Abstract

Kokybinių tyrimų metodologijos mokymasis ir mokymasis doktorantūroje yra mažai tiriamas, bet tai svarbi tyrimų sritis, turint mintyje mokslininkų, gebančių savo kokybiškais tyrimais atliepti lokalios bendruomenės ir globalios visuomenės poreikius bei besivystančias kokybinių tyrimų metodologijas, rengimą. Kita vertus, tarptautiniu mastu mokslinėje literatūroje ypač mažai reprezentuojama besivystančių neanglakalbių šalių doktorantų edukacija. Todėl, siekdami atliepti šią spragą, nagrinėjame kokybinių tyrimų mokymą ir mokymąsi tyrimų metodologijos kurse Lietuvoje. Straipsnyje analizuojami duomenys, gauti vykdant didesnę mokslinių tyrimų programą. Jie buvo renkami, naudojant interviu kaip pokalbį su socialinių ir humanitarinių mokslo krypčių doktorantūroje dėstančiais profesoriais ir doktorantais. Be to, lygia greta buvo atliekama dokumentų analizė, vykdomas formalus ir neformalus stebėjimas, renkami interviu dalyvių reflektyvūs pasakojimai ir kiti kontekstualūs bei kontrastiniai duomenys, reikalingi daugiasluoksnei analizei. Straipsnyje remiamasi vieno interviu su doktorante ir jos dviem dėstytojais analize. Šis atvejis reprezentuoja kitų interviu metų pateiktus pasakojimus tų doktorantų, kurie pastaraisiais metais doktorantūros studijų metu mokėsi kokybinių tyrimų metodologijos kaip studijų dalyko ar jo dalies. Tyrimas rodo jau atsiradusį gana stiprų šalies profesorių potencialą gerai parengti mokslininkus kokybiniams tyrimams atlikti, apgalvotą šiuolaikišką mokymą ir bent dalies jau dabar studijuojančių doktorantų įvairiapusišką bei pasaulinius standartus atitinkantį mokymąsi atlikti kokybinius tyrimus.

Highlights

  • Preparing of a new generation of scholars to conduct research is one of the key emphases of doctoral education (Walker, Golde, Jones, Bueschel & Hutchins 2008)

  • The majority of the literature on doctoral preparation Jones reviewed focused on doctoral program design (29%) and doctoral student experience (26%), with the rest of the articles addressing student-supervisor relationships (15%), writing and research (14%) and employment (13%) issues

  • To uncover opportunities for learning and teaching qualitative research within the context of a qualitative research methods class, for this paper, we selected one interview with a doctoral student we will call Daiva. We interviewed both professors Daiva had referenced in her interview but for the paper, we largely draw on Daiva’s accounts of her learning. We selected this particular interview as a representative case, because what Daiva shared about her experiences of learning qualitative research was representative of the accounts of other doctoral students who have taken a qualitative research methods class recently within the doctoral program in education run by a consortium of universities

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Summary

Historical Contexts for the Doctoral Preparation of Researchers in Lithuania

Research teaching and learning in doctoral programs has a long history that began with the establishment of universities in Paris and Bologna in the 11th century and the preparation of doctoral scholars at those universities (Kurtz-Costes, Helmke & Ulku-Steiner 2006). While researcher preparation in Lithuanian doctoral education is formally comparable to that of other countries known for scholarly achievement, there are deeper contextual factors that impact research and qualitative research teaching and learning in Lithuanian universities These contextual factors relate to the growth of research methodology internationally during the time when Lithuania, along with the other former republics of the Soviet Union, was separated from the rest of the world for 50 years (1940–1990). Lithuanian scholars can only dream about the access to databases that is available for university professors and students in the US or about receiving the funding for research studies and conferences comparable to that of their colleagues in other more developed nations This situation signals that Lithuanian researchers, especially those in education and other social sciences, have not yet overcome their scientific isolation and do not have equitable access to international scientific resources, including resources about research methodology. We have chosen to focus on doctoral student learning in a Qualitative Research Methodologies in Education class

Research design
Focal information on ways of learning qualitative research methodology
Keeping understanding as the goal
Learning Qualitative Research through Engaging in Qualitative Research Practices
Practices in learning qualitative research
Making a connection to the dissertation topic
Discussion
Findings
Professor practices
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