‘Ignoring me is part of learning’: Supervisory feedback on doctoral writing

Innovations in Education and Teaching International

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 68-75

  Carter, Susan ^a   Kumar, Vijay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

doctoral writing; postgraduate writing feedback; Supervision

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953289794     PISSN: 14703297     EISSN: 14703300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14703297.2015.1123104     Document Type: Article

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