The doctoral experience in science: Challenging the current orthodoxy

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 877-890

  Cumming, Jim ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 74949085235     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: 14693518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411920902834191     Document Type: Article

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