" work groups encourage reflection on the task of researcher"
The participants in the doctoral course shared topics such as the mission statement of the University and its identity, the multidisciplinarity or the good practices of research in the groups of the University. work
The high school Core Curriculum has given a new edition of the course instructions Anthropological and Ethical research at the University of Navarra in which a total of 87 doctoral students from all Schools participated.
Compared to other years, this course has had a new methodology. In addition to the plenary sessions, groups of work were organized, which "are a space for dialogue, questions, debate or corroboration of the central topic dealt with in the previous classes" as Marta Torregrosa, professor of the School Communication and moderator of one of the groups, explains. "The organization in groups - continues Professor Torregrosa - favors participation, the sharing of experiences and expectations, and reflection on the task of researcher; which is one of the objectives of the course".
"The course has been the best of the whole thesis "Patricia Frauca, from doctoral program de Medicamentos y Salud, highlights that "I found the course to be the best of the whole thesis . I am already in my last year of doctorate and I regret not having taken it in my first year, because it could have helped me in the moments of loneliness that I experience during this tough intellectual marathon.
I have heard some professors who think that this subject should be removed to give the credits to other more important things for the CV of the researchers. Now I see that, if they care more about the curriculum than the human training of our students, they have not understood the meaning of the University in general, and much less the University of Navarra.
After I have done the course, I will write down on a piece of paper why and what I am doing this for, and I will hang it on the wall of my cubicle at Library Services, to remember it every day, and write with love what I am missing from thesis ".
"The course has been an invitation to reflect on what we are doing."For his part, Pablo Quiñonero, from doctoral program of Communication, comments that "the course has been, above all, an invitation to reflect on what we are really doing when we do a doctoral thesis . It is easy to lose perspective when you are reflecting on a small fragment of reality for months. Now attention to put my research into perspective, to understand it as a small contribution to an immense whole. This is not an easy task either.
Both emphasize that the work groups have been an opportunity to put their research on contact with that of other colleagues and to get excited about a research that can always be transversal.
