Envisioning the Future of Doctoral Education – Preparing Stewards of the Discip…

Envisioning the Future of Doctoral EducationPreparing Stewards of the Discipline - Carnegie Essays on the Doctorate\nAuthor(s): Chris M. Golde, George E. Walker\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States\nImprint: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.\nISBN-13: 9780787982355, 978-0787982355\nSynopsis\nThe development of students as stewards of the discipline should be the purpose of doctoral education. A steward is a scholar in the fullest sense of the termsomeone who can imaginatively generate new knowledge, critically conserve valuable and useful ideas, and responsibly transform those understandings through writing, teaching, and application. Stewardship also has an ethical and moral dimension; it is a role that transcends a collection of accomplishments and skills. A steward is someone to whom the vigor, quality, and integrity of the field can be entrusted. The most important period of a stewards formation occurs during formal doctoral education.\nEnvisioning the Futur.