'Tell me what to do' vs. 'guide me through it': Feedback experiences of international doctoral students

Active Learning in Higher Education

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 101-112

  Wang, Ting ^a   Li, Linda Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b Academic Skills Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

feedback; international doctoral students; postgraduate supervision; student voices; thesis writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959339111     PISSN: 14697874     EISSN: 17412625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469787411402438     Document Type: Article

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