"This book explores the student experience of thesis writing through an interdisciplinary perspective drawing on theories of learning, emotions, and genre and narrative/discursive analysis. As a result of this approach, the thesis is reconceptualised as a multilayered experience from the point of view of student writers"--
Completing a thesis is a crucial final stage in many bachelors and masters programmes across Europe and beyond. However, the process of thesis writing, how it is experienced by the writers, and how those experiences impact on writing remain underexplored. This book examines the student experience of thesis writing through an interdisciplinary perspective drawing on theories of learning, emotions, and genre and narrative/discursive analysis. As a result of this approach, the thesis is reconceptualised as a multilayered experience from the point of view of student writers. The chapters, which arose out of a collaborative research project across 10 European countries, employ an innovative combination of methods including the use of journey plots to provide a complex picture of the thesis writing process, which will be of interest to readers involved in academic writing at all levels.
This book explores the student experience of thesis writing through an interdisciplinary perspective drawing on theories of learning, emotions, and genre and narrative/discursive analysis. As a result of this approach, the thesis is reconceptualised as a multilayered experience from the point of view of student writers.
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Many BA and MA degree programmes do not provide adequate training and research supervisors may struggle to teach students all that is required at this level. In this timely and much-needed volume, the authors enable insight into supervisees experiences of the research process, with particular attention to the epistemological, methodological and emotional challenges related to becoming an early career researcher. * Louisa Buckingham, University of Auckland, New Zealand * This book is a powerful reminder of the cognitive, emotional and social effort that thesis writing entails, and the transformative experience of those who succeed. Importantly, the chapters underscore the need to understand better and support better our students writing development over time. From both a teaching and research perspective, food for thought indeed. * Lisa McGrath, Sheffield Hallam University, UK * This book addresses a highly relevant but under-researched topic. It is hard to list all of the books virtues: methodologically creative and reflective, a state-of-the-art literature review, illustrative interviews, coverage of many European countries and languages, suggestions for future research, and advice for thesis supervisors. A must-have for anyone involved in writing studies. * Otto Kruse, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland *
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Unique focus on thesis writing from the students perspective
Tables
Figures
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Part 1: Conceptual and Methodological Considerations
Chapter
1. Bojana Petri and Montserrat Castelló: Bachelors and Masters
Thesis Writing: A Research Agenda
Chapter
2. Montserrat Castelló, Bojana Petri and Tiane Donahue:
Investigating Bachelors and Masters Thesis Writing: Research Context and
Methodology of the Project
Part 2: Students Thesis Writing Journeys: Two Illustrative Accounts
Chapter
3. Kristin Solli: Karis Thesis Writing Journey: This thesis I did
myself
Chapter
4. Claudia Doroholschi: Andradas Thesis Writing Journey: My
professor guided me
Part 3: Examining the Interview Method
Chapter
5. Natalie Schembri and Alma Jahi Jai: Interview-Based Research in
Multilingual Research Situations: Issues and Challenges in Context of
Publishing in English
Chapter
6. Tatyana Yakhontova and Mira Bekar: How Thesis Writers Speak about
their Experiences: A Linguistic Perspective
Part 4: Aspects of Students Thesis Writing Experience
Chapter
7. Crista Weise and Montserrat Castelló: Re-Constructing the
Emotional Process of Writing Masters and Bachelors Theses
Chapter
8. Claudia Doroholschi and Kristin Solli: 'The material youre
working with is yourself': Student Learning Experiences with Thesis Writing
Chapter
9. Alma Jahi Jai and Tanja Pavlovi: Writing a Masters Thesis:
Challenges and Coping Strategies
Chapter
10. José Brandćo Carvalho, Tatyana Yakhontova, Luķsa Įlvares Pereira
and Luciana Graēa: Doing the Literature Review of a Masters/Bachelors
Thesis: Students Understandings and Practices
Part 5: Concluding Remarks
Chapter
11. Bojana Petri and Montserrat Castelló: Students Thesis Writing
Experiences: Conclusions, Implications and Ways Forward
Chapter
12. Charles Bazerman: Afterword: Some Observations
Index
Bojana Petri is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Birkbeck, the University of London, UK. Her research interests include multilingual writers academic literacy practices and experiences, particularly their citation practices, source use, writer voice, disciplinary socialisation and interdisciplinarity.
Montserrat Castelló is a Full Professor of Educational Psychology at Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain. Her research interests include academic and research writing, doctoral writing, writing regulation, doctoral trajectories and researcher identity development.
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