SORTI Publications

Research into PhD Examination 2004

Bourke, S., Hattie, J., & Anderson, L. (2004) Predicting examiner recommendations on PhD theses. International Journal of Educational Research, 41(2), 178-194. Abstract

Bourke, S., Hattie, J., Anderson, L., Holbrook, A., & Lovat, T. (2004). Predicting examiner recommendation on PhD theses. Paper presented at the EARLI (SIG Higher Education) Conference, Motivation, Learning and Knowledge Building in the 21st Century, Norway, 18-21 June, 2004. Abstract

Bourke, S., Holbrook, A., Lovat, T. & Dally, K. (2004). Characteristics, degree completion times and thesis quality of Australian PhD candidate. In Kiley, M & Mullins, G (Eds) 2004, Quality in postgraduate research: Re-imagining research education. Proceedings of the 2004 International Quality in Postgraduate Research Conference, Adelaide, Australia 22-23 April. Abstract Full Paper

Bourke, S., Holbrook, A., Lovat, T., & Farley, P. (2004). Attrition, completion and completion times of PhD candidates. Paper presented at the AARE International Educational Research Conference, "Doing the Public Good: Positioning Education Research", Melbourne, 28 Nov - 2 Dec, 2004. Abstract

Cantwell, R. & Scevak, J. (2004). Supervisor conceptions of a doctorate and their relationship to a developing assessment framework. Paper presented at the Quality in Postgraduate Research Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, 22-23 April, 2004. Abstract

Cantwell, R., & Scevak, J. (2004a). Discrepancies between the "ideal" and "passable" doctorate: Supervisor thinking on doctoral standards. Paper presented at the AARE International Educational Research Conference, "Doing the Public Good: Positioning Education Research", Melbourne, 28 Nov - 2 Dec, 2004. Abstract

Dally, K. & Holbrook, A, Lawry, M., & Graham, A. (2004). Assessing the exhibition and the exegesis in visual arts higher degrees: Perspectives of examiners. Working Papers in Art and Design, 3, 1-14. Full Paper

Dally, K., Holbrook, A., Graham, A., & Lawry, M. (2004). The processes and parameters of Fine Art PhD examination. International Journal of Educational Research, 41(2), 136-162. Abstract

Dally, K., Holbrook, A., Graham, A. & Lawry, M. (2004). The Fine Art higher degree examination process. Paper presented at the Quality in Postgraduate Research International Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, 22-23 April, 2004. Abstract

Holbrook, A., & Bourke, S. (2004). An investigation of PhD examination outcome in Australia using a mixed method approach. Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology,  4, 153-169. Full Paper

Holbrook, A., Bourke, S., Cantwell, R., Carmichael, K., & McBriarty, L. (2004). Longitudinal tracking of research student progress to inform and facilitate strategic action. Enabling the Research Environment: Delivering Enhanced Outcomes and Impact. Program and Papers, Australasian Research Management Society Inc. Annual Conference, Fremantle, WA, 15-17 September. Promaco, pp.45-57.

Holbrook, A., Bourke, S., Lovat, T., & Dally, K. (2004a). Investigating PhD thesis examination reports. International Journal of Educational Research, 41(2), 98-120.Abstract

Holbrook, A. Bourke, S., Lovat, T., & Dally, K. (2004b). Qualities and characteristics in the written reports of doctoral thesis examiners. Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology,  4, 126-145.Full Paper

Holbrook, A., Bourke, S., Lovat, T, & Dally, K. (2004c). PhD theses at the margin: Examiner comment of re-examined theses. Melbourne Studies in Education, 45(1), 89-115. Abstract

Holbrook, A., Bourke, S., Lovat, T., & Dally, K. (2004d). An investigation of inconsistencies in PhD examination decisions. Paper presented at the AARE International Educational Research Conference, "Doing the Public Good: Positioning Education Research", Melbourne, 28 Nov - 2 Dec, 2004. Abstract

Holbrook, K., Dally, K., Bourke, S., Lovat, T., Monfries, M, & Lu, Y. (2004). Evaluating some fundamental features of doctoral assessment. Paper presented at the Quality in Postgraduate Research International Conference, Re-imaging Research Education, Adelaide, South Australia, 22-23 April, 2004. Abstract

Holbrook, A., Dally, K., Graham, A., & Lawry, M. (2004a). Examiner reflections on the Fine Art Higher Degree examination process. Paper presented at the AARE International Educational Research Conference, "Doing the Public Good: Positioning Education Research", Melbourne, 28 Nov - 2 Dec, 2004. Abstract

Holbrook, A., Dally, K., Graham, A. & Lawry, M. (2004b). The perspectives of examiners on the processes of research higher degree supervision and examination in Fine Art. Paper presented at the EARLI (SIG Higher Education) Conference, Motivation, Learning and Knowledge Building in the 21st Century, Norway, 18-21 June, 2004. Abstract

Lawry, M., Graham, A., Dally, K., & Holbrook, A. (2004). Assessing the exhibition and the exegesis in Visual Arts higher degrees: Perspectives of examiners. Paper presented at the Research into Practice Conference, Hertfordshire, UK, 2 July, 2004. Abstract Full Paper

Lovat, T. (2004). 'Ways of Knowing' in doctoral examination: how examiners position themselves in relation to the doctoral candidate. Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology,  4, 146-152. Full Paper

Lovat, T., Monfries, M., & Morrison, K. (2004). Ways of knowing and power discourse in doctoral examination. International Journal of Educational Research, 41(2), 163-177.Abstract

Lu, Y. (2004). Editorial peer review in education: Mapping the field. Paper presented at the AARE International Educational Research Conference, "Doing the Public Good: Positioning Education Research", Melbourne, 28 Nov - 2 Dec, 2004. Abstract

Monfries, M., & Lovat, T. (2004). Power discourse in PhD examination reports: A cross-disciplinary analysis. Paper presented at the AARE International Educational Research Conference, "Doing the Public Good: Positioning Education Research", Melbourne, 28 Nov - 2 Dec, 2004. Abstract

Scevak, J., Cantwell, R., & Absalom. D. (2004). A textual analysis of doctoral abstracts: Do they indicate quality of doctoral thought? Paper presented at the AARE International Educational Research Conference, "Doing the Public Good: Positioning Education Research", Melbourne, 28 Nov - 2 Dec, 2004. Abstract