Are South African doctoral qualifications educating the thinkers we need?

dc.contributor.authorBurton, Stephanie G.
dc.contributor.authorFaller, Francis
dc.contributor.authorKaniki, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorLeitch, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorNtshoe, Isaac
dc.contributor.emailstephanie.burton@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-07T12:21:21Z
dc.date.available2022-12-07T12:21:21Z
dc.date.issued2022-11
dc.description.abstractSIGNIFICANCE : The recently completed national review of the doctoral qualifications offered by South African higher education institutions has provided important insights into the national landscape of doctoral education, and raised many questions. One key question is whether our doctoral qualifications educate our students to be the broad and critical thinkers needed to address current and future scientific and societal challenges. In the South African higher education context, we must ask ourselves whether we are providing the academic and intellectual depth required to enable our doctoral graduates to achieve the graduate attributes that we express as our national aspirations, and we need to consider new approaches to doctoral education.en_US
dc.description.departmentBiochemistryen_US
dc.description.departmentGeneticsen_US
dc.description.departmentMicrobiology and Plant Pathologyen_US
dc.description.librarianhj2022en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.sajs.co.zaen_US
dc.identifier.citationBurton, S., Faller, F., Kaniki, A., Leitch, A. & Ntshoe, I. Are South African doctoral qualifications educating the thinkers we need? South African Journal of Science 2022;118(11/12), Art. #14314. https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2022/14314.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0038-2353 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1996-7489 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.17159/sajs.2022/14314
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/88696
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAcademy of Science of South Africaen_US
dc.rights© 2022. The Author(s). Published under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.en_US
dc.subjectDoctoral qualificationen_US
dc.subjectDoctoral trainingen_US
dc.subjectSouth African national reporten_US
dc.subjectPhDen_US
dc.subjectPostgraduate educationen_US
dc.titleAre South African doctoral qualifications educating the thinkers we need?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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