TY - CHAP
T1 - Agency and Articulation in Doctoral Writing: Building the Messy Research Journey into a Well-Constructed Thesis
AU - Wisker, Gina
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - The research journey is a messy one, full of surprises, difficulties, discoveries, hard work, beginnings and some form of closure. The thesis, whether a monograph or published/publishable articles and a theorised "wrap", is well organised and lucidly articulated; it evidences consistent theories and themes; asks questions and analyses findings; presents a coherent argument and story; and is readable, its points clear, its contribution original (enough), its quality publishable (Winter, 2000; Holbrook et al., 2006; Kiley & Wisker, 2011). In this chapter I am interested in exploring how doctoral students and supervisors transition in an iterative way between the messy rich journey and the well-built thesis, and how this well-conceptualised, well-articulated work is recognised by students, supervisors and examiners.
AB - The research journey is a messy one, full of surprises, difficulties, discoveries, hard work, beginnings and some form of closure. The thesis, whether a monograph or published/publishable articles and a theorised "wrap", is well organised and lucidly articulated; it evidences consistent theories and themes; asks questions and analyses findings; presents a coherent argument and story; and is readable, its points clear, its contribution original (enough), its quality publishable (Winter, 2000; Holbrook et al., 2006; Kiley & Wisker, 2011). In this chapter I am interested in exploring how doctoral students and supervisors transition in an iterative way between the messy rich journey and the well-built thesis, and how this well-conceptualised, well-articulated work is recognised by students, supervisors and examiners.
U2 - 10.1163/9789004304338_011
DO - 10.1163/9789004304338_011
M3 - Chapter or section
SN - 9789004304321
VL - 31
T3 - Studies in writing
SP - 184
EP - 201
BT - Research literacies and writing pedagogies for masters and doctoral writers
A2 - Badenhorst, Cecile
A2 - Guerin, Cally
PB - Brill
ER -