How Do I Cook an Impact Factor Article If You Do Not Show Me What the Ingredients Are?

Doctoral studies in the Czech Republic are highly individualized with little coursework outside the supervisor/supervisee dyad, and the PhD students are mandated to publish prior to the dissertation defense. This mandate is troublesome because writing development has been on the fringes of the Czech...

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Main Authors: Kamila Etchegoyen-Rosolová, Alena Kašpárková
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: Malmö University Press 2021-09-01
Series:Educare
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Online Access:https://ojs.mau.se/index.php/educare/article/view/537
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description Doctoral studies in the Czech Republic are highly individualized with little coursework outside the supervisor/supervisee dyad, and the PhD students are mandated to publish prior to the dissertation defense. This mandate is troublesome because writing development has been on the fringes of the Czech education culture. In addition, the publications often must be in English, and many doctoral students struggle with English. In this exploratory study, we examined how this mandate translates into practice, how doctoral students learn to meet the requirements and how university administrators/supervisors perceive doctoral writing development. To answer our questions, we interviewed 7 university administrators/dissertation supervisors and 7 doctoral students from various backgrounds and universities, looking for diverse views on the issue. Our analysis confirmed the formal status of supervisors as the key doctoral writing literacy brokers. While the supervisors acknowledged their role, they also tended to view doctoral writing as a matter of self-study and funding, thus indirectly emphasising the publication outcomes. In contrast, doctoral students called for structured support of their writing processes. We propose a systemic approach to introduce writing pedagogies into the Czech discourse. With this study we hope to contribute to research on doctoral writing for publication of EAL (English as an Additional Language) students in Central Europe.  
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spelling doaj.art-dd757e7ad3c344ddacd0a810591ddc502023-09-03T11:52:48ZdanMalmö University PressEducare2004-51902021-09-01110.24834/educare.2021.1.6How Do I Cook an Impact Factor Article If You Do Not Show Me What the Ingredients Are?Kamila Etchegoyen-RosolováAlena KašpárkováDoctoral studies in the Czech Republic are highly individualized with little coursework outside the supervisor/supervisee dyad, and the PhD students are mandated to publish prior to the dissertation defense. This mandate is troublesome because writing development has been on the fringes of the Czech education culture. In addition, the publications often must be in English, and many doctoral students struggle with English. In this exploratory study, we examined how this mandate translates into practice, how doctoral students learn to meet the requirements and how university administrators/supervisors perceive doctoral writing development. To answer our questions, we interviewed 7 university administrators/dissertation supervisors and 7 doctoral students from various backgrounds and universities, looking for diverse views on the issue. Our analysis confirmed the formal status of supervisors as the key doctoral writing literacy brokers. While the supervisors acknowledged their role, they also tended to view doctoral writing as a matter of self-study and funding, thus indirectly emphasising the publication outcomes. In contrast, doctoral students called for structured support of their writing processes. We propose a systemic approach to introduce writing pedagogies into the Czech discourse. With this study we hope to contribute to research on doctoral writing for publication of EAL (English as an Additional Language) students in Central Europe.   https://ojs.mau.se/index.php/educare/article/view/537Academic writingdoctoral studiespublishingsupervisorswriting support
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How Do I Cook an Impact Factor Article If You Do Not Show Me What the Ingredients Are?
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doctoral studies
publishing
supervisors
writing support
title How Do I Cook an Impact Factor Article If You Do Not Show Me What the Ingredients Are?
title_full How Do I Cook an Impact Factor Article If You Do Not Show Me What the Ingredients Are?
title_fullStr How Do I Cook an Impact Factor Article If You Do Not Show Me What the Ingredients Are?
title_full_unstemmed How Do I Cook an Impact Factor Article If You Do Not Show Me What the Ingredients Are?
title_short How Do I Cook an Impact Factor Article If You Do Not Show Me What the Ingredients Are?
title_sort how do i cook an impact factor article if you do not show me what the ingredients are
topic Academic writing
doctoral studies
publishing
supervisors
writing support
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