Becoming a Scholar : cross-cultural reflections on identity and agency in an education doctorate / / edited by Maria Savva, Lynn P. Nygaard

• Pubblicazione: London : , : UCL Press, , 2021; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 179 pages)
• Disciplina: 370.11
• Soggetto topico: Degrees, Academic
• Persona (resp. second.): SavvaMaria; NygaardLynn P.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Belonging and becoming in academia: a conceptual framework -- A tale of two languages: first-language attrition and second-language immersion -- I found my tribe online: belonging in the context of precarity -- A view of the Western university through the eyes of a non-Western student -- Navigating the pass: distance, dislocation and the viva -- Understanding the personal significance of our academic choices -- Academic identity interrupted: reconciling issues of culture, discipline and profession -- Into the fray: becoming an academic in my own right -- The cultural encounters of women on the periphery -- The 'peripheral' student in academia: an analysis.
• Sommario/riassunto: In Becoming a Scholar nine mature, part-time, international students reflect on the transformation they each underwent while enrolled in a professional doctorate programme. Their narratives provide breadth and depth to themes that represent a diverse cross-section of cultures, identities and communities.
• Altri titoli varianti: Becoming a Scholar
• Titolo autorizzato: Becoming a Scholar
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910512203703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II