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- Title
Educational Research and Doctoral Dissertations: A Review Within a Research Community.
- Authors
Alves, Mariana Gaio; Azevedo, Nair Rios; Gonçalves, Teresa N. R.
- Abstract
This article presents some results arising from the meta-analysis of the educational research that has been developed at Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal). The intention was to understand the status of the educational research produced, the main thematic trends studied, affiliated scientific domains, conceptual frames mobilized, and methodological approaches used. The PhD theses that have been submitted for the doctoral degree in Educational Sciences were analyzed and for each one we searched for the research questions and/or research objectives pursued, the methodology of research developed, the entities examined (e.g., individuals, institutions, or organizations), the main theoretical perspectives assumed and the disciplinary, multidisciplinary, or transdisciplinary approach embraced. This enquiry revealed the predominance of qualitative approaches to research in education. Discovering what was done was a gateway to think about educational researchers training and to highlight some issues related to doctoral programs design, pedagogy, and teaching practices.
- Subjects
EDUCATION research; QUANTITATIVE research; TEACHER researchers; THEORY of knowledge; DOCTORAL programs; TRAINING
- Publication
Qualitative Inquiry, 2012, Vol 18, Issue 7, p626
- ISSN
1077-8004
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1077800412450156