Becoming a Scholar, Cross-cultural reflections on identity and agency in an education doctorate

Year

2021

Publisher

UCL Press

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-1-78735-767-9

Link

Last Update

01-Jan-2026

Keywords

Education

Description

Discussions about the direction of doctoral programmes and alarmingly high attrition rates in universities throughout the world often seem to presuppose that doctoral students are not only similar to one another, but also that they generally pursue a doctorate in the same discipline and country throughout their academic careers, and that this academic career is uninterrupted. However, internationalisation and globalisation are ensuring that growing numbers of students undertake a doctorate across national boundaries. Likewise, a sharp increase in distance-mode learning that is likely to endure in the post-COVID-19 era, along with the widening of the university to be more accessible...