Remember for your paper you want to paraphrase your evidence and discuss each theme in a succinct manner. Your introduction will need better development before you start the paper. A strong topic/thesis statement and themes help to guide your paper.
In Topic 2, you were asked to read three articles on the topic of doctoral identity and to complete an annotated bibliography to demonstrate their understanding of the material. In Topic 3, you were asked to take this process a step further and identify themes found in the three articles and to complete a synthesis worksheet where the themes were supported by evidence from each article. In this assignment, you will build on your worksheet efforts and write a paper about the three themes. The narrative will not only present the evidence from the articles to support the identified themes, but also will provide an analysis for each theme by synthesizing the information collected.
General Requirements:
•Locate the Synthesis Worksheet you completed in Topic 3.
•Locate and download “Synthesis Paper Template” from the Course Materials for this topic.
•Review the articles by Baker & Pifer (2011), Gardner (2009), and Smith & Hatmaker (2014) located in the Course Materials for this topic.
Directions:
Using the Synthesis Worksheet you completed and considering the themes you developed and the feedback provided by your instructor, write a paper (1,000-1,250 words) that synthesizes the three articles.
Your paper should include the following:
1.An introduction that introduces and provides context for the topic. This includes giving a brief description of each article and its purpose, identifying the three themes that emerged from your reading, describing how they will be discussed in the paper, and presenting a clear thesis statement.
2.Support for your identified themes with evidence from each article. Provide analysis of these findings to strengthen your narrative.
3.A discussion of the conclusions that can be drawn when the articles are taken together as a single entity. What is the overall message of the group of articles?
1. Conceptualizing Success in Doctoral Education: Perspectives of Faculty in Seven Disciplines
Gardner, S. K. (2009).
Conceptualizing auccess in doctoral education: Perspectives of faculty in seven disciplines. The Review of Higher Education, 32(3), 383-406. doi: 10.1353/rhe.0.0075
2. Knowing, Doing, and Becoming: Professional Identity Construction among Public Affairs Doctoral Students
Review:
Smith, A. E., & Hatmaker, D. M. (2014). Knowing, doing, and becoming: Professional identity construction among public affairs doctoral students. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 20(4), 545-564.
3. The Role of Relationships in the Transition from Doctor to Independent Scholar
Review:
Baker, V. L., & Pifer, M. J. (2011). The role of relationships in the transition from doctor to independent scholar. Studies in Continuing Education, 33(1), 5-17. doi: 10.1080/0158037X.2010.515569
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