The Professional Doctorate

Author : Lisa Anderson,Jeff Gold,Jim Stewart,Richard Thorpe
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781473933422

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A Guide to Professional Doctorates in Business and Management by Lisa Anderson,Jeff Gold,Jim Stewart,Richard Thorpe Pdf

*Shortlisted in the Management and Leadership Textbook Category at CMI Management Book of the Year Awards 2017* Are you undertaking (or thinking of doing) a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) or other professional doctorate (PD) in business and management? Or perhaps you’re supervising and delivering one of these programmes? This is your complete - and practical - guide to succeeding on this course. A Guide to Professional Doctorates in Business and Management has been written by a team of experts with experience of the challenges faced in both studying for and supervising professional doctorates in business and management. Inside they address the key issues faced, in particular how these courses differ from a traditional PhD, and the different skills and approach needed for success. Chapters explore the nature and importance of PDs as leading change in the professional world of practice, and how they need to differ from traditional forms of doctorate such as PhDs. The guide also offers practical guidance on researching in this particular mode, and through writing and publishing a thesis, making a valuable contribution to professional knowledge.

Author : Pamela Burnard,Tatjana Dragovic,Julia Flutter,Julie Alderton
Publisher : Springer
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789463006309

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Transformative Doctoral Research Practices for Professionals by Pamela Burnard,Tatjana Dragovic,Julia Flutter,Julie Alderton Pdf

The purpose and impact of the professional doctorate – or EdD (Doctor of Education) – has long been debated. What should it be? Who should do it? Why is it worth doing? How should it be taught? What makes the EdD distinctive, unique and worthwhile? Internationally, at the level of program development and provision, universities are increasing the range of transformative professional doctorate practices while recruiting larger numbers of students from a wider range of professions. Transformative Doctoral Research Practices for Professionals offers unique insight into the teaching, learning, thinking and doing of doctoral education. In the form of a collaboratively authored volume this book offers the first institutional-specific collection that focuses on doctoral research practices. It showcases: the practices of researching professionals at different phases and stages of a five year doctoral journey; the imperative of reflexivity as one moves from practitioner to researching professional and scholar; and the placing of ‘practice’ at the centre of a doctoral program specifically designed for professionals. This book shares the lived-through debates, deliberations, challenges and experiences of a group of professional (practitioner) doctoral students, their supervisors and lecturers. The critical perspectives and examples explored offer a wealth of insights on the distinct practices and unique journeying of professional practitioners embarking on professional doctorates. This volume invites you to reflect on and enter into dialogue with your peers and professional learning and research communities about the distinctiveness of the professional doctorate. /div

Author : David Scott,Andrew Brown,Ingrid Lunt,Lucy Thorne
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2004-03-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780335227808

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EBOOK: Professional Doctorates: Integrating Academic and Professional Knowledge by David Scott,Andrew Brown,Ingrid Lunt,Lucy Thorne Pdf

- What are professional doctorates? - How do they change professional knowledge and improve practice? - How can universities organise doctoral programmes to facilitate professional learning and development? - What is the most appropriate relationship between professional and academic knowledge? This book examines the relationship between advanced study on higher education courses and professional practice. It explores contributions made by research on practice to professional development. The editors document and explain strategies that universities use: - in recruitment - aims and purposes of the degree - selection of content and focus - assessment procedures - curricular structures - pedagogy - teaching strategies - conditions for learning - support for professionals - relations with interested bodies and stakeholders. The book uses in-depth case studies of three professional doctorates: the doctorate in business administration (DBA), the engineering doctorate (DEng) and the education doctorate (EdD). Examining Professional Doctorates makes an important contribution to this neglected area of research. Essential reading for policy makers in higher education and anyone interested in professional doctoral study.

Author : John Fulton,Judith Kuit,Gail Sanders
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781137024206

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The Professional Doctorate by John Fulton,Judith Kuit,Gail Sanders Pdf

This resource contains concrete, practical guidance for anyone wishing to study for a professional doctorate. It explores the nuts and bolts of the professional doctorate, from framing a research question to putting together a portfolio, and supports readers in the development of deeper critical and reflective skills. This book also provides readers with valuable advice on working with their supervisor, disseminating their findings and influencing their community of practice. Chapters are complemented by hands-on activities and a wealth of case studies which draw on the experiences of real students. This book will be essential reading for both prospective and current professional doctorate students in any subject area.

Author : Nancy-Jane Smith
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008-11-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780335236824

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EBOOK: Achieving your Professional Doctorate by Nancy-Jane Smith Pdf

"Achieving your Professional Doctorate is a stimulating and very useful book for professional doctorate students, their tutors, researchers and practitioners interested in this form of doctorate and all those with an interest in doctorate education. Nancy-Jane Lee manages to combine a deeply scholarly approach with a highly readable text, setting professional doctorates in their historical context, and seeing the doctoral project from the point of view of the student. She has identified some of the strengths and challenges of professional doctorate study, such as the nature of professional knowledge, the importance of a reflective approach to practitioner research and some of the ethical challenges.Professional doctorate students from all professional backgrounds will find this a useful and reassuring text at whatever stage of their doctorate. I would also suggest that it has a wider audience of doctoral students and that PhD students in professional domains would find considerable interest in the book. I welcome the publication of this book as an important addition to the growing literature in this area of higher education." Ingrid Lunt, Professor of Educational Studies, University of Oxford What is the difference between a professional doctorate and a PhD? How would a professional doctorate help my career? When and where can I start? If these are the questions you have been asking, then help is at hand. This comprehensive text is designed to meet the needs of professional doctorate students from diverse subject disciplines. It contains analysis of the issues that may be encountered when developing research in a professional practice setting as well as outlining the process of doctoral study for professionals. Practical activities and exercises are used throughout to help students plan the professional doctorate journey. Snippets from actual student experiences as well as case studies are used to illustrate the rewards and challenges of professional doctorate study. The text also draws on the author’s experience of leading a professional doctorate programme and supervising professional doctorate and PhD students. In particular, it explores: The origins and characteristics of professional doctorates Expectations of professional doctorate study Advanced study skills; managing time, good writing style, personal and professional development planning Balancing the roles of professional practitioner and researcher Leading research in professional practice The ethics of practitioner research Tips for successful writing and completion of studies Career options following completion of a professional doctorate Achieving Your Professional Doctorate is key reading for professional doctorate students as well as PhD, DPhil, MRes and other master’s students who may be considering current or future study options.

Author : Lesley Saunders,David Trotman
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781527579194

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The Professional Doctorate in Education by Lesley Saunders,David Trotman Pdf

The book explores and analyses, from a variety of conceptual perspectives, the encounters with self and others that professional doctorate programmes in education both necessitate and enable. It documents the ways in which professional identities, bodies of knowledge and practices are thereby challenged, renegotiated and strengthened. It comprises 14 chapters written by academic staff engaged in professional doctorate programmes in education and by professional practitioners who have undertaken doctoral study. The volume is both useful and provocative, offering insights to colleagues who design and deliver EdD programmes in thinking through some crucial conceptual and practical issues. It will also help existing and potential EdD students to assess what they can gain from, and contribute to, doctoral-level study and their professional contexts.

Author : Robyn Barnacle,Denise Cuthbert
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030622190

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The PhD at the End of the World by Robyn Barnacle,Denise Cuthbert Pdf

This book addresses a world-wide audience with reference to a global problem: how the PhD can serve the planet. It examines the role of the PhD, in and of itself, and, as representative of research, the university and evidence-based knowledge, in relation to global crisis and the future of humanity. As such, it speaks to the scholar, the teacher, the policy-maker and the administrator concerned with the role of higher education’s highest award at a time of great global crisis. The approach is critical in that it offers diverse views on these issues and does not seek to privilege one single school of thought. The collected articles span theoretical reflections on key issues through to case-study examples of how PhDs are being deployed and re-thought to address global issues.

Author : Swapna Kumar,Kara Dawson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Education
ISBN : 1771992093

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An Online Doctorate for Researching Professionals by Swapna Kumar,Kara Dawson Pdf

The interest in and demand for online terminal degress across disciplines by professionals wishing to conduct research and fulfill doctoral degree requirements at a distance is only increasing. But what these programs look like, how they are implemented, and how they might be evaluated are the questions that challenge administrators and pedagogues alike. This book presents a model for a doctoral program that bridges theory, research, and practice and is offered completely or largely online. In their described program model, Kumar and Dawson enable researching professionals to build an online communtiy of inquiry, engage in critical discourse within and across disciplines, learn from and with experts and peers, and generate new knowledge. Their program design is grounded in the theoretical and research foundations of online, adult, and doctoral education, curriculum design and community-building, implementation and evaluation. The authors, who draw on their experience of implementing a similar program at the University of Florida, not only share data collected from students and faculty members but also reflect on lessons learned working on the program in diverse educational contexts. An important guide for program leaders who wish to develop and sustain an online professional doctorate, An Online Doctorate for Researching Professionals will also be a valuable resource for higher education professionals seeking to include e-learning components in existing on-campus doctoral programs.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Dissertations, Academic
ISBN : PSU:000066827795

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CGS Task Force Report on the Professional Doctorate by Anonim Pdf

Author : Leonard Cassuto,Robert Weisbuch
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781421439761

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The New PhD by Leonard Cassuto,Robert Weisbuch Pdf

By fixing the PhD, we can benefit the entire educational system and the life of our society along with it.

Author : Carol Costley,John Fulton
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781526453334

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Methodologies for Practice Research by Carol Costley,John Fulton Pdf

Order your digital inspection copy here. Sharp and focused, this book provides the need-to-know information on how to design and implement a good, high quality research project. Oriented around real-world application, it emphasizes the aspects of research most relevant to conducting practice-based research. Assuming no prior knowledge, but appropriate for experienced learners, it builds knowledge at a sustainable pace. It offers readers: - A no frills guide to methodology and the theory of conducting research - Strategies for communicating complex ideas - Insight into common impact-driven methods like action research, case study, and mixed methods - Ways to develop systematic research projects within the boundaries of everyday working life - Ample opportunities to test and apply newfound knowledge. With streamlined advice tailored specifically to support research in professional contexts, this book is the essential toolkit every researcher who is embarking on a practice-led project needs.

Author : Lisa Anderson (Lecturer in management education),Jeffrey Gold,Richard Thorpe,Jim Stewart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Business education
ISBN : 1473921414

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A Guide to Professional Doctorates in Business & Management by Lisa Anderson (Lecturer in management education),Jeffrey Gold,Richard Thorpe,Jim Stewart Pdf

Are you undertaking (or thinking of doing) a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) or other professional doctorate (PD) in business and management? Or perhaps you're supervising and delivering one of these programmes? This is your complete - and practical - guide to succeeding on this course. A Guide to Professional Doctorates in Business and Management has been written by a team of experts with experience of the challenges faced in both studying for and supervising professional doctorates in business and management. Inside they address the key issues faced, in particular how these courses differ from a traditional PhD, and the different skills and approach needed for success. Chapters explore the nature and importance of PDs as leading change in the professional world of practice, and ...

Author : Swapna Kumar ,Kara Dawson
Publisher : Athabasca University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781771992077

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An Online Doctorate for Researching Professionals by Swapna Kumar ,Kara Dawson Pdf

The interest and demand for online terminal degrees across disciplines by professionals wishing to conduct research and fulfill doctoral degree requirements at a distance is only increasing. But what these programs look like, how they are implemented, and how they might be evaluated are the questions that challenge administrators and pedagogues alike. This book presents a model for a doctoral program that bridges theory, research, and practice and is offered completely or largely online. In their described program model, Kumar and Dawson enable researching professionals to build an online community of inquiry, engage in critical discourse within and across disciplines, learn from and with experts and peers, and generate new knowledge. Their program design is grounded in the theoretical and research foundations of online, adult, and doctoral education, curriculum design and community-building, implementation, and evaluation. The authors, who draw on their experience of implementing a similar program at the University of Florida, not only share data collected from students and faculty members but also reflect on lessons learned working on the program in diverse educational contexts. An important guide for program leaders who wish to develop, implement, and sustain an online professional doctorate, An Online Doctorate for Researching Professionals will also be a valuable resource for higher education professionals seeking to include e-learning components in existing on-campus doctoral programs.

Author : Jerry J Wellington
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2005-05-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 1412901162

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Succeeding with Your Doctorate by Jerry J Wellington Pdf

This work offers guidance and discussion on all aspects of successful doctoral work. The authors advise on every stage in the process of completing a doctorate, from helping to engage in critical reflection to useful guidelines on preparing for, and surviving, the viva.

Author : Frances Jennifer Kelly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317479710

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The Idea of the PhD by Frances Jennifer Kelly Pdf

The Idea of the PhD: The doctorate in the twenty-first-century imagination analyses the PhD as it is articulated in diverse areas of contemporary discourse at a time in which the degree is undergoing growth, change and scrutiny worldwide. It considers not just institutional ideas of the PhD, but those of the broader cultural and social domain as well as asking whether, and to what extent, the idea of the Doctor of Philosophy, the highest achievable university award, is being reimagined in the twenty-first century. In a world where the PhD is undergoing significant radical change, and where inside universities, doctoral enrolments are continually climbing, as the demand for more graduates with high-level research skills increases, this book asks the following questions: How do we understand how the PhD is currently imagined and conceptualised in the wider domain? Where will we find ideas about the PhD, from its purpose, to the nature of research work undertaken and the kinds of pedagogies engaged, to the researchers who undertake it and are shaped by it? International in scope, this is a text that explores the culturally inflected representation of the doctorate and its graduates in the imagination, literature and media. The Idea of the PhD contributes to the research literature in the field of doctoral education and higher education. As such, this will be a fascinating text for researchers, postgraduates and academics interested in the idea of the university.