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Supervising Doctoral Students: Variation in Purpose and Pedagogy
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Åkerlind, Gerlese; McAlpine, Lynn – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
International policy changes that have prioritised increasing growth in the numbers of doctoral students have led to wide-ranging debate about the changing purpose of the doctorate. However, there has been little research aimed at investigating doctoral supervisors' views of the purpose of the doctorate, despite the significant role supervisors…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Supervisory Methods, Supervision, Teacher Attitudes