Preparatory technology for entry to doctoral training. A proposal for universities

Abstract

The article is the result of the research project entitled: Improvement of doctoral training and its contribution to development, managed by the University of Pinar del Río, assigned to the Sectoral Program of Higher Education and Sustainable Development and whose objective is: to propose a preparation technology for entry to doctoral training, aimed at the development of scientific-research knowledge and research skills in professionals who graduate from Higher Education (empowering young people), essential for entry to a doctoral training program. The dialectical-materialist method was assumed as the methodological basis and research methods from the theoretical and empirical levels were used, including: systematization, modeling, structural-functional systemic, as well as document analysis, interviews and the comparative method. , used in the theoretical study and in verifying the initial state of the problem. The proposed technology is based on a Preparatory School for Entry to Doctoral Training, which has a general objective, specific objectives, functions, content system, activity system and the final evaluation, aspects that are achieved from its structure and coordination. . Its implementation in practice allowed us to verify significant results in terms of the preparation of applicants, where those enrolled in some of the organized activities graduated from the studies in which they participated and the majority are inserted in different doctoral programs or applying to calls made for admission to doctoral training programs.