TY  - EJOU
AU  - 
T1  - Hidden Experiences of Doctoral Students in Research Courses
T2  - International Journal of Education and Practice

PY  - 2017
VL  - 5
IS  - 4
SN  - 2310-3868

AB  - The present study investigates the hidden experiences of students in the doctoral programs. This qualitative study was performed using the phenomenological method. The data were collected through the interview. The population consists of PhD graduates whose study period had passed. Using normal purposeful sampling, 45 graduates were interviewed. Strauss and Corbin method of data analysis was used for the analysis. 252 thematic phrases were divided to the five main themes: "The lack of cross-border communications", "failure in doing the main task", "lack of social justice", "lack of economic justice", "non-equality of universities" and "lack of equal opportunities".
KW  - Hidden curriculum
KW  - Phenomenology
KW  - Ph.D. research course
KW  - Experiences
KW  - Doctoral students
KW  - University.
DO  - 10.18488/journal.61.2017.54.61.68