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Lee, Sherrie – Journal of International Students, 2017
Doctoral education is based on a pedagogical model of apprenticeship where the expert, the more experienced academic, advises or mentors the student. Scholars have recognized the challenges of doctoral supervision due to the intense and individualized nature of the relationship. Based on the author's personal experiences as a doctoral student and…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Doctoral Programs, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Supervisory Methods
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Xu, Linlin; Grant, Barbara – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2017
This paper takes up Bakhtin's dialogic perspective to explore the becoming of one Chinese international doctoral student's voices. We investigate how a single participant (from a wider study) assimilates the most transformative but "alien" voice of critical thinking in her supervision space by participating in dialogues with key speaking…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs, Case Studies
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Xu, Linlin; Hu, Jiehui – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2020
We draw on Bakhtin's dialogic construct of 'double-voicedness' to explore Chinese international doctoral students' responses to their non-Chinese supervisors' language feedback and their reasoning of the responses. Results show that the students respond to supervisors' language feedback in four ways: no revision, faithful revision, extended…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Attitudes, Doctoral Students, Feedback (Response)
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Ding, Qun – New Zealand Journal of Teachers' Work, 2016
The number of Chinese students studying abroad has increased. Chinese international students have constituted the largest proportion of overseas students in New Zealand (Zhang, 2013). Little research has been done concerning those undertaking doctoral study. The study I have proposed to do thus intends to explore the experiences of Chinese…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Doctoral Students, Asians
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Li, Mingsheng – Journal of International Students, 2016
This study examines the acculturative challenges facing non-English speaking background (NESB) international doctoral students in the process of discipline enculturation. Twenty NESB doctoral students at three New Zealand universities from eleven countries participated in the semistructured interviews. The study has found that their transformative…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Acculturation, Mentors, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship
van der Ham, Vanessa, Ed.; Sevillano, Lilia, Ed.; George, Lily, Ed. – Online Submission, 2010
The 15 articles in this volume comprise the refereed proceedings of the 2009 ATLAANZ (Association of Tertiary Learning Advisors Aotearoa/New Zealand) conference. The first three chapters focus on collaborative work. In Chapter 1, Ann Pocock shares her experiences of working with other university support services. In Chapter 2, Berni Cooper and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conferences (Gatherings), Postsecondary Education, Academic Support Services
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Chang, Chiungying Evelyn; Strauss, Pat – Language and Education, 2010
This paper seeks to highlight the issue of learner agency in the supervisory relationship. Although this study is confined to the perceptions of a small group of Chinese-speaking international students, this issue is not one peculiar to them. Dealing with status imbalances in this relationship is a challenge that faces all students regardless of…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Difficulty Level, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Writing Processes