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Doctoral Students' Conceptions of Research

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dc.contributor.authorPitcher, Rodney
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-08T22:46:14Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T10:22:40Z
dc.description.abstractIn 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.
dc.identifier.issn2160-3715
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/38058
dc.publisherNova Southeastern University
dc.sourceThe Qualitative Report (Online)
dc.source.urihttp://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR16-4/index.html
dc.subjectKeywords: Conceptions; Metaphor analysis; Metaphors; PhD students
dc.titleDoctoral Students' Conceptions of Research
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue4
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage983
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage971
local.contributor.affiliationPitcher, Rodney, Administrative Division, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidPitcher, Rodney, u3145442
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor130103 - Higher Education
local.identifier.absseo939999 - Education and Training not elsewhere classified
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4002960xPUB157
local.identifier.citationvolume16
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-79960005633
local.type.statusPublished Version

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