Encouraging doctoral students to publish during their candidature is becoming more widely accepted and practised, both in Australia and internationally, although it is still less common in some ...fields. Almost all universities in Australia now offer candidates an option to include publications in their doctoral thesis. This paradigm shift has occurred over several decades as the role of doctoral education has been debated, but guidelines for students, supervisors and examiners have yet to catch up. While various benefits, challenges and criticisms have been discussed by established academics, the voices of the candidates themselves are limited. Using a narrative inquiry approach, this study helps to fill that void by reporting the personal experiences of the author, who recently completed a thesis with publications (TWP) in education. As such, this paper not only illuminates the potential challenges for doctoral candidates but it also offers possible ways in which universities, supervisors, examiners and candidates themselves can make the path to completing a doctoral TWP easier to navigate.
Previous studies have indicated that the introductions of PhD theses and research articles are similar in their rhetorical features. In contrast, it has been suggested that metadiscourse as a ...rhetorical device is constructed in a different manner in these texts. However, very few studies have sought to empirically validate this assumption. This paper investigates how research writers construct metadiscourse in the introductions of their PhD theses and subsequently published research articles. The analysis shows that the majority of the writers make greater use of metadiscourse in their article introductions. The most significant changes include greater use of phrases referring to previous research, less reference to other parts of the text, and still less use of phrases signalling authorial presence. Close examination reveals that these variations derive from genre-specific features, including that writers of PhD thesis introductions present previews of the subsequent chapters. This paper closes by arguing that the variations can also be ascribed to the nature of the PhD thesis as an educational genre and that of research articles as a professional genre in which writers need to survive severe competition to get their manuscripts published.
•Metadiscourse is used more in article introductions than in thesis introductions.•Phrases referring to previous research are used more in article introductions.•Phrases referring to other parts of the texts are used more in thesis introductions.•Phrases signalling authorial presentence are used less in article introductions.•Metadiscourse features in thesis and article introductions derive from the genre.
The aim of this study is to characterise the scientific production in higher arts education, to identify the universities with the highest production, the most researched topics, the directors of the ...theses, as well as the gender distribution of authors and directors. The production of doctoral theses in the period 1987-2021 was analysed from the TESEO database, identifying 387 doctoral theses, their distribution by university, number of directors and co-directors, and gender distribution of authors and directors. In addition, the Bradford areas of production by university were identified. The University Complutense of Madrid is the institution with the highest production of theses in higher arts education, being in general larger universities the ones with the highest production. Theses predominantly centered on music and performing arts, with less attention to plastic and visual arts. Women are more present than men as authors and directors. The importance of higher arts education as a field of research in Spain is highlighted and the need to promote thematic diversity and equal gender participation in scientific production is evident. The observed decrease in production since 2015 suggests the need to continue fostering research in higher arts education and to support researchers in this area.
La investigadora Karen Anahí Briano Veloz ha defendido una tesis de doctorado en Letras, cuyo título es “‘Desde un cielo apartado / por el cielo que existe’. Poética de lo esotérico en la obra de ...Juan-Eduardo Cirlot (1956-1973)” en la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, el 7 de septiembre de 2022. Anahí Briano nació en 1988 en México.
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La investigadora Alejandra G. Galicia Martínez ha defendido una tesis de doctorado en Estudios Latinoamericanos, cuyo título es “La América Trascendental: ocultismo y acción política. Redes ...político-intelectuales en México y Centroamérica” en la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, el 17 de febrero de 2023. Alejandra G. Galicia Martínez nació en 1984 en México.
La investigadora Guadalupe Antonia Domínguez Márquez ha defendido una tesis de doctorado en Literatura cuyo título es “En la interfaz del misterio: elementos esotéricos en las novelas de Gustav ...Meyrink” en la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México, el 1 de octubre de 2020. Guadalupe A. Domínguez Márquez nació en 1983 en México.
The present study aims to analyse the research domains, gender gap, and labour market perspectives of doctoral research in LIS in India. Sodhganga, a digital repository of Indian thesis and ...dissertations, was used for extracting doctoral thesis information and Jarvelin & Vakkari classification system was used for categorising the doctoral research topics. A total of 808 doctoral dissertations awarded between 2016 and 2020 were analysed using IBM SPSS and Tableau. The study's findings revealed that the growth of doctoral research in LIS is on rising trends with 150 PhD awarded in LIS every year. Information seeking (33.8%), library and information service activities (30.7%), and scientific & professional communication (16.5%) were found to be the preferred research themes among doctoral students during the study period. Furthermore, it is revealed that there is a gender gap in the number of PhDs conferred, with more men than women receiving these degrees. LIS professionals with a doctorate have the highest employment rate, at 96.2%, and most are in government jobs. Besides, only 40 percent of doctoral candidates reported receiving an incentive after the doctoral degree.
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