Identity, Commitment, and Change Agency: Bedrock for Bridging Theory and Practice in Doctoral Education

Identity, Commitment, and Change Agency: Bedrock for Bridging Theory and Practice in Doctoral Education

Carol A. Kochhar-Bryant
ISBN13: 9781522509783|ISBN10: 152250978X|EISBN13: 9781522509790
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0978-3.ch011
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Kochhar-Bryant, Carol A. "Identity, Commitment, and Change Agency: Bedrock for Bridging Theory and Practice in Doctoral Education." Medical Education and Ethics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 189-202. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0978-3.ch011

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Kochhar-Bryant, C. A. (2017). Identity, Commitment, and Change Agency: Bedrock for Bridging Theory and Practice in Doctoral Education. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Medical Education and Ethics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 189-202). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0978-3.ch011

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Kochhar-Bryant, Carol A. "Identity, Commitment, and Change Agency: Bedrock for Bridging Theory and Practice in Doctoral Education." In Medical Education and Ethics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 189-202. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0978-3.ch011

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Abstract

It is becoming almost cliché to assert that doctoral scholars should integrate theory and practice and address critical problems of practice. Less charted territory, however, moves beyond integration of theory and practice to the cultivation of scholars' as committed people who possess a compass of values and vision as they act as catalysts for change in the world of practice. The purpose of this chapter is to explore the kind of cultivation needed to effect the transformation required for doctoral scholars to move beyond translation of theory to practice to the next step of catalyzing change. This chapter explores the intersection of core constructs or strands for creating scholars as change agents – identity, commitment and civic agency. These elements are examined from a theoretical framework, and in context of a case example of a doctoral program that bridges the academy and the community.

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