The Formation of Scholars
Rethinking Doctoral Education for the Twenty-First Century
1st Edition
Published on 8. February 2008
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-470-19743-1 (ISBN)
Description
This groundbreaking book explores the current state of doctoral education in the United States and offers a plan for increasing the effectiveness of doctoral education. Programs must grapple with questions of purpose. The authors examine practices and elements of doctoral programs and show how they can be made more powerful by relying on principles of progressive development, integration, and collaboration. They challenge the traditional apprenticeship model and offer an alternative in which students learn while apprenticing with several faculty members. The authors persuasively argue that creating intellectual community is essential for high-quality graduate education in every department. Knowledge-centered, multigenerational communities foster the development of new ideas and encourage intellectual risk taking.
Reviews / Votes
The book shows how doctoral education has evolved, how graduate programs take a hard look at themselves, and the specific change practices attempted by participating departments... Together, the chapters offer guidelines for surviving and thriving as a college teacher. (The Journal of Continuing Higher Ed, 06/08)More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
531 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-19743-1 (9780470197431)
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George E. Walker | Chris M. Golde | Laura Jones
The Formation of Scholars
Rethinking Doctoral Education for the Twenty-First Century
E-Book
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Persons
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT) is an independent policy and research center with a primary mission "to do and perform all things necessary to encourage, uphold, and dignify the profession of the teacher and the cause of higher education." CFAT is located in Stanford, California.
George Walker is a senior scholar at CFAT, where he directs the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate. Walker, a theoretical physicist, was Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School at Indiana University before joining CFAT. He has been active in many national organizations working on graduate education, including?the Council of Graduate Schools, an AAU Task Force, and the Council on Research Policy and?Graduate Education of NASULGC.
Chris Golde has been a senior scholar at CFAT since 2001, working?on the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate. Prior to CFAT, she was a scientist and assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and the principal investigator of the national Survey on Doctoral Education and Career Preparation, funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts and released as a report in January 2001.
Pat Hutchings is vice president of CFAT. Hutchings joined the Foundation in February 1998 after serving as a senior staff member at the American Association for Higher Education (AAHE). She holds a doctorate in English from the University of Iowa and was chair of the English department at Alverno College before joining AAHE.
George Walker is a senior scholar at CFAT, where he directs the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate. Walker, a theoretical physicist, was Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School at Indiana University before joining CFAT. He has been active in many national organizations working on graduate education, including?the Council of Graduate Schools, an AAU Task Force, and the Council on Research Policy and?Graduate Education of NASULGC.
Chris Golde has been a senior scholar at CFAT since 2001, working?on the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate. Prior to CFAT, she was a scientist and assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and the principal investigator of the national Survey on Doctoral Education and Career Preparation, funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts and released as a report in January 2001.
Pat Hutchings is vice president of CFAT. Hutchings joined the Foundation in February 1998 after serving as a senior staff member at the American Association for Higher Education (AAHE). She holds a doctorate in English from the University of Iowa and was chair of the English department at Alverno College before joining AAHE.
Content
Acknowledgments. About the Authors.
Foreword by Lee S. Shulman.
1. Moving Doctoral Education into the Future.
2. Setting the Stage for Change.
3. Talking About Purpose: Mirrors, Lenses, and Windows.
4. From Experience to Expertise: Principles of Powerful Formation.
5. Apprenticeship Reconsidered.
6. Creating and Sustaining Intellectual Community.
7. A Call to Action.
Appendix A: Summary Description of the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate.
Appendix B: List of Participating Departments.
Appendix C: Overview of the Surveys.
Appendix D: Graduate Student Survey.
Appendix E: Graduate Faculty Survey.
References.
Name Index.
Subject Index.
Foreword by Lee S. Shulman.
1. Moving Doctoral Education into the Future.
2. Setting the Stage for Change.
3. Talking About Purpose: Mirrors, Lenses, and Windows.
4. From Experience to Expertise: Principles of Powerful Formation.
5. Apprenticeship Reconsidered.
6. Creating and Sustaining Intellectual Community.
7. A Call to Action.
Appendix A: Summary Description of the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate.
Appendix B: List of Participating Departments.
Appendix C: Overview of the Surveys.
Appendix D: Graduate Student Survey.
Appendix E: Graduate Faculty Survey.
References.
Name Index.
Subject Index.