'Untold' doctoral stories: Can we move beyond cultural narratives of neglect?

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 511-523

  McAlpine, Lynn ^a   Paulson, Julia ^a   Gonsalves, Allison ^b   Jazvac Martek, Marian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

doctoral education; doctoral pedagogies; student agency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864576991     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2011.559199     Document Type: Article

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