ERIC Number: EJ1012536
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
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A View from within: How Doctoral Students in Educational Administration Develop Research Knowledge and Identity
Murakami-Ramalho, Elizabeth; Militello, Matthew; Piert, Joyce
Studies in Higher Education, v38 n2 p256-271 2013
This study reports on experiences of doctoral students in educational administration at a time when the effectiveness of programs preparing practitioners and academics in this field are being questioned. Concerns related to how students in educational administration developed knowledge about research and identity as researchers were closely examined in a research-intensive university in the United States. Through participant interviews and personal narratives, findings revealed the challenges encountered at the nexus of the effectiveness of the educational program intersecting with the experiences of the doctoral students. Participants shared the importance of proximity to campus, self-advocacy, student status (full-time versus part-time) and personal and professional goals as influencing their development of research knowledge and identity. There were indicators that communities of practice, relationships with faculty, thematic pedagogy, public practice and action-oriented research were equally important in acquiring research knowledge and in developing a research identity.
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Educational Administration, Administrator Education, Student Experience, Knowledge Level, Professional Identity, Research Skills, Researchers, Interviews, Personal Narratives, Program Effectiveness, Proximity, Place of Residence, Self Advocacy, Goal Orientation, Communities of Practice, Teacher Student Relationship, Thematic Approach, Action Research, Program Design
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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