10.4225/03/593601762bf65
EDWIN ARTHUR CREELY
EDWIN ARTHUR
CREELY
A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF SIX DOCTORAL STUDENTS NEGOTIATING EARLY CANDIDATURE
Monash University
2017
doctoral education
early candidature
phenomenology
experience
PhD
digital technologies
adaptation
learning
Higher Education
Education
2017-06-06 01:12:20
Thesis
https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/A_PHENOMENOLOGICAL_STUDY_OF_SIX_DOCTORAL_STUDENTS_NEGOTIATING_EARLY_CANDIDATURE/5074261
This thesis describes a small-scale qualitative phenomenological study of the experiences of six doctoral students in the early part of candidature. The focus was on their learning to become researchers. In the study, the participants’ experiences of candidature were investigated in the context of their extended lives or Lifeworlds, with the goal of locating the meanings attributed to their experiences and how they negotiated their way through the early part of candidature, including how they deployed digital technologies as part of their strategies of coping and dealing with the complexities of life.