On Personal and Collective Dimensions of Agency in Doctoral Training: Medicine and Natural Science Programs

Autor/inn/en	Hakkarainen, Kai Pekka; Wires, Susanna; Keskinen, Jenni; Paavola, Sami; Pohjola, Pasi; Lonka, Kirsti; Pyhältö, Kirsi
Titel	On Personal and Collective Dimensions of Agency in Doctoral Training: Medicine and Natural Science Programs
Quelle	In: Studies in Continuing Education, 36 (2014) 1, S.83-100 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0158-037X
DOI	10.1080/0158037X.2013.787982
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Graduate Students; Doctoral Programs; Research Universities; Structured Interviews; Empowerment; Natural Sciences; Medicine; Qualitative Research; Scientific Research; Medical Research; Self Efficacy; Interpersonal Relationship; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Doktorandenprogramm; Forschungseinrichtung; Naturwissenschaften; Medizin; Qualitative Forschung; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Finnland
Abstract	The purpose of the present study was to investigate knowledge-creating agency by examining doctoral students' accounts of their pursuits, using structured interviews. We examined all of the talk apparently related to agency of 13 doctoral students taking part in collective doctoral training in two, highly regarded Finnish research communities (natural science and medicine). The doctoral process involved the participants pursuing article-based theses based on collectively shared research problems and journal articles co-authored with the supervisor and other senior researchers. Based on the qualitative analysis of the interviews, three categories of agentic talk were identified, respectively, for three proposed types of "knowledge-creating agency": "personal," "distributed," and "object-related". "Personal agency" involved participants' reflection on their academic competence, self-efficacy, and personal strengths and weaknesses. "Distributed agency" played an important role in assisting these participants overcoming challenges; this includes sharing of expertise, receiving social support, and having a sense of collective efficacy. "Object-related agency," in turn, represented integration of a doctoral student's efforts with those of her immediate research community while pursuing shared research objects (e.g., co-authored articles). Apart from issues of agency which, the authors propose, are raised in the interviews, the data provide content-rich accounts of the collective nature of doctoral experiences. (As Provided).
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