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Publishing Higher Degree Research

Making the Transition from Student to Researcher

  • This book, as a practical example of supervisor-higher degree research candidate collaboration to publish student research, emphasises the need for departmental mindfulness of the higher degree research journey and reconsideration of the nature of supervisory roles and practices
  • It is living proof of the transformative value of building productive networks among academics and higher degree students to facilitate student publication
  • It encompasses diverse studies from diverse higher degree students from culturally diverse countries, thus opening the way for more such volumes

Part of the book series: Higher Education Horizons (HEHO)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Publishing Higher Degree Research

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Research Training and Publishing

      • Joy Higgs
      Pages 3-12
    3. Transforming Identities

      • Janice Orrell, David D. Curtis
      Pages 13-22
  3. Learning with Technology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
    2. Interactive Whiteboard Use and Student Engagement

      • Carol Le Lant, Michael J. Lawson
      Pages 33-42
    3. Learning with iPads in Early Childhood Education

      • Emily Tam, Trudy-Ann Sweeney
      Pages 43-52
  4. Professional Learning and Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
    2. Communicating Real-Life Classroom Innovations as Research

      • Peter Nielsen, Bernard Mageean
      Pages 55-64
    3. Enhancing Educational Quality in an Indonesian Islamic University

      • Muhammad Nur Akbar Rasyid, Janice Orrell, Robert Conway
      Pages 65-74
    4. Beyond the Trade Qualification

      • Anthony Arrowsmith, David D. Mageean, John Guenther
      Pages 75-84
    5. Preparing Teachers for Rural Secondary Schools in Lesotho

      • Marethabile Mapitso Ignatia Masakale, Michael Bell, R. John Halsey
      Pages 85-92
  5. Student Learning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
    2. Recognising Intimation

      • David Jeffries, Carol R. Aldous
      Pages 105-114
    3. Promoting Powerful Positive Affect

      • Shaileigh Page, Trudy–Ann Sweeney
      Pages 115-124
  6. Student Learning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
    2. Teaching Mathematics and Science in English at a University in Indonesia

      • Soni Mirizon, Ben Wadham, David D. Curtis
      Pages 127-136
    3. Enabling Innovation in Acehnese Schools

      • Anwar Amin, Michael Bell
      Pages 137-144

About this book

This book is proof of what is possible when higher degree candidates and their supervisors collaborate to ensure publication of higher degree research; one of the responsibilities that comes with higher degree candidature and supervision. It transcends the limitations inherent in traditional ‘isolationist’, ‘master and apprentice’ relationships to reveal the transformative value of building productive networks among academics and students. 


Written for higher degree research policy makers, administrators, supervisors and candidates in the field of education, this book aims to provoke departmental mindfulness of the higher degree research journey and, in light of this, reconsideration of the nature of supervisory roles and practices. It explores key research on higher degree research candidature and supervisory practices; reveals the reflections of 14 higher degree candidates’ experiences in terms of the impact and transformations that occur as a result of undertaking research, not least of which is writing for publication; showcases aspects of their research in their published chapters; and accords them first author status. Its five sections are:  


Publishing Higher Degree Research: key research on higher degree research candidature and supervisory practices, and the process of transforming students from candidates into published researchers. 
Learning with Technology: in Aboriginal education and in primary and early childhood education. 
Professional Learning and Practice: in the development of teacher research and inquiry, enhancing and assuring learning quality in Indonesia and Lesotho, and higher order thinking in teaching trade skills. 
Student Learning: in teaching English language in Indonesia, and the place of intimation in creativity and innovation in mathematics teaching. 
Curriculum Change: in teaching University mathematics in English in Indonesia, integrating graduate attributes in an Islamic University in Aceh, enabling innovation in Acehnese schools and reforming assessment in Rwanda.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Education, Flinders University, Australia

    Janice Orrell, David D. Curtis

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Publishing Higher Degree Research

  • Book Subtitle: Making the Transition from Student to Researcher

  • Editors: Janice Orrell, David D. Curtis

  • Series Title: Higher Education Horizons

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-672-9

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6300-672-9Published: 23 August 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 170

  • Topics: Education, general

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eBook USD 39.99
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