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Abstract
We are thesis examiners within the Australian academic system who formed a “community of practice” to try to resolve some of the issues we were facing. Stories of examiners reflecting on and examining their own practice are a notable silence in the higher degree research literature. In this study we have adopted a storytelling inquiry method that involved telling our practitioner stories, firstly to each other and then to a wider audience through this paper. We then identified issues that we believe are relevant to other thesis examiners. We have also found that engaging in a “community of practice” is itself a valuable form of examiner professional development.
Keywords
Thesis Examiner Training, Storytelling, and Practitioner Research
Publication Date
12-1-2005
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DOI
10.46743/2160-3715/2005.1834
Recommended APA Citation
Sankaran, S., Swepson, P., & Hill, G. (2005). Do Research Thesis Examiners Need Training?: Practitioner Stories. The Qualitative Report, 10(4), 817-835. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2005.1834
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