THE PHYLOSOPHY BEHIND A PHD PROGRAM IN KAZAKHSTAN

Guldana Akhmetova

doi:10.32523/3080-1281-2025-153-4-7-21

Авторы

Гулдана Ахметова Университет Миннесоты Автор https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6768-6727

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32523/3080-1281-2025-153-4-7-21

Ключевые слова:

академическое письмо; один казахстанский университет; докторанты; публикация статей; философия образования; программы докторантуры; переход к трехуровневой системе

Аннотация

Казахстанская система образования, после присоединения к Европейскому пространству высшего образования в 2010 году, постепенно перешла на трехуровневую европейскую систему. Этот переход к новым направлениям подготовки специалистов вызвал сомнения и опасения у казахстанских учёных. Целью данного исследования является изучение образовательной философии, лежащей в основе программ докторантуры (PhD), на примере опыта докторантов одного из казахстанских университетов.

В работе использовался исследовательский последовательный дизайн, в котором приняли участие докторанты 2021-2022 и 2022-2023 учебных годов одного из казахстанских университетов. В общей сложности 29 из 40 респондентов заполнили анкету по окончании курса, а трое докторантов согласились на участие в углубленном индивидуальном интервью. Открытые вопросы анкеты и три ответа в интервью были проанализированы с помощью конструктивистского анализа обоснованной теории.

Результаты исследования показывают, что, согласно нормативным правилам, докторанты обязаны публиковать статьи для получения разрешения на защиту диссертации. Отдельные интервьюеры отмечали, что средства либо собираются заранее, либо запрашиваются из проектного фонда для публикации в журналах Q1-Q4. Фактически, 68% респондентов подтвердили возможность публикации в течение трех лет, в то время как 21% отметили свое предпочтение написанию диссертации и дальнейшему расширению знаний. Таким образом, философия обучения докторантов сводится к мантре «публикуйся или исчезни», а не к воспитанию молодых исследователей.

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Биография автора

Гулдана Ахметова, Университет Миннесоты

Ахметова Гулдана Егеубаевна - PhD, ассоциированный профессор, исследователь Университет Миннесоты, 301 19 TH AVE S., 190 Humphrey School, Миннеаполис, 55455, США

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