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Publication Date: 2021
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Project-Based Learning and Doctoral Student Research Skill Development: A Case Study
Dana, Nancy Fichtman; Rigney, James; Vescio, Vicki; Ma, Vera Wei
Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, v6 n4 p27-35 2021
The purpose of this study was to understand the ways doctoral students in an online Ed.D. program developed their skills as practitioner researchers through a project-based learning (PBL) experience. In order to describe and analyze the nature of the students' PBL experiences, case study methodology was used. Interviews, a video-recording of a two-hour synchronous class session, and student generated artifacts were iteratively analyzed by a team of researchers. Results reveal underlying tensions within three case themes: individual versus collective learning, simulated versus real research experience, and public class activity versus private group conversations. These findings demonstrate that Ed.D. program area faculty must balance the competing tensions raised by these case themes in order to facilitate research skill development and foster the ability of their students to grow as practitioner scholars.
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Doctoral Students, Doctoral Programs, Education Majors, Research Skills, Skill Development, Electronic Learning, Simulation, Group Discussion, Independent Study, Social Justice, Critical Theory
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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