The careers of young Czech university teachers

My first encounter with doctoral studies was many years ago. Back in the lastcentury (how oddly it sounds), I was a doctoral student in pedagogy in the Facultyof Arts at Comenius University in Bra ...

My first encounter with doctoral studies was many years ago. Back in the lastcentury (how oddly it sounds), I was a doctoral student in pedagogy in the Facultyof Arts at Comenius University in Bratislava. In the 1990s, doctoral students inthe Czech Republic and Slovakia studied under conditions much different fromtoday´s. Research methodology books were scarce, professional journals werepoor, supervisors were inexperienced in modern research methods, and collegialcontacts across the country were infrequent. Simply, there were many obstaclesto earning a PhD. Also, the career development opportunities were much narrowerand more straightforward when compared to today´s career paths of younguniversity teachers.