Launching a Career or Reflecting on Life? Reasons, Issues and Outcomes for Candidates Undertaking PhD Studies Mid-Career or after Retirement Compared to the Traditional Early Career Pathway

Autor/in	Stehlik, Tom
Titel	Launching a Career or Reflecting on Life? Reasons, Issues and Outcomes for Candidates Undertaking PhD Studies Mid-Career or after Retirement Compared to the Traditional Early Career Pathway
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 51 (2011), S.150-169 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1443-1394
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Doctoral Programs; Federal Aid; Graduate Students; Nontraditional Students; Maturity (Individuals); Student Motivation; Student Characteristics; Human Capital; Productivity; Capacity Building; Reflection; Career Education; Transformative Learning; Outcomes of Education; Career Development; Praxis; Role of Education; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Doktorandenprogramm; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Reifung; Schulische Motivation; Humankapital; Produktivität; Arbeitslehre; Pädagogische Transformation; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Berufsentwicklung; Bildungsauftrag; Australien
Abstract	The Commonwealth government provides fee exemption for any Australian who undertakes a PhD. This policy is presumably based on the "clever country" assumption that an educated population will develop and contribute to social and economic capital. Enrolment numbers therefore continue to increase, and a PhD is no longer an elite qualification. In addition, the characteristics and demographics of PhD students are changing. In the School of Education, University of South Australia, a significant number of PhD students are not early career researchers or recent honours graduates, but mid-to-late-career education practitioners and retirees, and the majority are women. These mature-age and third-age candidates are undertaking doctoral research not to launch their career, but in most cases to reflect on it, with many experiencing transformative learning in the process. In this paper I will explore why people undertake a PhD later in life, what the learning process is like for them, what the outcomes are, and the benefits to society. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10