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Challenges of Becoming a Scholar: A Study of Doctoral Students' Problems and Well-Being

Author(s) -

Kirsi Pyhältö,

Auli Toom,

Jenni Stubb,

Kirsti Lonka

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

isrn education

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2090-8652

DOI - 10.5402/2012/934941

Subject(s) - doctoral dissertation , medical education , psychology , relation (database) , the arts , doctoral studies , graduate students , perception , pedagogy , higher education , medicine , computer science , political science , database , neuroscience , law

Successful studying in Ph. D. education is a complex matter. Although Ph. D. students are a highly select group, some never finish. This paper explores the problems that doctoral candidates face during their doctoral studies as well as students' well-being in relation to their studying engagement. The study is part of a larger research project on doctoral education. Altogether 669 doctoral students from the Faculties of Arts, Medicine, and Behavioural Sciences responded to the survey. Doctoral students' perceptions of the problems they encountered during their studies varied. The problems reported were related to general working processes, domain-specific expertise, supervision, the scholarly community, and resources. Doctoral students' well-being and study engagement showed a clear relationship. More effective means are needed to foster students' ability to overcome problems encountered during their Ph. D. studies.

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