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Doctoral Students' Conceptions of Research

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2011

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Pitcher, Rodney

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Nova Southeastern University

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In this paper I report a study of the conceptions of research held by a sample of doctoral students at an Australian research-intensive university. I take a unique approach by using metaphor analysis to study the students' conceptions. The students in this study were recruited for an on-line survey in which they answered questions relating to their conceptions of research. I arrived at four categories that I have labelled research is explorative, research is constructive, research is spatial, and research is organic.

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Keywords: Conceptions; Metaphor analysis; Metaphors; PhD students

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/38058

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ANU Research Publications

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The Qualitative Report (Online)

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Journal article

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2037-12-31

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