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November 18th, 2009   by lschroeder3

Learners on the Doctoral Journey: Understanding and Managing Fear

While engaged in learning, individuals experience a wide range of emotions: joy, delight, interest, wonder, disappointment, frustration and fear. While all emotions need to be managed, fear may be the most significant barrier to adults realizing their full learning potential. In a series of blog posts, Lori shares information—and asks you to offer insights and strategies—to understanding and successfully managing fear that may occur throughout the doctoral journey. Acknowledging that fear exists is key to making peace with it. Her goal is to provide a medium for us to share our perspectives on learner fear and liberate ourselves in doing so.

This blog topic may be of interest to all learners who occasionally experience self-doubt and fear about their ability to achieve the doctoral degree.

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November 10th, 2009   by Michael Franklin

Learning How to Read

If effective reading strategies are the lifeblood of one’s intellectual development as a doctoral learner, what are they? How do you use them? And when do you know which ones to use? READ MORE

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November 3rd, 2009   by Sharon Balke

November is National Career Development Month!

Each year, the National Career Development Association celebrates November as National Career Development Month to highlight the importance of life-long career development. Managing your career is an ongoing process, not just something you do when you’re actively in a job search. It’s akin to maintaining a schedule of moderate physical training year-round for a marathon, rather than waiting until a couple of weeks before the race to start training. The runner who exercises two or three times each week will be much better prepared for the race than the one who tries to do all of her training at the last minute. Likewise, a job seeker will fare much better in a job search if he’s laid the groundwork by maintaining good relationships with colleagues in his field over time, and kept his resume updated with his ongoing professional development activities, than if he only begins conducting career management activities when the job search becomes imminent. READ MORE

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