Education (in extinction)

Training activities

Participation in educational research seminars or workshops
  • Number of hours: 18
  • Description: Doctoral candidates must attend at least 18 hours of research seminars or workshops in education throughout their doctoral cycle. Seminars will be offered by semester. Each academic year, the doctoral program's academic committee will prepare a plan with the contents and dates of the seminars that will be offered to students in the program. Doctoral candidates may also participate in other external seminars organized both within the ULL and by other universities, which may validate the seminars. After submitting the summary of the seminar and verifying attendance, the required certificate will be issued.
  • Activity title: Participation in educational research seminars or workshops
  • Language(s) in which the course will be taught: Spanish/English
  • Duration of the activity (in number of hours): 18 hours over three or five years, depending on whether the student is a full-time or part-time student.
  • Justification of the activity (skills to be acquired by students): Active participation in this type of seminar or research workshop activities will encourage doctoral students to develop the skills and abilities of a researcher, such as: presenting and defending their own works in front of colleagues, knowing how to deal with discussion and criticism, as well as knowing and reflecting on the contributions of other researchers to a problematic field of study. More specifically, this activity encourages the development of the following basic skills:
  • CB11 Systematic understanding of a field of study and mastery of the research skills and methods related to that field,
  • CB14Ability to carry out a critical analysis and evaluation and synthesis of new ideas
  • and complex
  • CB15 Ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community and with society in general about their areas of knowledge in the modes and languages commonly used in their international scientific community.
  • It also promotes the development of the following personal skills:
  • – CA02 Find the key questions that need to be answered to solve a complex problem,
  • – CA04 Work both as a team and independently in an international or multidisciplinary context,
  • – CA06 Criticism and intellectual defense of solutions
  • Learning outcomes: Prepare documents and presentations to present and defend a research project or work.
  • Debate, ask questions, express opinions and contrast value judgments regarding research results obtained by other researchers.
  • Express written conclusions related to the lectures attended.
  • Contents:
  • Seminars and/or conferences organized by the PhD student's own research group or team, by other research groups, by a department or center, by the Doctoral School, etc., in which external and internal guest researchers speak.
  • For each seminar, students will develop a report on each seminar individually in groups or discussion forums to reinforce their critical thinking and written expression skills.
  • Planning: temporary organization of the activity for full-time or part-time students:
  • The Academic Committee will organize at least one Seminar or Workshop per quarter during the academic year for all students in the Program, where advances in the lines and problems of educational research will be addressed. Likewise, the Program's tutors and/or research groups may organize seminars or workshops specific to their field of study in which all students in the Program may participate. In this way, each student will be able to organize themselves to have a sufficient number of attendees after three or five years.
  • Planning: temporary organization of the activity for full-time students
  • PhD students will participate in seminars with a minimum of 6 hours per academic year during the first three years
  • Planning: temporary organization of the activity for part-time students
  • PhD students will complete 6 hours of seminars per academic year during the first three years.
  • Planning: Human resources for your development
  • To carry out this training activity, all the researchers participating in the program and their national or international collaborators are available.
  • international networks or research projects.
  • In addition, research trainees in this doctoral programme will be able to attend other seminars and/or conferences of interest related to the area of study of their line of research, held at the University itself or at other Universities or Research Centres.
  • Planning: Material resources for its development
  • The University has the appropriate material and technological resources to carry out these activities in its facilities.
  • Other activities and comments: Mandatory nature of the proposed training activity
  • -Control procedure:
  • Evaluation and control procedure:
  • Students' attendance at these activities will be monitored, and their level of participation in the open discussion forums that are established will be assessed. Each student will have to prepare a report on each seminar in which they participate, which they will submit to their tutor for review and evaluation.

Participation in national or international conferences
  • -Number of hours: 20
  • -Description:
  • Activity title: Participation in National and International Congresses.
  • Language(s) in which the course will be taught: Spanish/English/
  • Duration of the activity (in number of hours): 20 hours over three or five years, depending on whether the student is studying full-time or part-time.
  • Justification of the activity (skills to be acquired by students): Active participation in conferences and other similar academic events will provide PhD students with the opportunity to travel and interact with other university colleagues, attend the presentation and debate of new approaches, results and/or projects developed by members of the scientific community, have to present and defend productions, know how to deal with discussion and criticism, as well as learn about and reflect on the contributions of other researchers to a problematic field of study.
  • More specifically, this activity contributes to the development of the following basic skills:
  • CB11 Systematic understanding of a field of study and mastery of the skills and
  • research methods related to this field,
  • CB14Ability to carry out a critical analysis and evaluation and synthesis of new and complex ideas
  • CB15 Ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community and with society in general about their areas of knowledge in the modes and languages commonly used in their international scientific community,
  • It also contributes to the personal skills of:
  • – CA02 Find the key questions that need to be answered to solve a complex problem,
  • – CA04 Work both as a team and independently in an international context
  • or multidisciplinary,
  • – CA06 Criticism and intellectual defense of solutions
  • Learning outcomes:
  • Demonstrate communication and discussion skills.
  • Exchange results and compare opinions and judgments with other researchers.
  • Preparation of academic communications and/or posters
  • Preparation of a report on the content of the conference
  • Contents:
  • Attend at least one national or international scientific conference or meeting related to one of the Program's own lines of research
  • Planning: temporary organization of the activity for full-time or part-time students:
  • Each student, guided by his/her tutor and director, will select and schedule the conference or conferences he/she can attend each year, according to his/her needs and availability. However, national and international conferences related to the lines of research and specifically to the sub-line or problem in which he/she is developing his/her doctoral thesis are suggested as conferences of interest to doctoral students in this Program.
  • Planning: Human resources for your development
  • To carry out this training activity, no human resources are required from the doctoral program.
  • Planning: Material resources for its development
  • Specifically, this doctoral program will encourage doctoral students to attend specific international conferences approved by their director and/or tutor, encouraging them to apply for internal and external aid for registration and travel costs (scholarships or travel grants depending on the call for applications).
  • Other activities and comments: Voluntary/mandatory nature of the proposed training activity. Mandatory nature.
  • -Control procedure:
  • Evaluation and control procedure:
  • A Certificate of Attendance at the conference will be presented.
  • A copy of the academic communications and/or posters presented will be provided.
  • The student will prepare and submit a report on the content and contributions of the conference to his/her tutor.

Preparation and publication of scientific reports
  • -Number of hours: 35
  • -Description: This training activity aims for students to develop the skills and abilities to write a research article, as well as to know the sources and procedures to publish it in a scientific journal.
  • Activity title: Preparation and publication of scientific reports
  • Language(s) in which it will be written: Spanish/English
  • Duration of the activity (in number of hours): 35 hours over three or five years, depending on whether the student is studying full-time or part-time.
  • Justification of the activity (skills to be acquired by students):
  • The activity of writing a research report that will adopt the format of an article, paper or essay will facilitate the development of competencies and skills in doctoral students aimed at knowing how to communicate the results of their research in writing, which will help them to be in the right condition to tackle the writing of their doctoral thesis.
  • More specifically, this activity will contribute to the development of the following basic skills:
  • CB11 Systematic understanding of a field of study and mastery of the skills and
  • research methods related to this field,
  • CB12 Ability to conceive, design or create, implement and adopt a process
  • substantial research or creation.
  • CB 13 Ability to contribute to the expansion of the frontiers of knowledge
  • through original research.
  • CB14Ability to carry out a critical analysis and evaluation and synthesis of new ideas
  • and complex
  • CB15 Ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community and with the
  • society in general about their areas of knowledge in the ways and languages commonly used in their international scientific community.
  • It also contributes to the development of personal skills of:
  • – CA03 Design, create, develop and undertake novel and innovative projects in their field of knowledge
  • – CA04 Work both as a team and independently in an international or multidisciplinary context,
  • – CA05 Integrate knowledge, deal with complexity and make judgments with limited information.
  • – CA06 Criticism and intellectual defense of solutions
  • Learning outcomes:
  • Demonstrate the ability to synthesize, communicate and discuss new and complex ideas by preparing a manuscript in Spanish and/or English intended for publication in a national and/or international journal.
  • Know the characteristics and elements of an academic report or article
  • Express written conclusions related to the process and results obtained in your research.
  • Contents:
  • Academic journals and specialized documentation sources
  • Format and elements of an academic article
  • Planning: temporary organization of the activity for full-time or part-time students:
  • Each student, guided by his/her tutor and director, will select and decide on the research results that are likely to be published, the journal to which to send the publication and the moment in which to do so; or the event to which to present it for acceptance, communication and edition in proceedings.
  • Planning: temporary organization of the activity for full-time students
  • Students will complete 35 hours over 3 years.
  • Planning: temporary organization of the activity for part-time students
  • Students will complete 35 hours over 5 years.
  • Planning: Human resources for your development
  • Compliance with this activity will be encouraged by seeking publication media that do not entail personal editing costs.
  • Other activities and comments: Mandatory nature of the proposed training activity.
  • -Control procedure:
  • Evaluation and control procedure:
  • The student will have to prepare at least one scientific publication, written in Spanish and/or English and adapted to be sent for review to a national and/or international academic journal in his/her field of study.
  • A copy of the submitted work and its receipt/acceptance by the journal must be submitted to the tutor, and, when published, a printed and/or electronic copy of the published text must be submitted.
  • -Mobility actions:
  • For this specific dissemination activity (publications in journals and/or conference proceedings), mobility actions are not specifically required.

Mobility

-Number of hours: 250

-Description: This training activity consists of a stay for a minimum period of 3 months at another national research centre or foreign university. This last requirement is mandatory for obtaining the International Doctorate mention.

  • Activity title: Mobility
  • Language(s) in which it will be written: Spanish/English/
  • Duration of the activity (in number of hours): 250 hours over three or five years, depending on whether the student is studying full-time or part-time.
  • Justification of the activity (skills to be acquired by students):

This mobility activity will help students develop competencies and skills related to dealing with new situations, both academic and personal, meeting other researchers and different teams, and, consequently, developing their ability to work multidisciplinarily and in other university contexts. In particular, this training activity integrates a set of core competencies, but it will specifically promote the development of the following:

CB11Systematic understanding of a field of study and mastery of research skills and methods related to that field.

CB15 Ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community and with society in general about their areas of knowledge in the modes and languages commonly used in their international scientific community.

CB16 Ability to promote, in academic and professional contexts, scientific, technological, social, artistic or cultural advancement within a knowledge-based society.

CA03Design, create, develop and undertake novel and innovative projects in their field of knowledge.

CA04 Work both as a team and independently in an international or multidisciplinary context.

  • Learning outcomes:

Demonstrate the ability to integrate and work with other groups.

Exchange knowledge and research results in other academic contexts.

Express ideas and communicate research processes and results in another language.

  • Contents:

Mobility activities are aimed at promoting student exchange and mobility in the Doctoral Program in Education through mobility programs and grants that may be established or that students may apply for. Specifically, the following are intended:

Facilitate stays of more than one month and no more than six (except in those cases where there is a prior agreement to carry out part of the thesis at the host research center) in foreign research centers of recognized prestige, carrying out research work that is relevant to their doctoral training and the development of the doctoral thesis and that allows enriching the lines of research of the different research groups integrated into the program.

  • Planning: temporary organization of the activity for full-time or part-time students:

Each student, guided by their tutor and supervisor, will select and decide on the host center for their research stay and the most appropriate time to conduct it. Together with the group from the host university research center, the objectives to be pursued will be defined and established, and the work plan to be carried out will be outlined.

To this end, the program's website will keep updated information on existing collaborations between the Doctoral Program and internationally renowned foreign research groups that cover the program's various lines of research and the specific training interests of each doctoral student, enabling all of them to apply for a residency during their doctoral training period.

The assignment of exchanges and mobility activities in each case will be carried out in the order of request to the Academic Committee.

The timeline for each student's mobility will be proposed by agreement between the doctoral student and their tutor and/or thesis supervisor. When scheduling a research stay, the schedule must be reflected in a mobility plan linked to the research plan, specifying the objectives, duration, research center, and the researcher in charge at that center.

In all cases, the Academic Committee will evaluate each doctoral student's mobility proposal within their activity plan and decide whether to approve it with or without modifications. An annual calendar will be drawn up with the mobility positions available for at least one research stay at the foreign research centers with which the program has agreements, such as:

University of Tuiuti and Ciar Curitiba (Brazil)

National University of San Luis (Argentina)

University of the North (Colombia)

Simon Rodriguez National Experimental University (Venezuela)

University of the East (Venezuela)

Latin American School of Medicine (Venezuela)

Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí (Mexico)

Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (Mexico)

Institute of Education, University of London (Great Britain)

Foreign research centers with which any of the research groups or professors affiliated with this Program collaborate will be added to this list.

The mobility plan that each student develops will require the following tasks:

Task

Contact with the center and foreign researcher (student and tutor)

Request for assistance for stay (student)

Preparation of a work plan for the stay (student and tutor)

Travel and stay at the foreign center (student)

Monitoring of the stay by videoconference and email (student and tutor)

Preparation of a report at the end of the stay (prepared by the student to deliver to the tutor)

Planning: temporary organization of the activity for full-time students

Students will complete 250 hours over the three years. The specific timing of these mobility stays will depend on the funding and grant applications. As a general rule, this plan will be based on the following schedule:

1st year: Contact with a foreign research centre and request for mobility grants

2nd year: Preparation of a work plan, stay at the foreign center, monitoring and preparation of a report
Planning: temporary organization of the activity for part-time students

Students will complete 250 hours over five years. The schedule is similar to that of full-time students, but over a longer period.

Planning: Material resources for its development

Mobility grants aimed at promoting training activities include programs from the ULL's Vice-Rectorate for Research and the Vice-Rectorate for Internationalization and Excellence.

To encourage doctoral students to undertake at least one internship during their doctoral training period, the following measures will be taken: the Doctoral Program will compete for calls for excellence or other international, national, or regional calls that contemplate and facilitate the subsequent participation of doctoral students in calls for mobility grants.

Planning: Human resources for your development

To carry out this training activity, no human resources other than those provided by the group with which prior collaboration has been established and the corresponding mobility actions have been defined are required.

Other activities and comments: The compulsory or voluntary nature of the thesis will depend directly on the decision of the thesis director or co-director, provided that funding is available to carry it out. A stay of at least 3 months at another research centre of a foreign university will be mandatory if the mention of International Doctor is desired.

– Control procedure:

  • Evaluation and control procedure:

A report on the activities carried out during the stay and a certificate from the head of the national or foreign research group or center will be submitted to the tutor.

Specialized methodological and bibliographic training courses

-Number of hours: 12

-Description:

  • Activity title: Specialized or practical methodological and bibliographic training courses.
  • Language(s) in which the course will be taught: Spanish/English
  • Duration of the activity (in number of hours): 12 hours over three or five years, depending on whether the student is studying full-time or part-time.
  • Justification of the activity (skills to be acquired by students): This activity aims to offer specific training to doctoral students in relation to research methods and procedures as well as bibliographic sources - especially of a digital nature - specific to their field or line of research.

Specifically, this training activity will facilitate the development of the following basic skills:

CB11 Systematic understanding of a field of study and mastery of the research skills and methods related to that field.

CB16 Ability to promote, in academic and professional contexts, scientific, technological, social, artistic, or cultural advancement within a knowledge-based society.

It also contributes to the development of personal skills of:

-CA01Develop in contexts where there is little specific information

-CA03 Design, create, develop and undertake novel and innovative projects in their field of knowledge

  • Learning outcomes:

Know and appropriately use technological, methodological, and practical bibliographic resources in the search for scientific information, in the processing and analysis of experimental data, and in the design and implementation of experiments.

  • Contents:

Complete at least one continuing education course for teaching and research staff offered by the University of La Laguna (specific software, access to electronic databases and bibliographic resources, methodology for preparing research projects and other scientific documents, etc.) or attend at least one specialized course to support the research tasks of the doctoral thesis (training in tools, methods and techniques useful in research and experimentation, new trends and advances in educational research, handling of specific devices and instrumentation, etc.), held at the University itself or at another national or foreign University or Research Center.

  • Planning: temporary organization of the activity for full-time or part-time students:

Each student, guided by their tutor and director, will select and schedule the courses to be taken according to their needs and availability.

  • Planning: temporary organization of the activity for full-time students

Students will complete 12 hours during the first three years.

  • Planning: temporary organization of the activity for part-time students

Students will complete 12 hours during the first four years.

  • Planning: Human resources for your development

All researchers participating in the program and their national or international collaborators in research networks or projects are available to carry out this training activity.

  • Planning: Material resources for its development

The University has the appropriate material and technological resources to carry out these activities in its facilities.

  • Other activities and comments: Mandatory nature of the proposed training activity.

-Control procedure:

  • Evaluation and control procedure:

Presentation of the certificate of completion of the corresponding course and the grade obtained in it (if applicable).

Preparation by the student of a report, which will be delivered to his/her tutor, for each of the courses taken, summarizing the content and tasks developed in it and assessing its contribution to his/her doctoral training.

Program organization

Training activities
Competencies
Lines of research
Regulations for the presentation and reading of theses
Monitoring of the PhD student
Thesis supervision