Greer, Kate; Perry, Sophie; Hine, Shirin; Wood, Lucy; O'Dwyer, Liam Cini; (2022) Doctoral research as team enterprise: the continuing legacy of Professor Rosalind Driver. Journal of Science Teacher Education , 92 pp. 41-45.

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Doctoral research can be a daunting prospect. Would-be scholars might be deterred from embarking on a PhD by financial stress, tales of isolation and difficult relationships with supervisors, or by the intimidating prospect of the required intellectual effort. In this article, we, the authors, offer a more positive take on the PhD process by reflecting on our own experiences. In recent years, we have all undertaken doctoral studies at King’s College London’s (KCL) Centre for Research in Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (CRESTEM), thanks to scholarships from the Rosalind Driver Memorial Fund. In doing so, we have continued to build on the legacy of Rosalind Driver, or Ros, as she was more commonly known, pursuing our own research interests and forging new pathways of enquiry, all while immersed in a collaborative research community at KCL. In this article, which we write at the time of the 25th anniversary of Ros Driver’s death, we reflect on some of the links between her work and our own research and demonstrate how her legacy continues to influence science education research and practice today. We hope to encourage others involved in science education to consider how they might bring their expertise to this diverse research field.

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