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Innovations in Education and Teaching International Volume 52, 2015 - Issue 1: Doctoral Education
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‘I didn’t have a clue what they were talking about’: PhD candidates and theory

Margaret KileyResearch School of Humanities and the Arts, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia;University of Newcastle, Canberra, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 52-63 | Published online: 21 Jan 2015

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Nick Pratt & Julie Shaughnessy. (2021) The effects of managerialism in higher education on doctoral theorising: time to think?. British Journal of Sociology of Education 42:8, pages 1123-1138.
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Hairong Shan, Natasha Ayers & Margaret Kiley. (2020) A comparison between the conceptions of research of candidates enrolled for standard PhD and integrated PhD programmes. Innovations in Education and Teaching International 57:6, pages 736-745.
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Navé Wald & Ben Kei Daniel. (2020) Enhancing students’ engagement with abstract ideas through conceptual and theoretical frameworks. Innovations in Education and Teaching International 57:4, pages 496-505.
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Elaine Hall. (2019) Grasping the nettle of ‘doctorateness’ for practitioner academics: a framework for thinking critically about curriculum design. Studies in Continuing Education 41:2, pages 157-172.
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David F. Feldon, Christopher Rates & Chongning Sun. (2017) Doctoral conceptual thresholds in cellular and molecular biology. International Journal of Science Education 39:18, pages 2574-2593.
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Margaret Kiley. (2017) Career professionals entering doctoral study: Advantages and challenges. Innovations in Education and Teaching International 54:6, pages 550-559.
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Barbara Class. Teaching research methods in education: using the TPACK framework to reflect on praxis. International Journal of Research & Method in Education 0:0, pages 1-21.
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Jina Kang, Ryan Baker, Zhang Feng, Chungsoo Na, Peter Granville & David F. Feldon. (2022) Detecting threshold concepts through Bayesian knowledge tracing: examining research skill development in biological sciences at the doctoral level. Instructional Science 50:3, pages 475-497.
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Ashley Johnston Wicker, Mindy Crain-Dorough & Adam C. Elder. 2022. Research Anthology on Doctoral Student Professional Development. Research Anthology on Doctoral Student Professional Development 413 430 .
Heidi Salmento, Mari Murtonen & Margaret Kiley. (2021) Understanding Teacher Education Students’ Research Competence Through Their Conceptions of Theory. Frontiers in Education 6.
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Deborah E. Tyndall, Gina C. Firnhaber & K. Brooke Kistler. (2021) An integrative review of threshold concepts in doctoral education: Implications for PhD nursing programs. Nurse Education Today 99, pages 104786.
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Ashley Johnston Wicker, Mindy Crain-Dorough & Adam C. Elder. 2021. Handbook of Research on Developing Students’ Scholarly Dispositions in Higher Education. Handbook of Research on Developing Students’ Scholarly Dispositions in Higher Education 132 149 .
Lucy Smout Szablewska. 2021. Navigating the Field. Navigating the Field 131 143 .
Margaret Kiley. 2019. Redefining Scientific Thinking for Higher Education. Redefining Scientific Thinking for Higher Education 139 155 .
Michael Hammond. (2018) ‘An interesting paper but not sufficiently theoretical’: What does theorising in social research look like?. Methodological Innovations 11:2, pages 205979911878775.
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Stan Taylor. 2016. Research Methods for Postgraduates: Third Edition. Research Methods for Postgraduates: Third Edition 13 33 .
Grace McCarthy. 2016. Emerging Directions in Doctoral Education. Emerging Directions in Doctoral Education 207 223 .

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