Doctorates in the dark : threshold concepts and the improvement of doctoral supervision / by E. Marcia Johnson

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Doctorates in the dark : threshold concepts and the improvement of doctoral supervision / by E. Marcia Johnson

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National Library of New Zealand

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Index New Zealand

Description

Aims to determine if there are knowable threshold concepts in doctoral writing and, if so, to develop effective strategies for helping students overcome them. Presents supervisor findings and discusses supervisor professional development needs using an organising framework based on two threshold concepts that emerged from the study : 'talking to think' - a strategy for developing clarity in writing; and self-efficacy - the belief in one's ability to overcome writing barriers and become an in...

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Journal

Date created

2014

Creator

Johnson, E. Marcia, (Centre for Tertiary Teaching & Learning, The University of Waikato)

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http://natlib.govt.nz/records/35449754

Related subjects

Academic writing -- Psychological aspects / Dissertations, Academic -- Authorship / Graduate students -- Supervision of / Self-efficacy

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