Coming to terms with research practice: Riding the emotional rollercoaster of doctoral research studies

Emotions are an integral part of the doctoral process. A range of emotion are common and to be expected. How do emotions affect the doctoral process for both doctoral students and their supervisors? And how can they be made to work positively for all concerned? This chapter explores the role that...

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Main Authors: Morrison Saunders, A., Moore, S., Hughes, Michael, Newsome, D.
Other Authors: P. Thomson
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Routledge 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48176
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description Emotions are an integral part of the doctoral process. A range of emotion are common and to be expected. How do emotions affect the doctoral process for both doctoral students and their supervisors? And how can they be made to work positively for all concerned? This chapter explores the role that emotions play in the doctoral process and how students can benefit from reflecting on this issue. The role of emotions at the beginning, middle and end of a doctoral programme is explored along with some of the emotions that arise from the supervisor/doctoral student relationship.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-481762023-01-18T08:46:46Z Coming to terms with research practice: Riding the emotional rollercoaster of doctoral research studies Morrison Saunders, A. Moore, S. Hughes, Michael Newsome, D. P. Thomson M. Walker doctoral process PhD supervisor doctoral program emotions doctoral student PhD Emotions are an integral part of the doctoral process. A range of emotion are common and to be expected. How do emotions affect the doctoral process for both doctoral students and their supervisors? And how can they be made to work positively for all concerned? This chapter explores the role that emotions play in the doctoral process and how students can benefit from reflecting on this issue. The role of emotions at the beginning, middle and end of a doctoral programme is explored along with some of the emotions that arise from the supervisor/doctoral student relationship. 2010 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48176 Routledge fulltext
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Morrison Saunders, A.
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Hughes, Michael
Newsome, D.
Coming to terms with research practice: Riding the emotional rollercoaster of doctoral research studies
title Coming to terms with research practice: Riding the emotional rollercoaster of doctoral research studies
title_full Coming to terms with research practice: Riding the emotional rollercoaster of doctoral research studies
title_fullStr Coming to terms with research practice: Riding the emotional rollercoaster of doctoral research studies
title_full_unstemmed Coming to terms with research practice: Riding the emotional rollercoaster of doctoral research studies
title_short Coming to terms with research practice: Riding the emotional rollercoaster of doctoral research studies
title_sort coming to terms with research practice: riding the emotional rollercoaster of doctoral research studies
topic doctoral process
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doctoral program
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doctoral student
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url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48176