Winding down the PhD Journey: Post-Viva Acknowledgments
Michael Gallagher I should have written this last week but I successfully defended my thesis at the Institute of Education University College London. It will take a stretch to process all of…
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Learning trajectories and multimemberships: amoebas and not arrows
Amoebas and not arrows: trajectories and multimemberships In terms of our learning and identity and motivation, we are all amoebas and not arrows. We push on all sides, some more…
Full Graduate Scholarships to Study Masters/PhD in Korea
My university, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS), is participating in the Korean Government Scholarship Program (KGSP), which offers full scholarships including living expenses, airfare, for graduate students to take…
Design Adjustments: Broadening Community of Practice; focusing on trajectories, or peripheral movements
I have just moved on to the main part of my research study after having completed the pilot study and pilot chapter for the thesis. I perhaps naively thought it…
Ideas and identities in liminality
Inspired by the collective intelligence of my network (awe-inspired is probably more accurate), I have been thinking a bit about ideas and the creative process, motivation, and the effect of…
Motivations for Research Change: the Korean context
As a result of my successful upgrade at the Institute of Education, the feedback I received from my upgraders and advisors, and the results and adjustments from my pilot study,…
Iterations of (PhD) research proposals and advice: from 2010 to now
I was just looking through my old folders on the request of a friend who was thinking about applying to doctoral school. He wanted some examples of doctoral research proposals…