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Doctoral Writing

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This book about doctoral writing aims to help Ph.D. students and their supervisors master the gamut of writing challenges that can blight—or delight—candidature. The book presents lively and authentic reflections on practice and pedagogy rendered through a series of bite-sized vignettes, stories and actionable ‘teachable’ accounts.

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  1. The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    Susan Carter

  2. University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia

    Cally Guerin

  3. University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia

    Claire Aitchison

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Carter, S., Guerin, C., Aitchison, C. (2020). Introduction. In: Doctoral Writing. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1808-9_1

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