The doctoral experience : success and failure in graduate school / / Sara Delamont, Paul Atkinson and Odette Parry

• Autore: Delamont Sara <1947-, >
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Falmer Press, , 2000
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: viii, 206 p
• Disciplina: 378.1550941
• Soggetto topico: Graduate students - Great Britain; College teachers - Great Britain; Universities and colleges - Great Britain - Graduate work
• Altri autori: AtkinsonPaul <1947-> ParryOdette <1954->
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographic references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Cultures of the academy -- 2. Researching our peers -- 3. The nature of the quest -- 4. The appliance of science : laboratory scientists in the making -- 5. Fieldwork -- 6. Modelling realities -- 7. Genealogies and generations -- 8. Supervisors' narratives : Creating a delicate balance -- 9. Pedagogic continuities -- 10. Disciplines and the doctorate.
• Sommario/riassunto: Richly illustrated with case studies and interviews, this book identifies key themes pervading academic life: the nature of research and research supervision; key social processes and problems; distinct and contrasting sub-cultures of departments and disciplines in universities; mentorship and sponsorship; and apprenticeship and rites of passage for postgraduate students. Anyone developing policy and practice in Higher Education, or wishing to understand their own position within the wider picture will benefit from reading this book.
• Titolo autorizzato: The doctoral experience
• ISBN: 1-135-70141-5; 0-203-45140-6; 1-280-10616-6; 1-135-70142-3; 1-138-96788-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814260103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II