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Do research thesis examiners need training? : practitioner stories

Sankaran, Shankar, Swepson, Pam, & Hill, Geof W. (2005) Do research thesis examiners need training? : practitioner stories. The Qualitative Report, 10(4), pp. 817-835.

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    We are thesis examiners within the Australian academic system who formed a “community of practice” to try to resolve some of the issues we were facing. Stories of examiners reflecting on and examining their own practice are a notable silence in the higher degree research literature. In this study we have adopted a storytelling inquiry method that involved telling our practitioner stories, firstly to each other and then to a wider audience through this paper. We then identified issues that we believe are relevant to other thesis examiners. We have also found that engaging in a “community of practice” is itself a valuable form of examiner professional development. Key Words: Thesis Examiner Training, Storytelling, and Practitioner Research

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    ID Code: 32866
    Item Type: Journal Article
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    Keywords: Thesis examination, Practice Based Research, Quality of a dissertation
    ISSN: 1052-0147
    Divisions: Current > QUT Faculties and Divisions > Division of Research and Commercialisation
    Copyright Owner: Copyright 2005 NOVA Science Publishers, Inc
    Deposited On: 24 Jun 2010 13:44
    Last Modified: 11 Aug 2011 03:43

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