The Thesis Writing Journeys of Bachelor's and Master's Students

A Transnational European Perspective
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-1-80041-398-6
Verlag: Multilingual Matters

Buch, Englisch, 219 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 526 g

Completing a thesis is a crucial final stage in many bachelor’s and master’s programmes across Europe and beyond. However, the process of thesis writing, how it is experienced by the writers, and how those experiences impact on writing remain underexplored. This book examines the student experience of thesis writing through an interdisciplinary perspective drawing on theories of learning, emotions, and genre and narrative/discursive analysis. As a result of this approach, the thesis is reconceptualised as a multilayered experience from the point of view of student writers. The chapters, which arose out of a collaborative research project across 10 European countries, employ an innovative combination of methods including the use of journey plots to provide a complex picture of the thesis writing process, which will be of interest to readers involved in academic writing at all levels.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Petric, Bojana

Castelló, Montserrat

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Tables

Figures

Contributors

Acknowledgements

Part 1: Conceptual and Methodological Considerations

Chapter 1. Bojana Petric and Montserrat Castelló: Bachelor’s and Master’s Thesis Writing: A Research Agenda

Chapter 2. Montserrat Castelló, Bojana Petric and Tiane Donahue: Investigating Bachelor’s and Master’s Thesis Writing: Research Context and Methodology of the Project

Part 2: Students’ Thesis Writing Journeys: Two Illustrative Accounts

Chapter 3. Kristin Solli: Kari’s Thesis Writing Journey: ‘This thesis I did myself’

Chapter 4. Claudia Doroholschi: Andrada’s Thesis Writing Journey: ‘My professor guided me’

Part 3: Examining the Interview Method

Chapter 5. Natalie Schembri and Alma Jahic Jašic: Interview-Based Research in Multilingual Research Situations: Issues and Challenges in Context of Publishing in English

Chapter 6. Tatyana Yakhontova and Mira Bekar: How Thesis Writers Speak about their Experiences: A Linguistic Perspective

Part 4: Aspects of Students’ Thesis Writing Experience

Chapter 7. Crista Weise and Montserrat Castelló: Re-Constructing the Emotional Process of Writing Master’s and Bachelor’s Theses

Chapter 8. Claudia Doroholschi and Kristin Solli: 'The material you’re working with is yourself': Student Learning Experiences with Thesis Writing

Chapter 9. Alma Jahic Jašic and Tanja Pavlovic: Writing a Master’s Thesis: Challenges and Coping Strategies

Chapter 10. José Brandão Carvalho, Tatyana Yakhontova, Luísa Álvares Pereira and Luciana Graça: Doing the Literature Review of a Master’s/Bachelor’s Thesis: Students’ Understandings and Practices

Part 5: Concluding Remarks

Chapter 11. Bojana Petric and Montserrat Castelló: Students’ Thesis Writing Experiences: Conclusions, Implications and Ways Forward

Chapter 12. Charles Bazerman: Afterword: Some Observations

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Petric, Bojana
Bojana Petric is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Birkbeck, the University of London, UK. Her research interests include multilingual writers’ academic literacy practices and experiences, particularly their citation practices, source use, writer voice, disciplinary socialisation and interdisciplinarity.

Castelló, Montserrat
Montserrat Castelló is a Full Professor at Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain. Her research interests include academic and research writing, doctoral writing, writing regulation, doctoral trajectories and researcher identity development.

Bojana Petric is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Birkbeck, the University of London, UK. Her research interests include multilingual writers’ academic literacy practices and experiences, particularly their citation practices, source use, writer voice, disciplinary socialisation and interdisciplinarity.

Montserrat Castelló is a Full Professor of Educational Psychology at Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain. Her research interests include academic and research writing, doctoral writing, writing regulation, doctoral trajectories and researcher identity development.