Abstract
This paper seeks to re-conceptualize the research supervision relationship. The literature has tended to view doctoral study in four ways: (i) as an exercise in self-management, (ii) as a research experience, (iii) as training for research or (iv) as an instance of student-centred learning. Although each of these approaches has their merits, they also suffer from conceptual weaknesses. This paper seeks to harness the merits — and minimize the disadvantages — by re-conceptualizing doctoral research as a ‘writing journey’. The paper utilizes the insights of new rhetoric in linguistic theory to defend a writing-centered conception of supervised research and offers some practical strategies on how it might be put into effect.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 229-237 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 3 |
Publication status | Published - 2010 |