PT Journal
AU Li, Y
   Polachova Vastatkova, J
TI The Role of Doctoral Study in the Professional Path of Academics
SO e-Pedagogium
PY 2014
BP 69
EP 81
VL 14
IS 2
DI 10.5507/epd.2014.019
DE doctoral study of education; professional path; Ph.D. graduates; life stories; grounded theory
AB To prepare the next generation of academics is considered the primary function of doctoral education. This study attempts to identify the role of doctoral study on the path of academics. The data were collected by the in-depth interview of Ph.D. graduates who had achieved their doctor degree of education successfully at Palacky University Olomouc in the past decade. The life stories of seven interviewees were included in analyzing by coding process. Six categories were generalized under three themes based on the grounded theory.
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