The Failure of Dissertation Advice Books: Toward Alternative Pedagogies for Doctoral Writing

Educational Researcher

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 507-514

  Kamler, Barbara ^a   Thomson, Pat ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

higher education; supervision; writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996243163     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X08327390     Document Type: Article

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