‘Tough love and tears’: learning doctoral writing in the sciences
- 19 January 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Higher Education Research & Development
- Vol. 31 (4), 435-447
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2011.559195
Abstract
Contemporary changes to the doctorate mean student researchers are likely to be expected to write differently, write more and more often, and yet, despite a growing interest in doctoral education, we still know relatively little about the teaching and learning practices of students and supervisors vis-a-vis doctoral writing. This paper draws from a research study into the writing experiences of higher degree students and their supervisors in one science, health and technology-based university Faculty. The study used surveys, interviews and focus groups to collect information from students and supervisors about their experiences of doctoral writing and their perceptions about its development. By attending to the writing-related pedagogical practices of supervisors, this article explores how doctoral writing can be the stage for the playing out of tensions over changing roles and identities aggravated by contemporary pressures on doctoral education.Keywords
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