Lifelines in Studies on Biographic  Determinants of Decisions to Take Up  PHD Studies at a Technical University

Mazurek, Emilia; Vynoslavska, Olena

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“…Among the most crucial similarities in the biographies of PhD students from both countries one can list: perceiving the appropriate social origin as biographical capital, the role of noteworthy people in shaping interests and aspirations (changes in the impact of individual people in this area in the course of growth, cf. Mazurek & Vynoslavska, 2018), the relation of educational needs and the opportunities for their fulfilment with the external environment, the great importance of formal education (and above all academic education) for making a decision about doctoral studies, perceiving academic profession as a mission, opportunities for growth and creative work, development of passions and the use of one's own potential (i.e. research inquisitiveness, didactic competence).…”

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“…The formal analysis of the participants' lifelines (i.e. temporal and visual level of lifelines) was presented in the text Lifelines in studies on biographic determinants of decisions to take up PhD studies at a technical university (Mazurek & Vynoslavska, 2018). Lifelines were supposed to serve as an introduction to the task of writing an autobiographic essay in which participants could elaborate on elements marked on their lifelines.…”

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The Educational Biographies of Engineers Starting Academic Careers: Comparative Perspective of Poland and Ukraine

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2019

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The recent changes taking place in the European higher education systems leads to less stable, less secure and less attractive working conditions for academic teachers. Nonetheless, it is observed that the academic profession is attractive for young talented people. The research was aimed at studying educational biographies of engineers who took up PhD studies at technical universities in order to find out the importance of young people's experience and life history in making important life decisions (i.e. starting academic career). The biographical research was performed based on the material of lifelines and autobiographic essays prepared by PhD students of technical universities in Poland and Ukraine. The study included 56 participants of 23 to 30 years of age. A typology of biographical narratives was developed as a result of analysis of the research material. Additionally, the crucial similarities and differences between educational biographies of PhD students from Poland and from Ukraine were indicated. On the basis of the research it can be determined that traditional motives of undertaking the academic professioni.e. curiosity, professional status, and financial rewardsstill play a big role. New motives are also appearing: investing oneself and social mission. An academic profession is seen as a possibility of development and autonomy to a greater extent than in the economic sector. However, the lack of guarantee of employment at the university after PhD studies and lower remuneration in academic structures compared to the economic sector make it difficult to plan one's own future and choose academic career instead of a different career path.

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