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Section Two : Becoming a Researcher/Scholar
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Chapter 6: Critical Thinking: The Means to Inquire
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Section 2 Becoming a Researcher/Scholar / Chapter 6 Critical Thinking: The Means to Inquire
Doctoral learners should aim to move from being students completing academic tasks, to scholars and experts making substantive contributions in their chosen fields.
6. Conclusion
To bring Wiggins' (1989) comments full circle, the knowledge doctoral learners have acquired to this point in their lives does in fact serve in a number of ways, depending on how they respond to opportunities to apply what they know. What doctoral learners have acquired to this point represents another opportunity to help others expand their understanding of the world around them. More specifically, doctoral learners should aim to move from being students completing academic tasks, to scholars and experts making substantive contributions in their chosen fields. Along the way, doctoral learners can enhance their understanding of what they have come to know and what they can know in the future.