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标题：Identity, reflection and developmental networks as processes in professional doctorate development
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作者：Gail Sanders ; Judith Kuit ; Peter Smith 等
期刊名称：Work Based Learning e-Journal
电子版ISSN：2044-7868
出版年度：2011
卷号：2
期号：1
出版社：Middlesex University
摘要：The nature of the professional doctorate can be difficult to appreciate for those more familiar with the traditional PhD. In our efforts to explain the broad difference simply, we have defined the PhD as being designed largely to produce the ‘professional researcher’, and the professional doctorate as designed to produce the ‘researching professional’ (Taylor, 2007). Whilst these simple descriptions have helped to set the context for discussions around the different nature of the two routes, the term ‘researching professional’ has itself given rise to problems of understanding and interpretation which are fundamental to the very ethos of our professional doctorate programme. These problems centre on two main issues: the definition of profession; and the mind-set shift from territorialised professional knowledge to the critical curiosity required of a doctoral candidate. A key aim of our programme is to provide experienced professionals with the ability and skills to look at their professional practice through a fresh lens, question established practices and value systems, make judgements that are better informed, and be creative in their thought. However, this means confronting them with alternative approaches and forcing them to reconsider their ‘territorialised’ solutions, creating a state of cognitive discomfort that encourages more genuine enquiry (Halliday and Hager, 2002). We have chosen to address these issues by asking candidates to reflect on and classify their professional identity before they reflect on their professional practice. This is done within a model adapted from Sanders (2010), built upon principles of tacit knowledge transfer between multi-disciplinary developmental networks, and uses creative learning techniques to break down the boundaries of territorialised knowledge
关键词：professional doctorates in the UK; professional identity; reflective practice; developmental networks; tacit knowledge