The Routledge Doctoral Supervisor's Companion: Supporting Effective Research in Education and the Social Sciences

by Thomson; Pat

• ISBN13: 9780415484145
• ISBN10: 0415484146
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2010-05-12
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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 questions within the history of debatesAct as a road map through international literaturesMake suggestions for good practiceRaise important questions and provide answers to key pedagogical issuesProvide advice on enabling students' scholarly careers and identitiesWhile there is no one solution to ideal supervision, this wide-ranging text offers resources that will help supervisors develop their own personal approach to supervision. Ideal for all supervisors whether assisting part-time of full-time students, it is also highly suitable for helping academics to support international students who confront Western doctoral traditions and academic cultures, helping both supervisor and student to understand why things are as they are.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

List of figures	p. viii
List of tables	p. ix
Notes on contributors	p. x
Using this book	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Why The Doctoral Companions?
Doctoral education in context The changing nature of the doctorate and doctoral students	p. 9
Supervision as pedagogy/ies	p. 27
Doctoral education as 'capability' formation	p. 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 review	p. 51
Understanding doctoral research for professional practitioners	p. 66
Critical transcultural exchanges Educational development for supervisors	p. 76
Negotiating the layered relations of supervision	p. 88
Adapting signature pedagogies in doctoral education The case of teaching how to work with the literature	p. 106
Challenges in supervision pedagogy/ies	p. 121
Challenges arising from changing student populations
Supervising part-time doctoral students Issues and challenges	p. 123
Supervising part-time doctoral students	p. 131
Fortunate travellers Learning from the multiliterate lives of doctoral students	p. 138
Internationalisation of higher education Challenges for the doctoral supervisor	p. 147
International students and doctoral studies in transnational spaces	p. 158
The doctorate in the life course	p. 171
Rhythms of place Time and space in the doctoral experience	p. 185
Global social justice, critical policy and doctoral pedagogical spaces	p. 197
Coming to terms with research practice Riding the emotional rollercoaster of doctoral research studies	p. 206
Doctoral education in global times 'Scholarly quality' as practical ethics in research	p. 219
The truth is not out there Becoming 'undetective' in social and educational enquiry	p. 231
A personal reflection on doctoral supervision from a feminist perspective	p. 247
Writing in, writing out Doctoral writing as peer work	p. 260
Creating discursive and relational communities through an international doctoral student exchange	p. 270
The relationship between doctoral students' approach to research and experiences of their research environment	p. 282
Educating the doctoral student Don't forget the teaching	p. 292
Index	p. 301
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