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The activity of student research : using Activity Theory to conceptualise student research for Master’s programmes
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Hammond, Lucy (2021) The activity of student research : using Activity Theory to conceptualise student research for Master’s programmes. Studies in Higher Education, 46 (6). pp. 1055-1067. doi:10.1080/03075079.2019.1666261 ISSN 0307-5079.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2019.1666261
Abstract
Student research is an important pedagogical feature across the higher education lifecycle. Postgraduate taught (PGT) student research has received limited attention in the context of the diverse nature of the PGT cohort. Using Activity Theory, PGT student research is explored from the perspectives of differently motivated Master’s students: students studying to progress to doctoral study and students studying a professional Master’s to progress in their current career path. Similarities, differences, tensions and contradictions are analysed, revealing new conceptualisations of Master’s research. The outcome of student research, the Dissertation, emerges as a recurring tension within the analysis. A call for a new dialogue on the applicability of the Dissertation for a diverse PGT cohort is made, as the traditional Dissertation may not best meet the needs of professional Master’s students. The need to find better ways to disseminate PGT research is identified, given the potential for contribution to knowledge and practice.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Activity programs in education -- Great Britain, Research -- Methodology, Dissertations, Academic, Universities and colleges -- Graduate work | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Studies in Higher Education | ||||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0307-5079 | ||||||||
Official Date: | June 2021 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 46 | ||||||||
Number: | 6 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1055-1067 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/03075079.2019.1666261 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in Studies in Higher Education. Hammond, Lucy (2021) The activity of student research : using Activity Theory to conceptualise student research for Master’s programmes. Studies in Higher Education, 46 (6). pp. 1055-1067. doi:10.1080/03075079.2019.1666261. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Copyright Holders: | Society for Research into Higher Education | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 17 August 2022 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 17 August 2022 |
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