规划起到积极作用,帮助大学生提高认识,顺利就业。文章探讨了基于大学生职业生涯规划中,通过激发学生提高思想道德素质、系统融入思想政治教育内容、丰富思想政治教育形式、加强思想政治工作队伍建设等四个方面促进大学生职业生涯规划和思想政治教育相结合的途径。     

浅谈研究生毕业前的思想教育工作

研究生是跨世纪的高层次人才,研究生毕业前的思想教育工作是十分重要的,做好这一工作,首先要运用恰当的方法,了解研究在毕业前的思想状况,再依据心理学,教育学理论,从社会环境、学校教育、个人需要等方面进行分析,选择有效的途径和方法。     

论创业型大学研究生培养的定位

针对福州大学最近提出的创业型大学的发展战略,结合作者在研究生培养和管理中的一些经验,提出了一些创业型大学中研究生培养定位的建议．     

博士研究生教育过程中地方政府利益需求的非理性研究

地方政府在博士研究生教育过程中起着重要作用,具有强烈的利益需求参与博士研究生教育事务。这种利益需求有其积极性的一面,也有其非理性的一面。考量利弊,博士研究生教育改革不能忽视地方政府利益需求的非理性。为此,应重视做好三个方面的工作:地方政府要正确认识博士研究生的教育理念、正确发挥其在博士研究生教育过程中的职能,同时还要建立科学公平的博士研究生教育评估制度。     

转变观念创新研究生德育工作机制

创新研究生德育工作机制对促进拔尖创新人才的培养有着重要意义。作者从转变研究生德育工作的思想观念、价值观念、评价观念、育人机制、激励机制等方面论述了如何创新研究生德育工作机制。     

Competing voices: a Figured Worlds approach to theorising graduate perspectives on career success

ABSTRACT

Becoming a university graduate has long been considered the route to individual occupational and social mobility, while educating more citizens has been assumed to add to a nation’s human capital and competitiveness. University education has come to be associated with individual and societal aspiration. However, changes in the labour market associated with globalisation, technology, and fears of graduate underemployment have served to question this. This paper seeks to uncover the meaning that individuals construct about their early careers as they navigate such uncertain contexts. It reports on a study based on the graduate population of one university in England. Analysis tests the value of Figured Worlds theory. Using the construct of ‘self-authoring’, this paper identifies competing voices around employability and career success. Findings reveal how graduates orchestrate varied voices, in order to find ways to figure their experience and what it means to be a successful graduate.     

大学生创业教育实施框架的理论研究

高校创业教育究竟如何定性、如何开展、如何组织与管理？这些问题是每一个已经开展或者即将开展创业教育的高校都必须面对的问题。文章构建的创业教育实施方案理论框架在一定程度上回答了这些问题。     

创新德育手段更新德育内容强化研究生德育工作

研究生德育工作是高校德育工作的重要组成部分,也是高校德育工作的薄弱环节。笔者分析了研究生德育的重要性、紧迫性,提出了提高研究生德育工作针对性和实效性的建议。     

来华留学研究生教育现状分析

从来华留学研究生的规模、生源状况、学科分布、培养模式、管理制度五个方面对来华留学研究生教育现状进行了比较深入的分析。     

地方高校研究生教育创新的实践与思考

随着国家《中长期教育改革和发展规划纲要》(2010-2020)的实施,地方高校研究生教育既面临着改革与发展的新形势,又面临着新挑战。努力克服地方高校经费困境、制度制约等问题,调整、创新培养机制,提高教育质量,才能更好地满足学生接受研究生教育的需要。     

Evaluating the readiness of special education doctoral students to apply the standards of evidence‐based practice to single‐case research

How well doctoral students in special education are prepared to evaluate research as evidence‐based practice (EBP) is likely to impact their careers, as well as the teachers they will train. In developing a method for evaluating the readiness of small cohort groups of doctoral students to apply a research‐based model of EBP, an instrument and procedure were refined in a pilot evaluation and implemented within a multiple baseline design across participants. Participants’ independent and instrument‐guided performance in rating published research was compared to the ratings of two experts in single‐case research design, yielding proportions of agreement across evaluation conditions. Results indicated group readiness to independently conduct the EBP evaluation and individual differences in readiness indicating the need for remediation.