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Category Archives: doctoral pedagogies
research as creative practice
Health warning – this is a tiny rant about one of my pet peeves, research “training”. It also draws on my own research in creativity and education. My starting point – Research is a creative process. The connection between research … Continue reading
are we heading for a DIY PhD?
This is an op-ed piece I’ve recently written. It’s still in press but I thought I might give it a little pre-publication outing here. The DIY theme is one I’m doing more work on right now. In the humanities and … Continue reading
supervision and feedback
So this week there’s a bit of tweet humour about how US grad students might interpret feedback from faculty trained in the UK. If you haven’t seen it here’s a taste. They say “With the greatest respect”, the grad student … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, doctoral pedagogies, feedback, supervision
Tagged feedback, Liz Lerman, Pat Thomson, supervision
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learning to supervise: from training to pedagogy
This guest post is by Eva Bendix Petersen. Eva is senior lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Her research focusses on subject/identity formation in educational contexts, especially as they play out in Academia. Eva … Continue reading
Posted in doctoral pedagogies, learning, pedagogy, PhD, supervision
Tagged doctoral pedagogies, Eva Petersen, supervision, training
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learning to supervise – what’s to know?
Doctoral supervision is a particularly intense kind of relationship, unlike any other. It’s one to one for a start, and it goes on for at least three years. I ‘ve read papers that suggest that supervision is a form of … Continue reading
Posted in doctoral pedagogies, identity, supervision
Tagged identity, learning to supervise, Pat Thomson
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