IN THE DISCIPLINE OF THEOLOGY AND EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES (FROM 2020)
The programme of study comprises five modules.
M1: SPECIALISATION MODULE
This module enables the acquisition of in-depth knowledge encompassing the global achievements of the disciplines of theology and educational sciences, as well as a range of cognitive skills related to the critical analysis of research outcomes, innovative solving of complex educational problems, expert activity, and research activity.
The module provides an opportunity to deepen knowledge in the area of the doctoral dissertation topic and related fields. It presents current directions of scientific exploration and the discussions taking place around them. It introduces leading research centres and their most recent research and publication achievements.
Courses:
- Contemporary paradigms in theological and social sciences
- Interactive lectures with distinguished researchers
M2: METHODOLOGY MODULE
This module is related to the development of a specialised methodological toolkit enabling the design and conduct of scientific research, both individual and team-based, including in an international environment.
The module prepares doctoral students in a practical way to consciously choose a research focus and design their own research toolkit, with emphasis on the methodological differences existing in the area of theology, social science and humanities. It introduces institutional rules for conducting research, including rules for preparing research grant applications. It equips doctoral candidates with skills necessary for planning independent and team research activities. It prepares them for the analysis of research material (both qualitative and quantitative) and for the dissemination of research results, including the preparation of high-quality scientific publications.
Courses:
- Academic writing
- Information technology in scientific work
- Data visualisation and interpretation
- Preparation of grant applications
- Research methods in theology
- Research methods in social sciences
- Ethics of scholarship
- Research ethics and protection of intellectual property
- Techniques of academic exchange of ideas
- Communicating research results
- Research project management – workshop
M3: ACADEMIC, PROFESSIONAL AND SOCIAL COMPETENCES MODULE
This module enables doctoral students to acquire a range of skills related to academic career development. The module is built on modern concepts of academic didactics and helps doctoral students prepare for teaching university students, as well as develop the soft skills of an academic teacher: sensitivity to diversity, dialogical approach and understanding the needs of people with different ways of thinking and understanding social reality.
Didactics in higher education covers such issues as: teaching as an interpersonal relationship; methods and forms of education; providing feedback and assessment; reflection and evaluation of one’s own teaching practice; cooperation among academic lecturers; working with students with diverse educational needs. The work placement component helps doctoral students to learn how to plan a course, create a syllabus, teach a class, observe classes taught by others.
Courses:
- Higher education didactics
- The university as an educational organisation and institution
- Work placements
M4: WORK ON ONE’S SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT
The aim of this module is to enable cooperation between the doctoral students and the supervisor or supervisors, as well as among doctoral students, oriented towards the preparation of the doctoral dissertation, and to broaden knowledge within one’s specialisation and methodological skills.
It consists of regular meetings with the supervisor(s) (tutoring) and a doctoral seminar in the form of discussion meetings embedded in the thematic scope of the relevant disciplines and based on presentations of the dissertation concept (with the participation of supervisors)..
Courses:
- Doctoral seminar
- Individual tutoring in theology or educational sciences
M5: CULTURAL COMPETENCES
This module enables the acquisition of knowledge in the field of religious diversity and participation in social discourse related to human rights and respect for religious and worldview diversity.
Courses:
- Human rights and freedoms in scientific and social discourse
- Dialogue of cultures and religions in the modern world: opportunities and barriers
GRADUATE PROFILE
The Programme of Study offered at the Doctoral School of ChAT in the discipline of theology and educational sciences enables graduates to develop a research toolkit based on a broad theoretical foundation, allowing for further independent academic and research work.
Graduate has an in-depth knowledge of the global achievements of theology and educational sciences and their paradigmatic and methodological foundations; he/she has mastered a research toolkit to the extent that he/she can creatively apply research methods, techniques and tools; his/her knowledge of a modern foreign language enables him/her to function in an international scientific environment. The completion of advanced training and his/her research makes the graduate a high-level specialist in their respective discipline.
The substantive knowledge and research competences acquired, as well as the scientific contacts and collaborations with researchers in Poland and abroad established in the course of the training programme, provide the graduate with the opportunity to obtain a high position also on the non-academic labour market.