...The Doctoral Dispositions Self-Assessment Marquita Henderson Grand Canyon University: PSY-801 June 19, 2013 The Doctoral Dispositions Self-Assessment The Doctoral Dispositions Self-Assessment is a useful resource for students looking to gain an understanding of their role(s) and requirements during the doctoral program. Grand Canyon University shares with us its Doctoral Dispositions, with clear description based on the idea that “An important distinction of a doctoral learner is the ability to take charge of one’s own learning. This involves working alongside professors, colleagues, and your dissertation committee members in taking an active role in the learning process” (Grand Canyon University). The self-assessment provides consideration of specific areas within the doctoral journey. The guiding principles exist as a foundation for both the organization’s collaborative work with students as well as students’ individual work. The Doctoral Dispositions Self-Assessment is an appropriate point of beginning for students eager to identify strengths and weaknesses more clearly. Who I Am As a Learner & Why I’m Here In a doctoral program, students have a responsibility, to themselves and to others. As a doctoral learner, I am separate and different from a “normal” learner. My requirements and expectations are greater. Therefore, the elevation of my academic nature places upon me a duty to establish and maintain an active engagement with faculty and classmates. Following...
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...Comparison Matrix Paper: Doctoral Identity Courtney Sims Grand Canyon University: RES811 October 9, 2015 Comparison Matrix Paper: Doctoral Identity Who am I and what have you done with my identity? This is an age old question that has played a prevalent role for over the past five decades. This paper will explore the importance of socialization, professionalism, and developing a scholarly identity through the comparison of the three following articles: “Socialization of Doctoral Students to Academic Norms” by Weidman and Stein (2003) whose purpose was to examine the relationships among the perceived informal structures of the climate in academic departments associated with the socialization of doctoral students to the scholar role; “Developmental networks and learning: toward an interdisciplinary perspective on identity development during doctoral study” by Baker and Lattuca (2010) whose purpose was to develop a deeper understanding on how doctoral programs shape teachers and researchers including the preparation of graduate students for academic careers and the development of an academic professional identity; and “Critical Thinking in Distance Education and Traditional Education” by Visser and Visser (2003) whose purpose was to establish a clear explanation of “critical thinking” and express opinions on the variations in student learning based on whether it was on campus or by various means of distance learning. The comparison of the three articles will include the...
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...INCREASING THE ACCESSIBILITY OF DOCTORAL LEVEL RESEARCHES Sona Ahuja Assistant Professor Faculty of Education, Dayalbagh Educational Institute Deemed University, Agra Abstract Numerous researches are conducted at different levels. Some of these are funded and some are degree oriented researches. Conducting a research is no less than a Herculean task at Doctoral level. Only few bright researchers get financial support through JRF or others. So, there arise number of problems in terms of investment of time, energy, money, etc. which are faced by researcher. Despite of all this, a researcher carries out research keeping in mind all its intricacies to avoid any glitch at later stage. The concern arises when results of such a research is not disseminated adequately. Many outcomes of research are known to just few and are not accessible to others. Rest are not even aware of such researches. The present study confers to make the researches conducted at doctoral level easily accessible by widespread dissemination. Keywords: Doctoral Level Researches, Accessibility of Ph.D. Findings, Dissemination of Researches INTRODUCTION Research is an endeavour to discover, develop and verify knowledge and is considered to be a stepping-stone for any kind of progress as it exposes the hidden truth of any event of natural phenomena or human activity. Research brings advancement in the existing knowledge, generates new knowledge and leads to new products...
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...Welcome to the course. Class Cafe My name is Dr. Thomas Schaefer and I am an adjunct professor at Walden University. I have served in a variety of senior management positions within Fortune 500 companies, and I currently provide guidance and services to large and medium sized organizations who are seeking to enhance and refine organizational effectiveness, business process, and overall profitability. My educational background includes a Doctorate of Business Administration in Management and a Masters of Business Administration in International Trade from Argosy University. I look forward to working with all of you. If I can be of assistance, please let me know. Dr. Tom Good Morning Dr. Schaefer and Fellow Doctoral Learners My name is Evens Baptiste; I currently reside in Orlando, Florida. My academic credentials are MBA, MSEE and BSEE (Electrical Engineering), and AA (Associate in Arts). My ultimate goal is to earn my DBA so that I can help other students in the future. I will aim to have my own university in the far future. I would like to combine my electrical engineering and business credentials so that I can help the industry and academic environment in the future. I would like to use my credentials to contribute to positive social change implications being an advocate for education. Respectfully, Evens Baptiste Hello. My name is Susan Hallick. I am an RN now for almost 27 years and have continued to grow my educational platform over that period of time. My current...
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...Doctoral Learning and Communities of Practice According to Reynolds and Herbert (1998), cohort learning provides learners with the opportunity for ongoing and supportive interaction between peers, between learners and facilitators, and between learners and the larger community. As members of a cohort uncover new ideas and understanding, their dialogue increases, diversifies, validates, and assures understanding. Although individuals often require time alone to think and reflect, learning in a cohort environment keeps individuals engaged and inspired to learn. Cohort communities encourage camaraderie, build learner confidence, and challenge individuals to strengthen and apply their critical thinking skills. Doctoral learning differs from learning at the bachelor’s or master’s levels. Doctoral learning in general, and doctoral writing in particular, requires the integration of feedback and dialogue to formulate scholarly thought. Doctoral faculty often insist that doctoral learners may not rely upon personal opinion when reaching conclusions. Rather, learners must support their ideas and opinions with scholarly evidence and be able to generalize their findings. As previously stated, one way to advance scholarly thought is through interaction in a learning cohort. Another way to advance scholarly thought includes reading scholarly (peer-reviewed) publications and supporting ideas with citations from these publications. Another way to promote scholarly thought is to participate in...
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...For the dissertation process interview assignment, I had the pleasure to interview two remarkable women. Both respondents have completed the dissertation process. Nonetheless, they are now giving support, encouragement, and resources for single mothers who are currently in a doctoral program or who have completed and/or defended their dissertation. The first respondent, Dr. Cristine LaMontagne received her doctoral degree in Instructional Leadership Higher Education. Dr. LaMontagne dissertation topic was Attitudes of Students Not Meeting Performance Standards. Dr. LaMontagne advice for working on the dissertation was very supportive and inspiring. The most important advice shared was to make a schedule and stick to it. For example, chose 3 - 4 weeknights and one weekend day to work on the dissertation and...
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...Towards a typology for undertaking doctoral research in the built environment Ade Alao Abstract This paper considers issues associated with identifying a typology for doctoral research in the built environment. It argues that a definition of the built environment knowledge base in terms of its constituent subject disciplines is unhelpful for doctoral research as the generation of new knowledge in an interdiscipline requires integration across the various subject disciplines. A typology for research design is identified as being capable of guiding the doctoral researcher but will require further research to tested and verify it’s theoretical and empirical basis. Keywords: Typology, Doctoral Research, Built Environment, Interdisciplinarity 1. Introduction “The built environment disciplines is a term that has come to be used by many UK universities to refer to a range of practice-oriented subjects concerned with the design, development and management of buildings, spaces and places….. …..they are a very heterogeneous collection of fields of study and practice, including architecture, town planning, land and property management, building surveying, construction technology, landscape design, housing policy and management, transport planning and urban regeneration. In some institutions disciplines such as geography and environmental management are also included. As such, they comprise something of a microcosm of the university as a whole, comprising business-oriented...
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...bibliographic review of multiple dissertations. This assignment will work toward the identification of a future dissertation topic within this field and also towards the identification of research material in support of the final dissertation. The annotated bibliographic reviews contained within this paper will work to provide information that will support my future research and provide experience in garnering and explaining the salient tenants of research material. NOTE: This paper will not include proper APA formatting as citations have been bolded to ensure the professor can discern where citations begin and end. Curtis, S. K. (2012). Commitment to cybersecurity and information technology governance: A case study and leadership model. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from the ProQuest dissertation and thesis database. (UMI No. 3569139) The problem as described by the author in this quantitative study is senior managers are not using web analytic technology (WAT) and there is a lack of literature describing why this is the case. The purpose of this study is to “examine how management consultants perceive WAT” (p. 22). This study has seven hypotheses. Unified theory of acceptance use of technology (UTAUT) is the conceptual framework utilized by the author. The author utilized UTAUT with independent variables of social norm, performance expectancy and effort expectancy, facilitating condition and management consultants’ behavioral intention to accept WAT and the moderators of...
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...through May 28, 2017 covering the Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (2006) many salient points were brought to light discussing the breadth and strength of the educational preparation of the doctoral prepared Advanced Practice Nurse. The writers briefly described the following essentials and applied them to the role of the doctoral prepared Family Nurse Practitioner (DNP/FNP). I. Scientific Underpinnings for Practice II. Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement and Systems Thinking III. Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice IV. Information...
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...and values mirror my own professional and personal objectives. Having lost one parent to a disaster, the Joplin, Missouri tornado of May 22, 2011, and nearly losing the other when Hurricane Charley impacted central Florida in 2004, my life is dedicated to understanding the many components of community vulnerability to natural and technological hazards and working to mitigate these issues. For post-disaster communities, I focus on the recovery process; what factors expedite or hinder recovery, how communities define recovery, and how to improve the recovery process for future disasters. As an applied, cultural anthropologist, I employ ethnographic field methods to look beyond demographic and census information and identify cultural practices and worldviews that influence human interactions with their environment, how communities and cultural groups apply meaning to traumatic events, and how they select which risks to address and which to ignore. Scheduled to defend my doctoral thesis on June 3, 2016, I will soon have my Ph.D. in cultural anthropology with a specialization in disasters. Examining the resilience of Joplin, Missouri over the past five years of recovery, as noted by their receipt of the Rick Rescorla...
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...PhD Program in Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Management University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School Organizational Behavior PhD Program Video The OBHR doctoral program focuses on preparing students to impact the study of people, process and outcomes within the fields of organizational behavior and human resources management. Through research, collaboration and dissemination of knowledge, students understand how to impact organizational effectiveness in a variety of different environments, industries and across multiple levels of analyses. Our expectation is that students within the OBHR major will craft a program of research that is built upon rigorous theory as well as strong methodological skills that are both necessary for effective scholarship. We encourage collaboration with OBHR faculty that has a proven track record of publishing within a variety of top outlets (Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Labor Research, Harvard Business Review; Human Resource Management; Industrial and Labor Relations Review; Sloan Management Review). Organizational Behavior/Human Resources Management PhD Program Curriculum Behavior Systems and Management Thought The objective of this course is to explore the evolution and development of management theory with particular emphasis on the design of behavioral systems in organizations. It is a core premise...
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...03-Bloomberg-45467.qxd 12/26/2007 11:52 AM Page 65 CHAPTER 3 Presenting Methodology and Research Approach OVERVIEW Chapter 3 of the dissertation presents the research design and the specific procedures used in conducting your study. A research design includes various interrelated elements that reflect its sequential nature. This chapter is intended to show the reader that you have an understanding of the methodological implications of the choices you made and, in particular, that you have thought carefully about the links between your study’s purpose and research questions and the research approach and research methods that you have selected. Note that in the proposal’s chapter 3, you project what you will do based on what you know about the particular methods used in qualitative research, in general, and in your tradition or genre, in particular; hence, it is written in future tense. In the dissertation’s chapter 3, you report on what you have already done. You write after the fact; hence, you write in past tense. As such, many of the sections of chapter 3 can be written only after you have actually conducted your study (i.e., collected, analyzed, and synthesized your data). To write this chapter, you need to conduct literature reviews on the methodological issues involved in qualitative research design. You need to show the reader that you (a) have knowledge of the current issues and discourse, and (b) can relate your study...
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...pp. 227–244 American Accounting Association DOI: 10.2308/iace.2010.25.2.227 What It Means to be an Accounting Professor: A Concise Career Guide for Doctoral Students in Accounting Brooke Beyer, Don Herrmann, Gary K. Meek, and Eric T. Rapley ABSTRACT: The purpose of this paper is to provide a concise career guide for current and potential doctoral students in accounting and, in the process, help them gain a greater awareness of what it means to be an accounting professor. The guide can also be used by accounting faculty in doctoral programs as a starting point in mentoring their doctoral students. We begin with foundational guidance to help doctoral students better understand the “big picture” surrounding the academic accounting environment. We then provide specific research guidance and publishing guidance to help improve the probability of publication success. Actions are suggested that doctoral students and new faculty can take to help jump-start their academic careers. We finish with guidance regarding some important acronyms of special interest to doctoral students in accounting. Keywords: career guidance; doctoral students; research; publishing. INTRODUCTION igher education faces a severe, and growing, shortage of accounting professors. As a result, the job prospects for new accounting doctoral graduates are very good and are getting better. Starting salaries are increasing, but so are the requirements for tenure and promotion. In particular, the...
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...role of social support and the doctoral degree completion. This research will explore the effects of stress management, feeling of isolation, and networking with in the doctoral experience. Doctoral students may perform at higher rates when they participate and socialize in positive academic environments The intent of this research the role of a doctoral student seems to have been studied from the inception of time. Countless scholars have attempted to classify and identify the parts in which a doctoral scholar, and where they fit within society as well as in the realm of academia. They have also studied how social or non-social activities would have on influencing the doctoral scholars on their journey through academia. The three articles that were used further to enlighten the readers about the role and identity of doctoral did an excellent job in providing ample evidence. All three articles produced solid research questions, excellent literature reviews, substantial sample populations, and comparison of limitations, comparison of results, and definitive recommendations as well as future studies. Vickie L. Baker and Lisa Lattuca conducted this study in 2010. Development networks and learning: Toward an interdisciplinary perspective on identity development during doctoral study was the title of their study. This article encompasses the developmental networks as well as the sociocultural perspectives on learning. Socialization of Doctoral Student to Academic Norms was...
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...take to maintain your vitality and velocity. Coming to the New Orleans PhD residency was an eye opener. This residency allowed the writer with the motivation to want to complete her PhD. Understanding the pride that one receives when completing a PhD was something this writer wants. This residency reminded the writer why she was completing her PhD, which is to promote social change. Upon completion of a PhD comes responsibility. Most students do not complete their PhD “just because. “ It is completed because they want to promote social change. They see a problem and instead of recognizing the problem and doing nothing, they recognize the problem and want to find a solution. This writer works with individuals with severely and persistently mentally ill. This writer has been working in this field for approximately six years; starting as a mental health worker and moving up to a clinical therapist. Her overall goal is to be an advocate for those who cannot advocate of themselves. This writer thought becoming a clinical therapist would help and it has, but to make the changes she wants, she will have to be a apart of the administration and getting her PhD will help her make the transition to help her pursue her overall goals. Three distinguishing behaviors and practices this doctoral student can identify in development are awareness, patience, and perseverance. This student is becoming more aware of her development. She is starting to think at a higher level and is developing...
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