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  %GRADUATE RESEARCH EMPHASIS DOCTORAL DEGREE TEACH 950114

     It  would be wise to seek to discover what  has  been
the  effect   upon   the  teaching   of    various    aged
children caused by the heavy emphasis in PhD programs upon
pure  research---to  the  near  exclusion  of  paying  any
attention upon  what is  essential to the facilitation  of
students  transcending the  various blocks  to  meaningful
learning:     cognitive,    pre-conceptual,     affective,
additional,     peer  pressures,    collusive   pressures,
emotional, etc.

     Such   a  search  could  focus  upon  discovering  as
objectively as possible (in a broadened sense of the term)
what  has  been the effect of the past emphasis upon  pure
research.  Needless to say the effect of the pure research
emphasis  has  not been an objective effect in the  narrow
sense of the  term "objective".    Yet  within a broadened
interpretation of the term "objective" and also within the
framework  intentionally seeking to be open,   honest, and
responsible (responsive)  to the wider community---such  a
determination could be made.    Such a determination would
of  necessity  be  built upon existential personal reports
offered within  secure contexts where reporters  have been
offered  and  have  accepted gifts of the  freedom  to  be
safely  vulnerable  in  being true to  themselves  and  to
others  about  what their experiences  had   been   within
the   context  of graduate   research   programs  and   in
light  of   their experiences within that context.

     Even without any compulsive emphasis upon statistical
manipulation   of  data,   it might well  be  possible  to
arrive at  a meaningful consensus as to what has been  the
effect  of the often exclusive emphasis upon pure research
in  PhD programs.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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