| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 179 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 01, 2021) |
| Subject |
Degrees, Academic.
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Graduate students.
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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Degrees, Academic
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Graduate students
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Savva, Maria, editor.
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Nygaard, Lynn P., editor.
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| ISBN |
9781787357693 |
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1787357694 |
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9781787357662 |
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178735766X |
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9781787357709 |
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1787357708 |
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