Helping doctoral students write : pedagogies for supervision

This essential guide offers a new approach to doctoral writing, written specifically for doctoral supervisors.

Rejecting the DIY websites and manuals that promote a privatised skills-based approach to writing research, Kamler and Thomson provide a new framework for scholarly work to help doctorate students produce clear and well-argued dissertations.

Drawing on a wide range of research and hands-on experience, the authors argue that making an original contribution to scholarly knowledge requires doctoral candidates to do both text work and identity work.

Their discussion of the complexities of forming a scholarly identity is illustrated by the stories and writing of real doctoral students.