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Direct linkLovat, Terence; Dally, Kerry; Holbrook, Allyson; Fairbairn, Hedy – Australian Educational Researcher, 2022
Oral defence is recognised as an important part of doctoral examination and candidate development. Unlike the UK and New Zealand, the Australian examination process does not normally include an end-of-process viva. This paper appraises the views of 20 supervisors and 13 Deans or Directors of Graduate Research from 11 Australian universities as…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Student Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Verbal Tests
Download full textKiley, Margaret; Holbrook, Allyson; Lovat, Terence; Fairbairn, Hedy; Starfield, Sue; Paltridge, Brian – Australian Universities' Review, 2018
While there has been considerable research on doctoral examination there is little that examines the various roles of the oral component and what issues one might consider if introducing or revising that aspect of the thesis examination process. This matter is of particular importance in Australia where it is not usual to have an oral component as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Dissertations, Evaluation Methods, Verbal Tests
Holbrook, Allyson; Bourke, Sid; Fairbairn, Hedy; Lovat, Terence – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
In practice and process PhD examination is distinctive, reflecting the high expectations of students whose learning has been directed to their becoming researchers. This article builds on previous research on the examination of Australian theses that revealed that examiners in Science (n?=?542) and Education (n?=?241) provide a substantial…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Programs, Verbal Tests, Graduate Students
