The Routledge Doctoral Supervisor's Companion: Supporting Effective Research in Education and the Social Sciences / Edition 1

by Melanie Walker, Pat Thomson

Overview

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 debates
• act as a road map through international literatures
• make suggestions for good practice
• raise important questions and provide answers to key pedagogical issues
• provide advice on enabling students’ scholarly careers and identities.

While 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415484145
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/31/2010
Series:	Companions for PhD and DPhil Research , #2
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.

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.

Table of Contents

List of figures viii

List of tables ix

Notes on contributors x

Using this book xv

Part 1 Introduction 1

Why The Doctoral Companions? M. Walker P. Thomson

1 Doctoral education in context The changing nature of the doctorate and doctoral students P. Thomson M. Walker 9

Part 2 Supervision as pedagogy/ies 27

2 Doctoral education as 'capability' formation M. Walker 29

3 'Perhaps I should be more proactive in changing my own supervisions'? Student agency in 'doing supervision' J. Goode 38

4 From poster to PhD The evolution of a literature review K. Dixon H. Janks 51

5 Understanding doctoral research for professional practitioners T. Evans 66

6 Critical transcultural exchanges Educational development for supervisors C. Manathunga 76

7 Negotiating the layered relations of supervision B. M. Grant 88

8 Adapting signature pedagogies in doctoral education The case of teaching how to work with the literature C. M. Golde 106

Part 3 Challenges in supervision pedagogy/ies 121

Challenges arising from changing student populations

9 Supervising part-time doctoral students Issues and challenges J. H. Watts 123

10 Supervising part-time doctoral students T. Evans 131

11 Fortunate travellers Learning from the multiliterate lives of doctoral students S. Starfield 138

12 Internationalisation of higher education Challenges for the doctoral supervisor A. Robinson-Pant 147

13 International students and doctoral studies in transnational spaces F. Rizvi 158

14 The doctorate in the life course D. Leonard 171

15 Rhythms of place Time and space in the doctoral experience S. Middleton 185

16 Global social justice, critical policy and doctoral pedagogical spaces E. Unterhalter 197

17 Coming to terms with research practice Riding the emotional rollercoaster of doctoral research studies A. Morrison-Saunders S. A. Moore M. Hughes D. Newsome 206

18 Doctoral education in global times 'Scholarly quality' as practical ethics in research T. Seddon 219

19 The truth is not out there Becoming 'undetective' in social and educational enquiry N. Gough 231

20 A personal reflection on doctoral supervision from a feminist perspective M. E. David 247

21 Writing in, writing out Doctoral writing as peer work C. Aitchison A. Lee 260

22 Creating discursive and relational communities through an international doctoral student exchange J. McLeod M. Bloch 270

23 The relationship between doctoral students' approach to research and experiences of their research environment K. Trigwell 282

24 Educating the doctoral student Don't forget the teaching T. Harland 292

Index 301