Learning tacit knowledge in life science graduate programs in Taiwan

Authors:
Noriko Hara;Hesham Alsarhan;John Kilburn;Marcus Ynalvez;Ruby Ynalvez;Kuo-Hua Chen
Affiliations:
School of Library & Information Science, Bloomington, IN;School of Library & Information Science, Bloomington, IN;Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX;Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX;Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX;TamKang University, Taipei, Taiwan
Venue:
Proceedings of the 73rd ASIS&T Annual Meeting on Navigating Streams in an Information Ecosystem - Volume 47
Year:
2010

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Abstract

In this paper we describe preliminary results of a three-year project that examines the enculturation of doctoral students in life science programs in Taiwan, Japan, and Singapore. The purpose of the study is to examine how doctoral students in life science enrolled at universities in these three countries learn to become scientists and how information and communication technologies affect such processes. The project is in its first year, and we completed data collection in Taiwan during the summer of 2009. Data was collected using quantitative surveys, qualitative interviews, and time-diaries from advisors and doctoral students in life science programs in three Taiwanese universities. Preliminary results show that current students tend to have problems related to too great a reliance on computers, kits, and the Internet, and as a result, they fail to assimilate tacit knowledge that is invaluable in becoming the next generation of scientists.