Preparing Educational Researchers: The Role of Self-doubt

Autor/in	Kerdeman, Deborah
Titel	Preparing Educational Researchers: The Role of Self-doubt
Quelle	In: Educational Theory, 65 (2015) 6, S.719-738 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-2004
DOI	10.1111/edth.12144
Schlagwörter	Educational Researchers; Courses; Research Methodology; Epistemology; Graduate Students; Doctoral Programs; Self Concept; Transformative Learning; Constructivism (Learning); Student Empowerment; Learner Engagement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Erziehungswissenschaftler; Erziehungswissenschaftlerin; Kursangebot; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Erkenntnistheorie; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Doktorandenprogramm; Selbstkonzept; Pädagogische Transformation; Studienberechtigung
Abstract	Educational scholars concur that research preparation courses should engage doctoral students with methodological differences and epistemological controversies. Mary Metz and Nancy Lesko recently published articles describing how courses guided by this aim engender self-doubt for students. Neither scholar is entirely convinced that self-doubt is educationally productive. Drawing on Hans-Georg Gadamer's notion of "Bildung," Deborah Kerdeman reframes the view of self-doubt that Metz and Lesko assume and shows why self-doubt can be transformative. Gadamer's argument regarding self-doubt challenges constructivist views of agency and also demonstrates that engaging with difference is necessary for new understanding to emerge through conversation. Kerdeman concludes by considering why engaging in "Bildung" helps doctoral students become good educational researchers and why cultivating "Bildung" should therefore be an aim of research preparation courses that engage students with methodological differences and epistemological controversies. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01