1st Edition
Debates in Doctoral Education Challenges and Opportunities
Introduction: the complex nature of the Doctorate, Professor Fiona Hallett Section 1 The Doctorate: grappling with fundamental debates 1 Massification and Doctoral Education: inclusion, diversity and authenticity, Dr Jan McArthur. 2 Equity in Doctoral Education: policy or action? Professor Fiona Hallett, Dr Craig Collinson, Dr Clare Woolhouse and Dr Andrea Ferguson. 3 Transforming PGR Development: can an integrated development approach be the game changer we’ve been waiting for? Dr Saneeya Qureshi. 4 Beyond decolonising doctoral education: Alternatives for doctoral scholars. Dr Ailie McDowall and Dr Fabiane Ramos. Section 2: Doctoral Supervision: challenging orthodoxies 5 Supervisor Professionalisation, Recognition and Reward, Professor Stan Taylor. 6 The roles of reflection in professional practice doctorates, Dr Steven Cranfield, Professor David Boud and Professor Carol Costley.7 Balancing acts in doctoral supervision - Using assessment criteria to support autonomy, Dr Sofie Kobayashi. 8 Models of Doctoral Education in Africa, Professor Joseph R.A. Ayee. Section 3: Doctoral Education: reconceiving the student experience 9 Rethinking doctoral transition support and preparation for the research degree, Dr Wendy Bastalich, Dr Cassandra Loeser and Professor Alistair McCulloch. 10 Fitting in or burning out? Doctoral students’ motivations and resources and the demands of academic work, Dr Hanna Nori, Dr Kalypso Filippou, Professor Mari Murtonen and Dr Markku Vanttaja. 11 Peer interaction and relationships, Professor Gregory Ching. 12 Is there an ideal form for the doctoral examination, Professor Malcolm Tight. Afterword, Professor Carolina Guzmán-Valenzuela.
Biography
Fiona Hallett is Associate Dean of the Graduate School at Edge Hill University, United Kingdom, where she has strategic responsibility for doctoral education across disciplines and subject areas.
