Dear Vicky
As someone whose Dean allowed them to do independent studies in schools of Communication and Engineering for a masters degree in Architecture (while everyone else was required to take Lou Kahn’s studio), and then to pursue an independently focused PhD, (with the Dean as advisor) I suggest that graduate students go in knowing why and what they want to learn and have a program proposing how to use University resources to help them get there. One way to clarify your goals is to take the time to learn what the issues are before you apply. Then interview a selected faculty member with a well formulated plan of study/research that allows you to design your way toward what you seek. A good University will always have faculty willing to help if you can make your case, it is their administrators that you may need to show what could be done. As Susan suggested, you need to become proactive in pursuit of your own development. Also try to find employment as a research assistant at the University in an area of interest, it is the best way to learn the details of getting research done. As Susan suggested, you need to become proactive in pursuit of your own development.
Or, so I believe,
Chuck
> On Dec 18, 2017, at 9:19 AM, Susan Hagan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Dear Vicky and Don,
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> <snip> On Dec 18, 2017, at 6:23 AM, Vicky Zeamer <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
> "I want to ask the group, in particular the more senior folks in the group-- if you were an American student interested in human centered design research, would you still go into a PhD program, to begin in 2018?” <snip>
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> I might not be the right person to answer this, as I don’t have the experience that you’re looking for, but I do have an opinion. I think of the Ph.D. as something you do because you can’t find out what you want/need to learn/can’t let go of, in any other way. And you also have to have a place that gives you the luxury of time and support. It’s such a personal thing.
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> So, is there a question that someone’s working on that you must study in depth alongside that individual? Or is there a question that you don’t think anyone is approaching correctly, and you need space and mentoring to explore it with someone who’s curiosity is also sparked? If one of those things is true, how will that wonderful person let you down because she or he is, after all, just a poor human? And for that reason, what do you need to do to minimize those limitations?
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> <snip> On Dec 17, 2017, at 5:08 PM, Don Norman <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
> It talks about teaching when it should be focussed upon learning
> - That lectures are effective for learning whereas in fact, they are
> simply the easiest thing to do for instructors, but the worst
> way to learn for students>
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