Traversing The Doctorate: Reflections And Strategies From Students, Supervisors And Administrators

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This book explores the multiple ways in which doctoral programs are traversed by students, supervisors and administrators. Rather than proposing a single, homogeneous approach as the most effective form of doctoral education, the editors and contributors focus on the diversity of global approaches to the doctorate, including doctoral experiences from Australia, Finland, Chile, New Zealand and Spain. The doctorate emerges from this analysis as a highly complex, heterogeneous and situated phenomenon that resists easy solutions. Strategies that are successful in traversing the doctorate are found to be grounded in contexts that cannot necessarily be generalised to other situations: in doing so, the authors emphasise the importance of presenting a diverse array of experiences and stories. The separate and shared perspectives of doctoral students, supervisors and administrations are mapped and analysed in ways that bring their voices compellingly to life: this book will be of interest and value to students and scholars of the doctoral journey, as well as of international and comparative education. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxvii Traversing the Doctorate: Situating Scholarship and Identifying Issues (Tanya M. Machin, Marc Clarà, Patrick Alan Danaher)....Pages 1-12 Front Matter ....Pages 13-14 Conceptual Review of Digital Competences for Doctoral Supervision (Guillermo Bautista, Anna Escofet)....Pages 15-27 Confirmation of Candidature: An Autoethnographic Reflection from the Dual Identities of Student and Research Administrator (Cristy L. Bartlett, Douglas C. Eacersall)....Pages 29-56 Communicating “Success” with Research Students: Institutional Responsibilities in Encouraging a Culture of Research Higher Degree Completions (Mark Emmerson)....Pages 57-73 A Picture of the Research Field of Doctoral Education from the Students’ Perspectives: Studies Using Questionnaires and Scales (Maria Cerrato Lara, Montserrat Castelló Badia, Kirsti Lonka)....Pages 75-89 Engineering the Doctorate: Designing a Highway to Traverse (Jay Somasundaram, Prue Howard)....Pages 91-113 Front Matter ....Pages 115-116 Research on Doctoral Supervision: What We Have Learnt in the Last 10 Years (Gabriela González-Ocampo, Montserrat Castelló Badia)....Pages 117-141 Commonalities and Variations in Understanding Doctoral Supervision in Two Australian Universities: A Collaborative Autoethnography and an Interdisciplinary, Phenomenographic Case Study (Nona Press, Dolene Rossi, Coralie Graham, Patrick Alan Danaher)....Pages 143-163 Shifting Players: Supervision Changes During the Ph.D. Journey (Jennifer Tatebe)....Pages 165-177 Writing Regularly as a Thesis-Completion Strategy (Brian Martin)....Pages 179-192 Front Matter ....Pages 193-195 Tiptoeing Around the Institution? Doctoral Supervision in the Knowledge Economy (Atholl Murray, Cecily Jensen-Clayton)....Pages 197-215 Creating a Community of Practice in a Practice-Led Ph.D. (Sarah Peters, Janet McDonald)....Pages 217-235 Looking for, Learning from and Finally Becoming the Voice of Experience: A Communities of Practice Perspective on the Doctoral Journey (Aastha Malhotra)....Pages 237-251 Supervising at a Distance: The Transformation of Assistance during a Doctoral Journey across Different Continents (Bernadita Justiniano, Teresa Mauri, Marc Clarà)....Pages 253-268 Experiencing the Journey Together: The Role of Social Support During the Doctorate (Tanya M. Machin, Renée L. Parsons-Smith)....Pages 269-285 You’re My Anchor and My Sail: A Metaphor for a Successful Supervisor/Supervisee Relationship (Jennifer Donovan)....Pages 287-301 The Effects of Unsupportive Supervision on Doctorate Completions (Robert Templeton)....Pages 303-317 Front Matter ....Pages 319-321 A Transforming Researcher: How Did I Get Here? The Life of a First-Year Student Undertaking the Doctor of Education (Clayton Lawrence)....Pages 323-337 Staying on Track: A Targeted Approach to Managing the Ph.D. Journey (Joanne Doyle)....Pages 339-353 Strategies for Ph.D. Completion: A Critical Reflection by Completed Ph.D. Candidates (Jessica Z. Marrington, Evita March)....Pages 355-370 Traversing Through Reversing: Using Doctoral Studies to Juxtapose Research with Practice (Lindy Kimmins)....Pages 371-391 Depression, Doctorates and Self (Robert Templeton)....Pages 393-407 Exploring the Transition Between Doctoral Student and Early Career Academic: A New Perspective on Activity Systems (Kevin Larkin)....Pages 409-428 Back Matter ....Pages 429-433