Development of Doctoral Programmes in the Field of Agricultural Economics at the University Of Maribor

MARDS Workshop Proceedings ◽

10.18690/978-961-286-409-5.4 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 31-38

Author(s):

Črtomir Rozman ◽

Karmen Pažek ◽

Jernej Turk

Keyword(s):

Agricultural Economics ◽

Doctoral Studies ◽

Doctoral Study ◽

Post Graduate ◽

Bologna Reform ◽

Doctoral Programmes ◽

The University

In this Chapter we present the development of post graduate Doctoral Study Programmes in the field of Agricultural Economics at the University of Maribor. The first part of the Chapter describes the development before implementation of the Bologna reform. Then we describe development after the Bologna reform, and after the last reform of Doctoral Studies at the University of Maribor in 2018.

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THE QUALITY OF DOCTORAL STUDIES: CHALLENGES AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES

SOCIETY INTEGRATION EDUCATION Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference ◽

10.17770/sie2020vol2.4839 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 ◽

pp. 204

Author(s):

Karina Palkova

Keyword(s):

Educational System ◽

Future Perspectives ◽

Doctoral Studies ◽

Doctoral Study ◽

Doctoral Thesis ◽

Research Techniques ◽

Key Issues ◽

Study Process ◽

Doctoral Programmes

The doctorate studies are one of the highest degrees given by a university. Doctoral studies provide students with training in research techniques. The doctoral studies involves the presentation and preparation of the most value activity named as doctoral thesis. There are a lot of doctoral programmes whose specific objectives are to train researchers to successfully address the challenges of new researched science ECT. Nevertheless the global tendency shows that doctoral studies must be transformed to promote innovative and comprehensive research degree and the particular system of the doctoral study process. The aim of the study is to research the key issues of the quality of doctoral studies from the perspective of innovation and digitalization era in educational system in Europe as a whole and in Latvia.

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Supervisor Roles for the Doctoral Student’s Development into Independent Researcher

Pedagogika ◽

10.15823/p.2017.01 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 125 (1) ◽

pp. 5-20

Author(s):

Giedrė Tamoliūnė ◽

Margarita Teresevičienė

Keyword(s):

Doctoral Students ◽

Doctoral Student ◽

Research Field ◽

Doctoral Studies ◽

Doctoral Study ◽

Research Results ◽

New Ideas ◽

Study Process ◽

The University ◽

Depth Interviews

Doctoral education is one of the primary resources for the development and implementation of new knowledge and innovation across the Europe. Therefore, the implementation of doctoral studies and preparation and training of junior academics and researchers are seen as one of the main aims and missions of the University. Doctoral studies differ from other study levels in principle as they accentuate students’ distinguished autonomy and independency when the scientific supervisor is mentor and assistant more than a knowledge provider and student is taking more responsibility to become an independent researcher. This article presents short theoretical overview of different roles of scientific supervisor and results of in-depth interviews with doctoral students that reveal experiences of collaboration with supervisors as well as their roles that appear during the doctoral study process. Research results revealed that when collaborating with doctoral students, supervisors get involved mainly in activities that are directly related to preparation of doctoral thesis, i.e. provide consultations on research topic development, encourage students to be critical about their own work and search for new insights or perspectives, and generate new ideas together with doctoral student. However, according to the research results, supervisor’s roles in other organisational issues are less relevant, especially when talking about enculturation, where supervisor is expected to help doctoral student to integrate into local and public academic society, join international associations or research groups or have consultations with experts from the research field.

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