Project-Based Learning and Doctoral Student Research Skill Development: A Case Study
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...
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| description | 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.
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| spelling | doaj.art-01315035452047bc9992b902319310632022-12-22T01:31:02ZengUniversity Library System, University of PittsburghImpacting Education2472-58892021-10-016410.5195/ie.2021.148148Project-Based Learning and Doctoral Student Research Skill Development: A Case StudyNancy Fichtman Dana0James Rigney1Vicki Vescio2Vera Wei Ma3University of FloridaSUNY PlattsburghUniversity of FloridaUniversity of FloridaThe 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. https://impactinged.pitt.edu/ojs/ImpactingEd/article/view/148project-based learningaction researchpractitioner researchdoctoral education |
| spellingShingle | Nancy Fichtman Dana James Rigney Vicki Vescio Vera Wei Ma Project-Based Learning and Doctoral Student Research Skill Development: A Case Study Impacting Education project-based learning action research practitioner research doctoral education |
| title | Project-Based Learning and Doctoral Student Research Skill Development: A Case Study |
| title_full | Project-Based Learning and Doctoral Student Research Skill Development: A Case Study |
| title_fullStr | Project-Based Learning and Doctoral Student Research Skill Development: A Case Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Project-Based Learning and Doctoral Student Research Skill Development: A Case Study |
| title_short | Project-Based Learning and Doctoral Student Research Skill Development: A Case Study |
| title_sort | project based learning and doctoral student research skill development a case study |
| topic | project-based learning action research practitioner research doctoral education |
| url | https://impactinged.pitt.edu/ojs/ImpactingEd/article/view/148 |
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