Tales of Doctoral Students: Motivations and Expectations on the Route to the Unknown

Autor/inn/en	Diogo, Sara; Gonçalves, Andreia; Cardoso, Sónia; Carvalho, Teresa
Titel	Tales of Doctoral Students: Motivations and Expectations on the Route to the Unknown
Quelle	In: Education Sciences, 12 (2022), Artikel 286 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Diogo, Sara)
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Doctoral Students; Doctoral Programs; Educational Change; Student Motivation; Enrollment Influences; Student Satisfaction; Supervisor Supervisee Relationship; Foreign Students; STEM Education; Social Sciences; Languages; Humanities; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Doctoral studies; Doctorate studies; Student; Students; Doctoral candidate; Doktorandenprogramm; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Doktorand; Doktorandin; Bildungsreform; Schulische Motivation; STEM; Social science; Sozialwissenschaften; Gesellschaftswissenschaften; Language; Sprache; Geisteswissenschaften; Humanwissenschaften; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	This paper provides a reflection on the way changes taking place in doctoral education are being perceived and internalized by doctoral students. The Doctoral perceptions are analyzed through Ph.D. candidates' motivations to enroll in the program and to their levels of satisfaction with the supervision experience. Comparisons between national and international students, as well as differences according to doctoral programs' scientific areas, i.e., between students enrolled in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and in Social Sciences, Languages and Humanities (SSLH) are established. Based on a case study developed in a Portuguese university, conclusions point to the dominance of a romanticized, traditional view of doctoral education, with the academic profession at its core. This view is mostly shared by international students and those from SSLH scientific areas. In turn, national Ph.D. candidates and those from STEM areas have incorporated a more instrumental view of doctoral education, aiming for training participants to professions outside academia. (As Provided).
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