Being a protégé: an autoethnographic view of three teacher education doctoral programs

Those in professional and academic fields generally perceive mentoring as a positive relationship that enhances the lives of protégés. Kram (1985 Kram, K.E. 1985. Mentoring at work: Developmental relationships in organizational life, Lanham, MD: University Press of America.  [Google Scholar]) posits that such relationships between dyads in organisational life are an evolutionary, developmental process. The purpose of this article is to explore protégés’ perspectives on their mentoring relationships within doctoral programs. In order to lessen the insurmountable distance between writers and readers that is often associated with a traditional research study, we employ an autoethnographic approach to research writing. We share our journey after having studied the mentoring relationships within our own doctoral programs. Qualitative data collected over a two‐year period consist of journal entries, email correspondence, and phone conversations. This research offers insight into the mentor–protégé relationship and processes, and it provides implications for practice for protégés and mentors, as well as future research directions.     

博士生学费与博士学制变革

杂费与学费分离之后,对研究生教育的成本分析表明,博士生在非课程学习的研究阶段,学校没有教育成本付出,不应收学费。对博士生学习过程的分析表明,中间一年课程学习将研究阶段分割成两部分,从而造成知识生产与人才培养的双重低效率,博士生学制因此应该变为6年一贯制,将研究阶段的时间相对集中。对现阶段博士生机会成本与未来收益的研究说明,博士生资助是当前政策的关键。     

关于作者署名中共同责任者的思考

科技期刊论文作者署名中共同第一作者、共同通信作者的方式日益增多,学术界对此尚无明确界定;与此同时,该现象还引发了科研成果归属问题等矛盾。针对此种情况,在进行调研的基础上,提出应规范科技期刊第一作者和通信作者署名的建议,即尽量避免共同责任人,科技期刊应重视论文责任人的重要性,预防学术腐败的发生。     

‘Untold’ doctoral stories: can we move beyond cultural narratives of neglect?

This article examines the stories of 24 social sciences doctoral students in three universities, one in Canada and two in the UK, who experienced challenging roads to completion. While their stories confirm earlier findings, they also provide insight into how students' agency and personal networks of relationships may be critical, both as resources and constraints. We argue that these ‘untold stories’ of student agency coupled with supervisor narratives of students ‘not measuring up’ can contribute to a culture of institutional neglect. Pedagogies emphasizing an ethic of care and relational rather than regulatory practices are essential if these conditions are to change.     

英国专业博士教育发展研究

专业博士学位是上世纪90年代引入英国的,虽然只有短暂的发展历史,但近年已成为英国博士教育中发展最快的领域,形成了不同于哲学博士学位的鲜明培养特色。本文介绍了英国专业博士发展背景、发展成因及培养特色,并进一步指出其面临的问题、挑战及对我国专业博士培养的启示。     

Addressing the messiness of data analysis: Praxis,readiness and tips from doctoral research

Despite the fluid and nonlinear nature of data analysis, specifically in qualitative research, published work in comparative education has rarely discussed the messy aspects of data analysis. This Forum addresses the complexity of the analysis stage faced by three doctoral researchers in terms of: considering data analysis when selecting data collection tools; messiness of data analysis deriving from fieldwork and data collection; integrating different data sources; practising reflexivity during data analysis; and ethical issues arising from data analysis. The Forum aims not only to offer suggestions and tips to deal with data analysis but also to encourage more open discussions on this topic within the research community.     

提高理科类专业毕业论文质量的思考与实践

毕业论文是本科教育的重要实践性环节,是培养高级应用型人才的重要途径。文章就导致理科类专业毕业论文质量下降的毕业论文监控体系、管理体制、指导教师数量及业务水平、学生的认识度等因素进行了分析;从高等教育发展、高校办学和学生成才等需求方面总结了提高毕业论文质量的必要性;并结合学校实际,提出了提高毕业论文质量的有效措施。     

The Experience of Doctoral Studies in the UK and France: differences in epistemology,research objects and training

This article investigates how doctoral students perceive their research education in different disciplines in two higher education systems, the UK and France. It explores what underlies the diversity of doctoral students' experiences. Three theoretical positions are identified: the epistemological position, conceptualisation of research objects and organisational structures of research training. A questionnaire on the experiences of research training was distributed to doctoral students in Economics & Management (representative of social sciences) and Chemistry (representative of natural sciences) in France and was compared to a survey carried out earlier in Education (representative of social sciences) and Chemistry (representative of natural sciences) in the UK. Strikingly, similar disciplinary patterns were found in the doctoral research experiences in the two countries. The findings were used to review the three theoretical positions on the experiences of doctoral studies.     

女博士就业初探——基于落实率和求职过程及结果的分析

本文通过对北京某综合性研究型大学2005年-2010年博士毕业生历史数据的梳理,以及对2010届毕业生的问卷调查,比较了男、女博士毕业生的年终落实率和求职过程与结果。研究发现,女博士获得第一个工作机会所需时间长于男博士。但在落实率、获得的工作机会总数、实习期间和实习期后起薪,以及工作满意度方面,均不存在显著的性别差异。基于上述结果,本文讨论了女博士在求职过程和结果上的特殊性,提出了有针对性的辅导建议。     

国外情报学研究生学位论文关键词分布特征分析

本文对2000—2009年PQDD数据库中944篇情报学研究生学位论文进行关键词分析,分析这些学位论文标引的关键词数量分布、关键词频次及高频关键词等的分布特征,以期从研究生学位论文作者标引出的关键词角度出发,探讨国外情报学研究生学位论文及国外情报学研究的特点、热点、规律及可能存在的问题,对新世纪国外情报学研究生教育进行一个新角度的探索。