TY - JOUR N2 - In this text is taken the issue of doctoral studies as the highest level of formal education as well as the first stage of their research careers. Use the category of “critical mass” I put questions about the PhD program in the discipline of Pedagogy. One of the context of analysis of “critical mass” is the number of the pedagogy students I and II degree and the social contexts of education as well as employability qualified pedagogs. Then, I ask, who and why needs a PhD in pedagogy. At the end I discuss the European trends in doctoral education with comparing it to the dominance the administrative and bureaucratic approach to doctoral studies in Poland. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/82447/PDF/Studia%20%20doktoranckie%20%20w%C2%A0%20systemie%20%20szkolnictwa%20%20wy%C5%BCszego%20i%C2%A0%20w%C2%A0%20spo%C5%82ecze%C5%84stwie%20%20wiedzy%20%20-%20komu%20%20i%C2%A0%20do%20%20czego%20%20potrzebne%20s%C4%85%20studia%20%20doktoranckie%20%20na%20%20kierunku,%20w%20dyscyplinie%20Pedagogika.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/82447 PY - 2013 IS - Tom 36 KW - doctoral education PhD in Pedagogy KW - critical mass KW - interdisciplinarity KW - internationalization A1 - Czerepaniak-Walczak, Maria PB - Komitet Nauk Pedagogicznych PAN PB - Instytut Technologii Eksploatacji-PIB DA - 2013 T1 - Studia doktoranckie w systemie szkolnictwa wyższego i w społeczeństwie wiedzy: komu i do czego potrzebne są studia doktoranckie na kierunku/w dyscyplinie Pedagogika UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/82447 T2 - Rocznik Pedagogiczny ER -