Doctoring uncertainty: Mastering craft knowledge

被引:138
作者
Delamont, S [1 ]
Atkinson, P [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Wales Coll Cardiff, Sch Social Sci, Cardiff CF10 3WT, S Glam, Wales
关键词
doctoral students; pedagogic continuity; socialization; uncertainty;
D O I
10.1177/030631201031001005
中图分类号
N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;
摘要
This paper explores a dominant feature of the professional socialization of doctoral students in laboratory and field sciences: the harsh reality of struggling to get laboratory experiments and other forms of practical research to 'work'. As undergraduates, young scientists have experienced success in their practical work because they are exposed to stage-managed experiments, demonstrations or similarly controlled environments. They encounter a world of stable and predictable phenomena under controlled conditions. In contrast, each generation or cohort of graduates has to learn that everyday research in the field or in the laboratory does not necessarily produce stable, usable results until they have mastered tacit craft skills. In turn, they then learn to remove all mention of those tacit, indeterminate aspects from public accounts of their research.
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页码:87 / 107
页数:21
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