"A Jack-Of-All- Trades and a Master of Some of Them": Successful Students in Interdisciplinary PhD Programs

Autor/in	Gardner, Susan K.
Titel	"A Jack-Of-All- Trades and a Master of Some of Them": Successful Students in Interdisciplinary PhD Programs
Quelle	In: Issues in Integrative Studies, (2011) 29, S.84-117 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1081-4760
Schlagwörter	Interdisciplinary Approach; Doctoral Programs; Success; Student Experience; Teacher Attitudes; Course Organization; School Support; Socialization; Educational Practices; Institutional Characteristics; Qualitative Research; Interviews; Administrator Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Student Characteristics; Performance Factors + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Doktorandenprogramm; Erfolg; Studienerfahrung; Lehrerverhalten; Course organisation; Kurskonzept; Schulförderverein; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Bildungspraxis; Qualitative Forschung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schülerverhalten; Leistungsindikator
Abstract	Interdisciplinarity has become a growing emphasis in the U.S. higher education and the prevalence of interdisciplinary doctoral programs is one indicator of such growth. Despite this growth, the experiences of individuals within interdisciplinary doctoral programs have been largely unexamined in the literature. This paper examines a self-designed interdisciplinary doctoral program for the two fold purpose of better understanding students' experiences and faculty members' conceptualizations of what constitutes student "success". Using the lens of socialization, findings uncovered issues related to a lack of program structure and support for those involved. Findings from the study demonstrate a need for a higher level of self-direction for these students given the increased ambiguity of the program's structure as well as the need for external support given the lack of community. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Association for Interdisciplinary Studies. Oakland University, Macomb County, 44575 Garfield Road Building UC2 Suite 103, Clinton Township, MI 48038. Tel: 586-263-6098; Fax: 586-263-6261; e-mail: aisorg@oakland.edu; Web site: http://wwwp.oakland.edu/ais
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01