The challenges and trade-offs of supporting doctoral student writing: A case study of faculty experiences

• Peggy C. Holzweiss ^[1]
  1. [1] Sam Houston State University

     Sam Houston State University

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Innovations in education and teaching international, ISSN 1470-3297, Vol. 60, Nº 2, 2023, págs. 286-296
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Although doctoral supervision involves guiding the writing process, limited research exists regarding how faculty practice writing supervision. This case study investigates how faculty in one U.S. educational leadership department supervise doctoral writing. While the department incorporates best practices for student writing support and preparation, findings demonstrate continued challenges with student writing that result in trade-off decisions for supervisors’ investment of time and emotional labour. The results, analysed through a doctoral writing supervision framework, suggest that student commitment to writing development may need more emphasis in order to increase completion rates and reduce faculty labour.