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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Diversity in collaborative research communities: a multicultural, multidisciplinary thesis writing group in public health |
Author: | Guerin, C. Xafis, V. Doda, D. Gillam, M. Larg, A. Luckner, H. Jahan, N. Widayati, A. Xu, C. |
Citation: | Studies in Continuing Education, 2013; 35(1):65-81 |
Publisher: | Carfax Publishing Ltd |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
ISSN: | 0158-037X 1470-126X |
Statement of Responsibility: | Cally Guerin, Vicki Xafis, Diana V. Doda, Marianne H. Gillam, Allison J. Larg, Helene Luckner, Nasreen Jahan, Aris Widayati and Chuangzhou Xu |
Abstract: | Writing groups for doctoral students are generally agreed to provide valuable learning spaces for Ph.D. candidates. Here an academic developer and the eight members of a writing group formed in a Discipline of Public Health provide an account of their experiences of collaborating in a multicultural, multidisciplinary thesis writing group. We consider the benefits of belonging to such a group for Ph.D. students who are operating in a research climate in which disciplinary boundaries are blurring and where an increasing number of doctoral projects are interdisciplinary in nature; in which both academic staff and students come from enormously diverse cultural and language backgrounds; and in which teamwork, networking and collaboration are prized but not always proactively facilitated. We argue that doctoral writing groups comprising students from diverse cultural and disciplinary backgrounds can be of significant value for postgraduates who wish to collaborate on their own academic development to improve their research writing and communication skills; at the same time, such collaborative work effectively builds an inclusive, dynamic research community. |
Keywords: | Writing groups doctoral education peer learning multicultural multi-disciplinary |
Rights: | © 2013 Taylor & Francis |
DOI: | 10.1080/0158037X.2012.684375 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0158037x.2012.684375 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 4 Education publications |
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