Defining the Problem of Practice Dissertation: Where's the Practice, What's the Problem?

Autor/inn/en	Belzer, Alisa; Ryan, Sharon
Titel	Defining the Problem of Practice Dissertation: Where's the Practice, What's the Problem?
Quelle	In: Planning and Changing, 44 (2013) 3-4, S. 195-207 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0032-0684
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; Definitions; Educational Practices; Doctoral Dissertations; Research Needs; Professional Education; Research Design; Research Methodology; Questioning Techniques; Theory Practice Relationship; Graduate Students; New Jersey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Begriffsbestimmung; Bildungspraxis; Doctoral dissertation; Doctoral thesis; Doctoral theses; Dissertationsschrift; Forschungsbedarf; Berufsausbildung; Forschungsdesign; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Befragungstechnik; Fragetechnik; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin
Abstract	This article describes the evolution of the conceptualization of the "problem of practice" dissertation in the new EdD Program at the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Our definition and conceptualization of the professional practice dissertation is grounded in a review of relevant literature and a description of the definition of a problem of practice developed by Rutgers' EdD faculty. To illustrate how to define a problem of practice dissertation, this article includes an analysis of several students' dissertation topics, and questions. This analysis highlights how practice can be understood as nested circles surrounding students that begin closest to the center in the specific job site (e.g. classroom) and move outwards to the institution (e.g. school, university) and then to the community (e.g. state). Broadly understood, the problem is always how to improve learning opportunities. Problem of practice dissertations use inquiry and evaluation to study current conditions as a way to make effective decisions on how to address the problem or by using the research literature to select and then test an intervention. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Department of Educational Administration and Foundations. College of Education, Illinois State University, Campus Box 5900, Normal, IL 61790-5900. Tel: 309-438-2399; Fax: 309-438-8683; Web site: http://education.illinoisstate.edu/planning/
Begutachtung	Peer reviewed
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01