{"product_id":"the-formation-of-scholars-9780470197431","title":"The Formation of Scholars","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis groundbreaking book explores the current state of doctoral education in the United States and offers a plan for increasing the effectiveness of doctoral education. Programs must grapple with questions of purpose. The authors examine practices and elements of doctoral programs and show how they can be made more powerful by relying on principles of progressive development, integration, and collaboration. They challenge the traditional apprenticeship model and offer an alternative in which students learn while apprenticing \u003ci\u003ewith\u003c\/i\u003e several faculty members. The authors persuasively argue that creating intellectual community is essential for high-quality graduate education in every department. Knowledge-centered, multigenerational communities foster the development of new ideas and encourage intellectual risk taking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book shows how doctoral education has evolved, how graduate programs take a hard look at themselves, and the specific change practices attempted by participating departments… Together, the chapters offer guidelines for surviving and thriving as a college teacher. (\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Continuing Higher Ed\u003c\/i\u003e, 06\/08)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments.  \u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword by Lee S. Shulman.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Moving Doctoral Education into the Future.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Setting the Stage for Change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Talking About Purpose: Mirrors, Lenses, and Windows.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. From Experience to Expertise: Principles of Powerful Formation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Apprenticeship Reconsidered.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Creating and Sustaining Intellectual Community.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. A Call to Action.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Summary Description of the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B: List of Participating Departments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix C: Overview of the Surveys.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix D: Graduate Student Survey.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix E: Graduate Faculty Survey.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eName Index.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402304725335,"sku":"9780470197431","price":33.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470197431.jpg?v=1730480006","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-formation-of-scholars-9780470197431","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}