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Educating Mathematical Scientists : Doctoral Study and the Postdoctoral Experience in the United States.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington :
National Academies Press,
1991.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Educating Mathematical Scientists: DOCTORAL STUDY AND THE POSTDOCTORAL EXPERIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES; Copyright; PREFACE; Contents; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; 1 INTRODUCTION; PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THIS REPORT; CONTENTS OF THIS REPORT; 2 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; THE EARLY YEARS; THE ERA OF GROWTH; THE ERA OF CONTRACTION; THE RECENT PAST; 3 THE PRESENT SYSTEM AND SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS; CHARACTERISTICS OF SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS; 4 HUMAN RESOURCE ISSUES; RECRUITMENT; ADMISSION; DOMESTIC STUDENTS; WOMEN AND UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES; FOREIGN STUDENTS; PLACEMENT; 5 FOCUSED, REALISTIC MISSION; STANDARD MODEL.
- SPECIALIZED MODELSSubdisciplinary Model; Interdisciplinary Model; Problem-based Model; College-Teachers Model; Common Features of Specialized Models; 6 POSITIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNICATION AND COOPERATION; EFFECTIVE ADVISING; COURSE WORK AND SPECIALIZED STUDY; EARLY RESEARCH EXPERIENCE; MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMS; QUALIFYING EXAMINATIONS; RESEARCH AND THESIS; POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS; A POSITIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL PROGRAMS; 7 RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; TEACHING SKILLS; COMMUNICATION SKILLS; TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS; THE NON-ACADEMIC MARKET; THE POSTDOCTORAL EXPERIENCE.
- 8 toward more successful programsfaculty and departments; professional societies; federal agencies; the key to action; bibliography; appendices; appendix a doctoral and postdoctoral program self-evaluation; appendix b advice to potential graduate students in the mathematicalsciences; appendix c professional master's degree programs in the mathematicalsciences.