Methodological approaches at PhD and skills sought for research posts in academia: a mismatch?
Methodological approaches at PhD and skills sought for research posts in academia: a mismatch?
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博士的方法论和学术界研究职位所寻求的技能：不匹配？
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2009
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J. Powell
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R. Wiles;Gabriele B. Durrant;S. D. De Broe;J. Powell
在英国，人们担心社会研究人员缺乏研究方法技能，尤其是在定量方法方面。本文借鉴了一项研究的结果，该研究探索了英国社会科学家在整个生命周期中的培训需求，并将重点放在博士生确定的研究培训需求和学术雇主所寻求的研究技能上。报告的数据包括对博士生的调查，对研究中心主任/大额资助持有人的调查，以及对社会科学研究职位的内容分析。研究结果表明，一些社会科学学科的学生倾向于在他们的博士学位中使用定性方法，而学术雇主和学术职位空缺表明需要具有定量方法技能的研究人员。这些发现对研究生的培训和监督具有重要意义，并确定了缩小早期职业研究人员技能与雇主需求之间差距的必要性。
There is a concern in the UK about a lack of research methods skills among social researchers, especially in relation to quantitative methods. This article draws on findings of a study exploring the training needs of social scientists across the lifespan in the UK and focuses on the research training needs identified by PhD students and the research skills sought by academic employers. The data reported comprises a survey of PhD students, a survey of directors of research centres/holders of large grants and a content analysis of social science research posts. The findings indicate that students in several social science disciplines have a preference for qualitative methods in their PhDs while academic employers and job vacancies for academic posts indicate a need for researchers with skills in quantitative methods. The findings have important implications for training and supervision of research students and identify a need to narrow the gap between early‐career researchers’ skills and employers’ needs.