TY - DATA T1 - A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF SIX DOCTORAL STUDENTS NEGOTIATING EARLY CANDIDATURE PY - 2017/06/06 AU - EDWIN ARTHUR CREELY UR - https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/A_PHENOMENOLOGICAL_STUDY_OF_SIX_DOCTORAL_STUDENTS_NEGOTIATING_EARLY_CANDIDATURE/5074261 DO - 10.4225/03/593601762bf65 L4 - https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/16378820 KW - doctoral education KW - early candidature KW - phenomenology KW - experience KW - PhD KW - digital technologies KW - adaptation KW - learning KW - Higher Education KW - Education N2 - 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. ER -