An Unexpected Affordance of Program Design for Dissertation Writing during COVID-19: The Embedded Dissertation

Autor/inn/en	Capello, Sarah; Gyimah-Concepcion, Mellissa; Billimack, Victoria Vandover
Titel	An Unexpected Affordance of Program Design for Dissertation Writing during COVID-19: The Embedded Dissertation
Quelle	In: Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 6 (2021) 2, S.16-20 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2472-5889
Schlagwörter	Doctoral Dissertations; Program Design; COVID-19; Pandemics; Affordances; Writing (Composition); Doctoral Students; College Faculty; Academic Achievement; College Instruction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Doctoral dissertation; Doctoral thesis; Doctoral theses; Dissertationsschrift; Programme design; Programmaufbau; Programmplanung; Schreibübung; Doctoral studies; Doctorate studies; Student; Students; Doctoral candidate; Doktorandenprogramm; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Doktorand; Doktorandin; Fakultät; Schulleistung; Hochschullehre
Abstract	Purpose: This paper describes how an embedded dissertation program design feature supported two cohorts of EdD dissertators and helped them make consistent progress toward and eventually complete their dissertation milestones during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, we detail the work, challenges, and results of EdD students' efforts toward their milestones and offer perspectives on the same topics for EdD faculty who are teaching dissertation writing courses or supporting dissertators during the COVID-19 pandemic. Conceptual Argument: This paper argues that an existing program design feature, the embedded dissertation, provided unexpected affordances for EdD dissertators during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, it acted as a scaffold for dissertators to make small but consistent steps forward on their dissertation milestones despite the significant challenges they faced both as practitioners and as students during the pandemic. Implications for Research: In sharing these experiences, we hope to: (a) offer a contribution to the literature on the intersection of program design and dissertation writing, (b) proffer a program design structure that was successful in moving dissertators forward during COVID-19, and (c) document the lived experiences of EdD dissertators and faculty in this unprecedented, historical moment. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01