An analytical framework-based pedagogical method for scholarly community coaching: A proof of concept

Ruining Jin; Giang Hoang; Thi-Phuong Nguyen; Phuong-Tri Nguyen; Tam-Tri Le; Viet-Phuong La; Minh-Hoang Nguyen; Quan-Hoang Vuong

doi:10.1016/j.mex.2023.102082

An analytical framework-based pedagogical method for scholarly community coaching: A proof of concept

MethodsX. 2023 Feb 18:10:102082. doi: 10.1016/j.mex.2023.102082. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Ruining Jin¹, Giang Hoang², Thi-Phuong Nguyen³, Phuong-Tri Nguyen⁴, Tam-Tri Le^{5

6}, Viet-Phuong La^{5

6}, Minh-Hoang Nguyen⁵, Quan-Hoang Vuong⁵

Affiliations

¹ Civil, Commercial and Economic Law School, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China.
² Monash Business School, Monash University, Victoria 3145, Australia.
³ Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 430, 6700 AK Wageningen, The Netherlands.
⁴ Securities Research and Training Center, State Security Commission, Ho Chi Minh 700000, Vietnam.
⁵ Centre for Interdisciplinary Social Research, Phenikaa University, Yen Nghia Ward, Ha Dong District, Hanoi 100803, Vietnam.
⁶ A.I. for Social Data Lab(AISDL), Vuong & Associates, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam.

Abstract

Working in academia is challenging, even more so for those with limited resources and opportunities. Researchers around the world do not have equal working conditions. The paper presents the structure, operation method, and conceptual framework of the SM3D Portal's community coaching method, which is built to help Early Career Researchers (ECRs) and researchers in low-resource settings overcome the obstacle of inequality and start their career progress. The community coaching method is envisioned by three science philosophies (cost-effectiveness, transparency spirit, and proactive attitude) and established and operated based on the Serendipity-Mindsponge-3D knowledge (SM3D) management framework (i.e., mindsponge thinking and Bayesian Mindsponge Framework analytics serve as the coaching program's foundational theory and analytical tools). The coaching method also embraces Open Science's values for lowering the cost of doing science and encouraging the trainees to be transparent, which is expected to facilitate the self-correcting mechanism of science through open data, open review, and open dialogue. Throughout the training process, members are central beneficiaries by gaining research knowledge and skills, acquiring publication as the training's product, and shifting their mindsets from "I can't do it" to "I can do it," and at the same time transforming a mentee to be ready for a future mentor's role. The coaching method is thus one of the members, for the member, by the members.•The paper provides the structure, operation method, and conceptual framework of the SM3D Portal's community coaching method, which is built to help Early Career Researchers (ECRs) and researchers in low-resource settings overcome the obstacle of inequality and start their career progress.•The paper presents three major science philosophies envisioning the establishment and operation of scholarly community coaching.•The paper employs the mindsponge theory and BMF analytics to construct a conceptual framework explaining how an environment is created to help shift members' mindsets from "I can't do it" to "I can do it."

Keywords: Analytical framework; Cost-effectiveness; ECRs; Low-resource settings; Mindsponge theory; Open science; Research integrity; SM3D Portal scholarly community coaching; Scholarly community coaching.