Coursework in Industrial Doctorates: A Worthwhile Contribution to Students' Training?

Autor/inn/en	Sin, Cristina; Soares, Diana; Tavares, Orlanda
Titel	Coursework in Industrial Doctorates: A Worthwhile Contribution to Students' Training?
Quelle	In: Higher Education Research and Development, 40 (2021) 6, S.1298-1312 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sin, Cristina) ORCID (Soares, Diana) ORCID (Tavares, Orlanda)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0729-4360
DOI	10.1080/07294360.2020.1807918
Schlagwörter	Doctoral Programs; Educational Change; Doctoral Students; Industry; Academic Education; Relevance (Education); Curriculum Design; Foreign Countries; Student Research; Industrial Education; Engineering Education; Biomedicine; Labor Market; Employment Potential; Health Sciences; Medical Education; Professional Education; Student Attitudes; Course Descriptions; Education Work Relationship; Portugal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Doktorandenprogramm; Bildungsreform; Doctoral studies; Doctorate studies; Student; Students; Doctoral candidate; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Doktorand; Doktorandin; Industrie; Akademische Bildung; Relevance; Relevanz; Lehrplangestaltung; Ausland; Studentenforschung; Ingenieurausbildung; Biomedizin; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Medizinische Ausbildung; Berufsausbildung; Schülerverhalten; Kursstrukturplan
Abstract	The integration of coursework in doctoral programmes is becoming increasingly common worldwide. In Portugal, too, coursework is now part of many doctorates and is usually assigned to the first year. This paper aims to understand if coursework is also an element of the relatively recent industrial doctorates in Portugal and, in this case, if it represents an added value for the training and experience of doctoral candidates in a primarily research-based degree, but driven by the shared interests of industry and academia. The perceptions of students enrolled in industrial doctorates were gathered through focus groups. Findings suggest that students tend to believe that compulsory coursework does not add much value to their training, although its relevance seems to increase when students are given the possibility of choosing courses which are related to their research topic or when courses have a practical orientation. These findings invite a reconsideration of curriculum design in doctoral degrees in the direction of increased flexibility and more personalised learning plans. (As Provided).
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