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The Phenomenology of a Dissertation Process

The Limits of Structures and the Anarchy of Thinking

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I am going to describe the progress of my dissertation process from a phenomenological perspective. I will lean on Ivan Illich’s ideas about the challenges of education and learning. Along with Ivan Illich’s thoughts, I will also view Paulo Freire’s ideas about a learner as an active actor pursuing controlling his/her own life and awareness — as a subject. Freire’s thoughts lead my work to consider supervision as a dialogue. At the same time, I deliberate the significance of finding one’s own way for a doctoral student.

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  1. University of Jyväskylä, Finland

    Kirsi-Marja Saurén Ph.D (University Lecturer of Adult Education)

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Saurén, KM. (2012). The Phenomenology of a Dissertation Process. In: Määttä, K. (eds) Obsessed with the Doctoral Theses. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-678-6_25

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