Developing “the Wings to Really Fly”: The Experiences of Four Postdoctoral Research Fellows within an Australian University Faculty of Education
Postdoctoral research fellowships are a recent phenomenon in teacher education and little has been documented about them. This paper presents findings from a study in which the experiences of research fellows in a rural university were investigated. The data were gathered as audio recordings from pe...
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doaj-7576ea77de6243299f151f4dbe6c6a472020-11-24T21:47:54ZengHindawi LimitedEducation Research International2090-40022090-40102014-01-01201410.1155/2014/217974217974Developing “the Wings to Really Fly”: The Experiences of Four Postdoctoral Research Fellows within an Australian University Faculty of EducationTuija A. Turunen0Sandie Wong1Laurette Bristol2Siew Yin Ho3Faculty of Education, University of Lapland, P.O. Box 122, 96101 Rovaniemi, FinlandResearch Institute for Professional Practice, Learning & Education, School of Teacher Education, Charles Sturt University, Panorama Avenue, Bathurst, NSW 2795, AustraliaResearch Institute for Professional Practice, Learning & Education, Research House, Charles Sturt University, Locked Bag 588, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, AustraliaFaculty of Education, Science, Technology and Mathematics, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT 2601, AustraliaPostdoctoral research fellowships are a recent phenomenon in teacher education and little has been documented about them. This paper presents findings from a study in which the experiences of research fellows in a rural university were investigated. The data were gathered as audio recordings from peer mentoring meetings, notes from these meetings, individual reflective journals, and interviews conducted with six key informants. The analysis highlights that the experience of research fellowships was marked by a need to negotiate four competing, though not necessarily exclusive, demands related to the institute’s research productivity, its research culture and teaching, and personal professional goals. A range of institutional practices and individual characteristics mediated these negotiations.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/217974 |
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Postdoctoral research fellowships are a recent phenomenon in teacher education and little has been documented about them. This paper presents findings from a study in which the experiences of research fellows in a rural university were investigated. The data were gathered as audio recordings from peer mentoring meetings, notes from these meetings, individual reflective journals, and interviews conducted with six key informants. The analysis highlights that the experience of research fellowships was marked by a need to negotiate four competing, though not necessarily exclusive, demands related to the institute’s research productivity, its research culture and teaching, and personal professional goals. A range of institutional practices and individual characteristics mediated these negotiations. |
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