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The Routledge Doctoral Supervisor's Companion: Supporting Effective Research in Education and t...

ISBN: 9780415484145 | 0415484146
Edition: 1st
Format: Nonspecific Binding
Publisher: Routledge
Pub. Date: 5/12/2010

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
Accompanying The Routledge Doctoral Student's Companion this book examines what it means to be a doctoral student in education and the social sciences, providing a guide for those supervising students. Exploring the key role and pedagogical challenges that face supervisors in students' personal development, the contributors outline the research capabilities which are essential for confidence, quality and success in doctorate level research. Providing guidance about helpful resources and methodological support, the chapters:Frame important quest... MORE
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List of figuresp. viii
List of tablesp. ix
Notes on contributorsp. x
Using this bookp. xv
Introductionp. 1
Why The Doctoral Companions?
Doctoral education in context The changing nature of the doctorate and doctoral studentsp. 9
Supervision as pedagogy/iesp. 27
Doctoral education as 'capability' formationp. 29
'Perhaps I should be more proactive in changing my own supervisions'? Student agency in 'doing supervision'p. 38
From poster to PhD The evolution of a literature reviewp. 51
Understanding doctoral research for professional practitionersp. 66
Critical transcultural exchanges Educational development for supervisorsp. 76
Negotiating the layered relations of supervisionp. 88
Adapting signature pedagogies in doctoral education The case of teaching how to work with the literaturep. 106
Challenges in supervision pedagogy/iesp. 121
Challenges arising from changing student populations
Supervising part-time doctoral students Issues and challengesp. 123
Supervising part-time doctoral studentsp. 131
Fortunate travellers Learning from the multiliterate lives of doctoral studentsp. 138
Internationalisation of higher education Challenges for the doctoral supervisorp. 147
International students and doctoral studies in transnational spacesp. 158
The doctorate in the life coursep. 171
Rhythms of place Time and space in the doctoral experiencep. 185
Global social justice, critical policy and doctoral pedagogical spacesp. 197
Coming to terms with research practice Riding the emotional rollercoaster of doctoral research studiesp. 206
Doctoral education in global times 'Scholarly quality' as practical ethics in researchp. 219
The truth is not out there Becoming 'undetective' in social and educational enquiryp. 231
A personal reflection on doctoral supervision from a feminist perspectivep. 247
Writing in, writing out Doctoral writing as peer workp. 260
Creating discursive and relational communities through an international doctoral student exchangep. 270
The relationship between doctoral students' approach to research and experiences of their research environmentp. 282
Educating the doctoral student Don't forget the teachingp. 292
Indexp. 301
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Melanie Walker is Professor of Higher Education at the University of Nottingham, and is also Extraordinary Professor at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa.
Pat Thomson is Professor of Education at the University of Nottingham, and an Adjunct Professor at the University of South Australia and a Visiting Professor at Deakin University, Victoria, Australia.


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