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Book SynopsisEight international and four domestic doctoral students share the story of completing their doctoral journey at an Australian university, as well as their experiences of being part of a large collaborative research group that served as a source of support and motivation on their doctoral journey. They share their dreams, hopes, and frustrations of searching, applying, being rejected and finally accepted as a doctoral candidate. International students share their impressions and experiences of being in a new land with a new language and immersing themselves and their families in a distinctly different culture and society. These are the stories of the challenges they encountered and their struggles and successes. Contributors are: Elizabeth Allotta, Laura Emily Clark, Maria Ejlertsen, Daeul Jeong, Solange Lima, Huifang Liu, Mohammad Tareque Rahman, Umme Salma, Margaret Schuls, Sara Haghighi Siahgorabi, Lauren Thomasse and Tran Le Nghi Tran.
Table of ContentsSeries Editor’s Foreword: The Doctoral Journey in Education Brent Bradford Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Notable Quotes Notes on Contributors Introduction: The Doctoral Journey from Different Perspectives Elizabeth Allotta PART 1: Heading Easterly from South America 1 Sailing through Different Doctorate Programs in a Quest to Make Sense of Learning-By-Doing for School Reform Solange Lima 2 (Be)longings to Belong in Education and Academia: A Response-Able Doctoral Research Journey Maria Ejlertsen 3 Mathematics Education Journey: Scary, but Enjoyable Sara Haghighi Siahgorabi PART 2: Asian Neighbours 4 Making the Roller Coaster Ride Gentle: A Short Narrative of My Doctoral Journey Mohammad Tareque Rahman 5 Rocks Rifted, a Waterfall Flowed: Tracing a Woman’s Doctoral Trek Umme Salma 6 Juggling the Balls: The Journey of a Resilient Learner Tran Le Nghi Tran 7 The Dream Came True, the Road Was Bumpy: My Doctoral Journey Leading to the Place Ideal Huifang Liu 8 An International Doctoral Student’s Diary: The Beginning, the Candidature, and What after Daeul Jeong PART 3: From across Australia 9 What Helps and What Hinders: The Journey from a Novice to a Master Lauren Thomasse 10 A Stranger in a Familiar Land: A Domestic Student Relocates Laura Emily Clark 11 And the Doctoral Journey Starts Again… Elizabeth Allotta 12 What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? A Life-Long Journey of Investigation and Discovery in Theory and Practice Margaret Schuls PART 4: All in Together: Experiences of Working in a Large Collaborative Group 13 Something Bigger, Something Other: A Different Way of Imagining a Collaborative Research Group Elizabeth Allotta PART 5: Final Thoughts Contributor Thoughts upon Completion Afterword Elizabeth Mackinlay Glossary
