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List of figures ix
List of tables x
Notes on contributors xi
Part 1 Introduction Why The Doctoral Companions? P. Thomson M. Walker 1
1 Doctoral education in context The changing nature of the doctorate and doctoral students P. Thomson M. Walker 9
Part 2 Becoming and being a doctoral student M. Walker P. Thomson 27
2 Ignorance in educational research How not knowing shapes new knowledge J. Wagner 31
3 When qualitative meets quantitative Conversations about the nature of knowledge E. McWilliam J. Tan 43
4 Interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity Diverse purposes of research: theory-oriented, situation-oriented, policy-oriented D. Gasper 52
5 The necessity and violence of theory S. J. Ball 68
6 Bringing theory to doctoral research K. N. Gulson R. J. Parkes 76
7 Seeking the single thread The Conceptual Quest F. Su J. Nixon B. Adamson 85
8 Theory and narrative in the production of knowledge J. Barr 96
9 Making sense of supervision Deciphering feedback A. Paré 107
10 Entering the gates of the elect Obtaining the doctorate in education in South Africa C. Soudien 116
11 Weaving the threads of doctoral research journeys J. Wellington 128
Part 3 Coming to terms with research practice M. Walker P. Thomson 143
12 It's been said before and we'll say it again - research is writing P. Thomson B. Kamler 149
13 Constructing research questions: focus, methodology and theorisation J. Pryor 161
14 Research questions What's worth asking and why? A. Brown 172
15 'There is no golden key' Overcoming problems with data analysis in qualitative research H. Colley 183
16 Dealing with data analysis A.-M. Bathmaker 200
17 Researching with large datasets: learning to think big when small is beautiful A. Noyes 213
18 Doing data analysis S. Gorard 221
19 Argumentation and the doctoral thesis: theory and practice M. McLean 231
20 Writing research M. Piantanida N. B. Garman 244
21 'Guilty knowledge' The (im)possibility of ethical security in social science research K. Williams 256
22 Dangerous reflexivity Rigour, responsibility and reflexivity in qualitative research W. S. Pillow 270
23 Emotions and being a doctoral student C. Herman 283
Part 4 Making a contribution to knowledge M. Walker P. Thomson 295
24 Quality agendas and doctoral work The tacit, the new agendas, the changing contexts L. Yates 299
25 Generating practitioner knowledge through practitioner action research Moving from local to public knowledge G. L. Anderson K. Herr 311
26 Coyote and Raven talk about equivalency of other/ed knowledges in research P. Cole P. O'Riley 323
27 Knowledge in context Whose knowledge and for what context? Q. Gu 335
28 Open access and the ongoing transformation of scholarly publishing A guide for doctoral students P. Lucas J. Willinsky 344
29 Inner university, knowledge workers and liminality T. Szkudlarek 356
30 Global students for global education research? I. Menter J. Da Silveira Duarte R. Gorur 368
31 The impact of research on education policy The relevance for doctoral researchers B. Lingard 377
32 Last words Why doctoral study? P. Thomson M. Walker 390
Index 403
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