Becoming a scholar: feedback, writing, and the doctoral research proposal

Thesis

This doctoral thesis contributes detailed portraits of five PhD students in the social sciences as they learned and negotiated disciplinary and institutional expectations to craft their doctoral research proposals over time, in preparation for Transfer of Status. Transfer of Status, also known as upgrade in the UK or the proposal defense in North America, is a key institutional milestone that serves to consolidate doctoral students’ initial research thinking and signals the student’s passa...

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Authors: Inouye, K

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: agency; Transfer of Status; feedback; genre systems; doctoral writing; doctoral education
• Subjects: writing; higher education; doctoral education