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100			_aCampbell, Robert a.
245			_aPreparing the next generation of scientists: the social process of managing students
260			_c2003
300			_ap.897-927.
362			_aDec
520			_aThe present paper examines aspects of how students are trained to be scientists during their years in graduate school. The data were collected through open-ended interviews with academic research scientists, and the framework for analysis is provided by a generic social process scheme. My objective is to demonstrate how the social process of managing students is integral to our understanding of the day-to-day activities of scientists. Among the findings is the notion that what is formally taught and written down is not as significant as those things that the students learn through doing and participation in formal and informal interaction with senior students and faculty. The data also appear to suggest that any notion we might have of the rigid and prescribed nature of graduate science education does not match what actually takes place. Rather, the successful completion of research projects and the transition from student to scientist emerges through social interaction that reflects individual differences and the circumstances arising in particular situations and contexts. - Reproduced.
650			_aScientists
650			_aScience education
773			_aSocial Studies of Science
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