TY  - JOUR
AB  - This paper compares the learning experiences of full‐time PhD students in 28 Education Departments and 31 Chemistry Departments in British universities. A questionnaire composed of two major dimensions of the learning experiences, supervision and research environment for doctoral students, was distributed to about 2,200 students. It is found that Chemistry departments are seen as offering better doctoral education as perceived by students than Education departments on most counts, especially regarding academic culture of facilitation, intercultural facilitation of research for foreign students and research facilities in research environment for doctoral students. Supervision is perceived to be more satisfactory in Chemistry than in Education especially in aspects of supervisor’s knowledge, supervisor’s research workload, supervisor’s student‐load and supervisor’s helpfulness in finding funding. A theoretical framework of the Teamwork and Individualist research training structures to discuss the possible causes of these findings is offered. It is proposed that disciplinary diversity in effectiveness of doctoral education is engendered by the two distinct research training structures.
VL  - 23
IS  - 1/2
SN  - 0144-333X
DO  - 10.1108/01443330310790444
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/01443330310790444
AU  - Chiang Kuang‐Hsu
PY  - 2003
Y1  - 2003/01/01
TI  - Learning experiences of doctoral students in UK universities
T2  - International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 4
EP  - 32
Y2  - 2024/04/23
ER  -