scholarly journals The Agile Approach with Doctoral Dissertation Supervision

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Göran Wallgren Tengberg
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Doctoral Dissertation ◽  
Doctoral Degrees ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Doctoral Studies ◽  
Supervision Process ◽  
Agile Approach ◽  
Time Required ◽  
Teaching Learning

<p class="apa">Several research findings conclude that many doctoral students fail to complete their studies within the allowable time frame, in part because of problems related to the research and supervision process. Surveys show that most doctoral students are generally satisfied with their dissertation supervision. However, these surveys also reveal some students think their supervisors meet with them too infrequently, lack interest in their dissertation topics, and provide insufficient practical assistance. Furthermore, many countries will soon witness a large turnover in the labour market as people near retirement. Because this is also the case at many universities and colleges, the expectation is that there will be many teaching and research vacancies. Therefore, many new doctoral students who plan to enter academia after earning their doctoral degrees are needed. In responding to these complaints, this conceptual paper examines the use of the agile approach–which has achieved recognition and approval in software development–in the doctoral dissertation process. In the teaching/learning sphere, the agile approach can be used in iterative meetings between doctoral student and supervisor for dissertation planning, direction, and evaluation. The focus of the iterations, the so-called Sprints, is on communication and feedback throughout the entire process. The paper is based in theories on teaching/learning and on the author’s personal experience with the agile approach. Use of the agile approach, which can decrease the time required for doctoral studies, may thus increase the number of graduates with doctoral degrees. The paper makes suggestions for practical implementation of the agile approach.</p>

University doctoral student: dissertation, preparation for defense, personal organization

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Semen Reznik
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Doctoral Student ◽  
Doctoral Dissertation ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
Scientific Creativity ◽  
Doctoral Studies ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Content System ◽  
The University

The practical manual discusses the content, system and technologies of training in doctoral studies of higher educational institutions. Special attention is paid to the distinctive features of the dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Sciences and the analysis of the requirements for a doctoral dissertation. The issues of methodology of scientific creativity at the level corresponding to the doctoral dissertation are highlighted, recommendations on writing, design and defense of the dissertation are presented. Considerable attention is paid to the issues of personal organization and planning of the activities of doctoral students and all those who seek to write and defend a doctoral dissertation. For doctoral students and applicants for the degree of Doctor of Sciences, scientific consultants of doctoral students, heads of departments of the university responsible for the training of scientific and pedagogical personnel.

Alternatives to the Traditional Doctoral Dissertation

2019 ◽  
pp. 221-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary Berg
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
Doctoral Dissertation ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Doctoral Degrees ◽  
Relevant Research ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Capstone Projects

In response to increased criticism of the utility of the traditional doctoral dissertation, some institutions have incorporated additional options for students such as articles, portfolios, and industry-specific projects. This trend towards allowing alternatives for doctoral students coincides with the rise internationally of what are variously called professional, applied, or practitioner doctorates in various disciplines. The goal of this review of the relevant research literature and policy documents is to understand the evolution of professional doctoral degrees, and how rigor and quality are evaluated specifically with non-dissertation capstone projects. Findings suggest that universities, accrediting agencies, and professional associations recognize a need for new standards for alternatives to the traditional dissertation in order to make such options rigorous and relevant for the students.

Digital Medical Interview Assistant AnCha for Obtaining the Medical History in General Medicine: Case study (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Selina Florence Regli ◽  
Floriana Gashi ◽  
Kerstin Denecke
Keyword(s):  
Medical History ◽  
User Interfaces ◽  
Pilot Trial ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
General Medicine ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Medical Interview ◽  
Digital Tool ◽  
Dialog System

BACKGROUND Collecting information on the medical history of a patient is an important step during the diagnosing process. Besides the interrogation by the physician, computerized questionnaires are used to collect the data. To facilitate interaction, implementation of digital medical interview assistants (DMIA) using conversational user interfaces (CUI) gain in interest. OBJECTIVE The aim of this research is to assess patient’s and physician’s perceptions towards a DMIA with CUI. Beyond, we want to understand how such DMIA can be used in real-world context, what issues and barriers exist in their usage. METHODS We developed a web-based DMIA with CUI (referred to as AnCha for anamnesis chatbot) as a research prototype in a participative and iterative development process. We conducted a pilot trial in a practice for general medicine. Patient perceptions were collected and physicians were interrogated regarding usefulness of collected information. RESULTS 31 patients were approached, and 9 participants were included in the pilot trial; 3 conversation protocols were used by the physicians to prepare for the encounter. Participants spanned all age groups from digital natives (n=5), and digital workers (n=3) to digital seniors (n=1). Patients can easily interact with AnCha and are willing to provide information to the digital tool. They recognize benefits while using the dialog system compared to the existing process. Important insights into practical implementation and integration into practice workflows could be gained. CONCLUSIONS Providing information on complaints and medical history before the actual encounter is considered useful. In order to be supportive for physicians, information has to be made available in a sufficient time frame before the encounter. Future work has to assess in particular whether AnCha is also well accessible for digital seniors.

Rola aplikacji dydaktycznych w nauczaniu zdalnym

e-mentor ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-36
Author(s):  
Lidia Pokrzycka ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
English Language ◽  
Doctoral Studies ◽  
Internet Applications ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Ict Tools ◽  
Free Mode ◽  
Journalism Students

In times of the coronavirus pandemic, distance learning has become mandatory for higher education. That requires using a variety of teaching methods, both synchronous and asynchronous, and their common feature is the use of ICT tools. The aim of the article is to present applications used for making the remote lectures more attractive and engaging for journalism students of graduate and doctoral studies and foreigners from the English-language Doctoral School of Social Sciences of UMCS. The author also reflects on students' appreciation of such solutions initially during blended learning and then e-learning classes. That is based on the survey conducted among 30 doctoral students who carried out their lectures using internet applications. The study confirmed that the applications motivate students to work systematically and additionally to use them during their apprenticeships or while working in various companies with marketing, advertising, or public relations profile. Students also appreciate asynchronous classes and the fact that the use of applications allows them to repeat the most important pieces of information in a stress-free mode. Graphical applications make even tricky topics easier to remember while enabling students to illustrate the theory with practical elements.

scholarly journals A Critical Dialectical Pluralistic Examination of the Lived Experience of Select Women Doctoral Students

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Onwuegbuzie ◽  
Roslinda Rosli ◽  
Jacqueline Ingram ◽  
Rebecca Frels
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Extrinsic Motivation ◽  
Doctoral Degrees ◽  
Dual Roles ◽  
Mixed Analysis ◽  
Women Doctoral Students ◽  
Qualitative Analyses

The purpose of this study was to explore and to understand the daily life experiences of 8 women doctoral students who were in pursuit of their doctorates. A partially mixed concurrent dominant status design was utilized in this study embedded within a mixed methods phenomenological research lens and driven by a critical dialectical pluralistic philosophical stance. Specifically, these 8 students were interviewed individually to examine their lived experiences as doctoral students. The interview responses then were subjected to a sequential mixed analysis that was characterized by 2 qualitative analyses (i.e., constant comparison analysis, classical content analysis) and 1 quantitative analysis (i.e., correspondence analysis). The 2 qualitative analyses revealed the following 3 metathemes: adjustment (how these doctoral students made necessary accommodations with regard to all aspects of their lives), which comprised the themes of time management, interaction, belief, and lifestyle; encouragement (circumstances that motivated them to pursue their doctoral degrees), which comprised the themes of intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation; and discouragement (circumstances that demotivated them from pursuing their doctoral degrees), which comprised the themes of internal discouragement and external discouragement. The correspondence analysis revealed a fourth metatheme, namely, marital status (separating the single students from the married/divorced students), which comprised the themes of locus of motivation and locus of discouragement. Seven of these women doctoral students struggled to balance either dual roles (i.e., as doctoral students and wives/mothers, or as doctoral students and professionals) or triple roles (i.e., as doctoral students, wives/mothers, and professionals). Implications of the findings are discussed.

scholarly journals Organization of the Ph-doctoral studies on the chemical specialties

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tazhibayeva Sagdat ◽  
Mun Grigoryi ◽  
Irmukhametova Galiya ◽  
Ongarbayev Yerdos ◽  
Myltykbaeva Zhannur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Impact Factor ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
The State ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Chemical Technology ◽  
Doctoral Studies ◽  
Training Conditions ◽  
Practical Research ◽  
National University

Problem of globalization of the educational process and integration into the international educational space is one of the most urgent problems for the Kazakh universities. In this regard, generalization of experience in training of PhD students is of particular interest, since training of PhD students is different in different countries. The example of the organization of educational process and scientific research in the PhD studies of chemical specialties at Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology Al-Farabi Kazakh National University shows the peculiarities of the organization and defense of dissertations in Kazakhstan universities. It is shown that the training of specialists - doctoral students at Kazakhstan universities is carried out on the basis of theoretical and practical tests. At the same time currently the state of theoretical training and practical research is 1:1,5 however there is a tendency of decrease of the theoretical training. Conditions for preparation and defense of PhD-dissertations are described. The main requirements for the defense are marked: fulfillment of theoretical training and practical research in amount of 75 credits, the publication of results in journals with non-zero impact factor and approbation of the results in international scientific conferences.

scholarly journals Supervisory Practices for Intrinsic Motivation of Doctoral Students: A Self-determination Theory Perspective

10.28945/4415 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 581-595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vijay Kumar ◽  
Amrita Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Doctoral Studies ◽  
Supervisory Practices ◽  
Doctoral Candidates

Aim/Purpose: The quality, degree of effort and persistence required in doctoral studies can be sustained through intrinsic motivation. Despite the critical role of motivation, studies that examine ways to promote doctoral students’ motivation are lacking. This study, drawing on the self-determination theoretical (SDT) framework, aims to offer advice for supervisory practices to facilitate the satisfaction of three basic psychological needs- autonomy, competence and relatedness of doctoral students’ motivation. The focus was on the experiences of the doctoral candidates who participated in this study. Background: Prior studies have established that creating environment and ways that lead to satisfaction of three basic psychological needs are capable of producing optimal outcomes. Based on that assumption the current study explores the ways in which supervisory practices lead to satisfaction of the three needs. Methodology: The study adopted a qualitative approach and used the experience sampling method to collect data from 11 full-time doctoral students from a research-intensive university in New Zealand. In total, 72 entries that captured students’ real-time psychological experience of supervision in a repeated manner were used to analyse the data. Contribution: It proposes theory driven practices/guidelines for supervisors to adopt for effective supervisory practices for intrinsic motivation of doctoral students. Findings: Thematic analysis guided by the research question revealed that to have students experience autonomy support the supervisors must respect students’ research interest, encourage self-initiation, and be amenable to changes suggested by the students. To have students experience the feeling of competence, the supervisors carefully need to consider the quality, mode and time of feedback and provide students with optimal challenge level. Finally, to facilitate students’ need for relatedness, the supervisors should offer personal and professional support to students and look after their emotional well-being. Recommendations for Practitioners: This study highlights the need for supervisors to acknowledge the role of need satisfaction and mindfully adopt the practices to facilitate the satisfaction of the three needs for the intrinsic motivation of the doctoral students. Recommendation for Researchers: The researchers should consider the psychological health and well-being of doctoral students for persistence and successful completion of their studies. Impact on Society: The study can help improve doctoral studies completion rates as well as produce doctoral candidates with a positive and healthy disposition for future workforce. Future Research: The current study relies only on students’ self-report data. In future inclusion of data from supervisors of their own practices would enhance the quality of findings. Additionally, an analysis to chart changes in students’ experiences over time would provide a deeper understanding of the effect of supervisory practices.

scholarly journals Situation as a methodological problem and its role in teaching a foreign language

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (2 (131)) ◽  
pp. 73-79
Author(s):  
Oleksiy Kozachenko
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Semantic Content ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Scientific Development ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Level Of Functioning ◽  
Speech Activity ◽  
Oral Speech ◽  
Teaching Learning

The article provides a theoretical analysis of a situation as the basis for the emergence of semantic relationships of statements in a dialogue. Consideration of the situation and the specifics of its reflection in the semantic content of statements will allow establishing how a dialogue is governed by the situation. The relevance of the study is related to the need for scientific development and practical implementation of the system of teaching dialogic speech, which will effectively develop students’ quality skills to use living spoken language in practice. Speech activity is marked by important linguistic parameters. A person’s ability to perform speech activity is seen primarily as an opportunity to form statements that correspond to certain situations. The situation affects the structure of certain forms of oral speech, in particular its dialogic variety. Linguists consider the situation to be an extralinguistic factor of speech activity and an important element that significantly affects the speech structure. Psychologists treat the situation as one of the important criteria for studying the regularities of the forming and functioning of mental processes. The situation is traditionally considered at the level of functioning as well as a methodological category. There prevails an opinion that it is necessary to make a detailed analysis of the features of the speech situation components on the basis of which scholars-practitioners single out the most typical and controlled ones in order to successfully apply them in foreign language teaching. The important methodological parameters obtained as a result will be the situational basis for building an effective model of foreign language teaching / learning.

scholarly journals “To Be or Not to Be?” The Effect of Supervisor-Supervisee Relations on Students’ Completion of Doctoral Studies

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Omona Andrew David
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Doctoral Studies

This paper analyses the effect of supervisor-supervisee relations on students’ completion of doctoral studies. It argues that, whereas doctoral studies is student focused, the success of the student is hinged on their relations with research supervisors. Three type of relationships: cordial, conflictual and sandwich are highlighted as key determinants of student’s progress. The paper further argues that, whereas supervisors are usually blamed by students as major source of their non-completion, students’ factors also greatly contribute to their completion or non-completion. Hence, to limit attrition numbers of doctoral students, there is need to address negative supervisor-supervisee relational issues.   

scholarly journals Efficiency of pharmacogenetic approach to anticoagulant therapy in patients with prosthetic heart valves

Kardiologiia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (9S) ◽  
pp. 25-30
Author(s):  
E. V. Gorbunova ◽  
V. V. Rozhnev ◽  
A. V. Ponasenko ◽  
Olga Leonidovna Barbarash
Keyword(s):  
Anticoagulant Therapy ◽  
Therapeutic Range ◽  
Heart Valves ◽  
Warfarin Therapy ◽  
Molecular Genetic ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Prosthetic Heart Valves ◽  
Main Diagnosis ◽  
Mechanical Prostheses ◽  
Time Required

Background. This study examined clinical, demographic, anthropometric, and inheritance factors that influence individual sensitivity to warfarin therapy after heart valve surgery. The clinical significance of the pharmacogenetic approach was assessed using the individual time frame and time spent in the INR therapeutic range. Aims. We determined the clinical outcome of the pharmacogenetic approach at the start of warfarin therapy in patients with prosthetic heart valves. Materials and methods. The study included 915 patients, of which 512 women and 403 men (mean age 56±10 years), living in Western Siberia. Rheumatic heart disease was the main diagnosis that caused the acquired defect. Mechanical prostheses were used in 70% of cases of cardiac surgery. Real-time polymerase chain reaction used for molecular genetic testing. Results. The frequencies of the alleles and genotypes of CYP2C9 and VKORC1 in the study population of patients with heart valves prosthetic correspond to the distribution in Caucasoid populations. The use of pharmacogenetic testing results at the beginning of warfarin therapy reduced the time required for selecting a therapeutic dose of anticoagulant by 2 times and increased the duration of stay in the INR therapeutic range by 20.2%. Conclusion. The use of the pharmacogenetic approach at the begin‑ ning of warfarin therapy contributes to the effectiveness and safety of anticoagulant therapy in this category of patients.

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