SORTI PUBLICATIONS

Research Training and Education

2011

Cantwell, R., & Holbrook, A. (2011). Multiple uncertainties in new knowledge production. Paper presented at the 2010 Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) International Research Conference, 28-Nov-2 Dec, Melbourne, VIC.

Holmes, K. (2011). Reflective practice through weblogs: Developing pre-service teachers' pedagogical content knowledge and teacher identity. Paper presented at the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT) and the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA), 3-7 July, Alice Springs, NT.

Kiley, M. (2011). Developments in research supervisor training: Causes and responses. Studies in Higher Education, 36(5), 585-599.

Kiley, M. (2011). 'Expectation' in the cross-cultural postgraduate research experience. Paper presented at the Postgraduate Supervision: Research and Practice Conference, 18 April, Stellenbosch, Western Cape.

Kiley, M. (2011). The highly productive doctoral adviser: Lessons to be learned.Paper presented at the 2011 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference"Inciting the Social Imagination: Education Research for the Public Good",8-12 April, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Kiley, M., Boud, D., Manathunga, C., & Cantwell, R., (2011). Honouring the incomparable: Honours in Australian universities. Higher Education, 62(5), 619-633. OnlineFirst, DOI: 10.1007/s10734-011-9409-z.

Manathunga, C., Kiley, M., Boud, D., & Cantwell, R. (In press). From knowledge acquisition to knowledge production: Issues with Australian honours curricula. Teaching in Higher Education..

Shaw, K., Holbrook, A., & Bourke, S. (In Press). Student experience of final-year undergraduate research projects: An exploration of 'research preparedness'. Studies in Higher Education, 36,(6) Online 2011.

Shaw, K., & Holbrook, A. (2011). The undergraduate research journey: A cross-disciplinary examination of student experience. Paper presented at the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) Conference 2011, 30 Aug – 3 Sept, Exeter, UK.

Spray, E., Scevak, J., & Cantwell, R. (2011). Personal epistemological and metacognitive awareness in first year university students. Paper accepted for presentation at the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) Conference 2011, 30 Aug – 3 Sept, Exeter, UK.

2010

Bourke, S., & Holbrook, A. (2010). Preparing for a career as a researcher. In R. Cantwell, & J. Scevak (Eds.). An academic life: A handbook for new academics. Melbourne: ACER Press, pp. 110-119. ISBN-13:978-0864319081.

Cantwell, R. (2010). The nature of academic learning. In R. Cantwell & J. Scevak, J. (Eds). An academic life: A Handbook for New Academics, Melbourne, ACER Press, pp. 25-34. ISBN-13: 978-0864319081.

Cantwell, R. & Scevak, J. (Eds). (2010). An academic life: A handbook for new academics, Melbourne, ACER Press, 193 pgs. ISBN-13: 978-0864319081.

Cantwell, R. & Scevak, J. (2010). Some concluding comments. In R. Cantwell & J. Scevak, J. (Eds). An academic life: A Handbook for New Academics, Melbourne, ACER Press, pp. 192-193. ISBN-13: 978-0864319081.

Cantwell, R., Scevak, J., & Parkes, R. (2010) Aligning intellectual development with curriculum, instruction & assessment. In R. Cantwell & J. Scevak, J. (Eds). An academic life: A Handbook for New Academics, Melbourne, ACER Press, pp. 16-24. ISBN-13: 978-0864319081.

Holbrook, A., StGeorge, J., Sebalj, D., & Shaw, K. (2010). Managing degrees of uncertainty: Management expectations in supervision. Paper presented at the 2010 Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) International Research Conference, 28-Nov-2 Dec, Melbourne, VIC

Holmes, K., Bourke, S., & Holmes, S. (2010). Student and supervisor assessment of progress on PhD annual reports: Do differences of opinion matter?. Paper presented at the 2010 Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) International Research Conference, 28-Nov-2 Dec, Melbourne, VIC.

Hopwood, N., Boud, D., Lee, A.. Abrandt Dahlgren, M., & Kiley, M. ( 2010). A different kind of doctoral education: a discussion panel for rethinking the doctoral curriculum. In M. Kiley (Ed.) 9th Quality in Postgraduate Research: Educating Researchers for the 21st Century Conference Proceedings, Adelaide, CEDAM, ANU, pp. 83-91. Full paper

Kiley, M. (2010). Creativity in research education: Is it a threshold concept or just a good thing? Paper presented at the 3rd Biennial Threshold Concepts Symposium, 1-2 July, Sydney.

Kiley, M., & Cumming, J. (2010). Developing skills for research learning: Right ways and real ways. In C. Rust (Ed.). Improving student learning: For the twenty-first century learner. The Proceedings of the 17th Improving Student Learning Symposium 2009, Imperial College: Oxford Centre for Staff Development. University, London, pp.96-103. ISBN: 1 873576 79 3

Kiley, M., & Wisker, G. (2010). Learning to be a researcher: The concepts and crossings. In J. H. F Meyer, R. Land & C. Baillie (Eds.), Threshold concepts and transformational learning, Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers, pp. 399-414. ISBN: 9460912052

Kiley, M., & Wisker, G. (2010). Liminal spaces and doctoral examining: Evidence of research learning. In M. Kiley (Ed.) 9th Quality in Postgraduate Research: Educating Researchers for the 21st Century Conference Proceedings, Adelaide, CEDAM, ANU, pp. 219-223. Full Paper

Marsh, H., Bright, J., Kiley, M., King, M., & Strugnell, D. (2010). Changing pathways to the Doctorate.In M. Kiley (Ed.) 9th Quality in Postgraduate Research: Educating Researchers for the 21st Century Conference Proceedings, Adelaide, CEDAM, ANU, pp. 197-205. Full Paper

Scevak, J. (2010). Lectures.. In R. Cantwell & J. Scevak, J. (Eds). An academic life: A Handbook for New Academics, Melbourne, ACER Press, pp. 45-54, ISBN-13: 978-0864319081

Shaw, K., & Holbrook, A. (2010). Honours as a gateway to the doctorate: Interdisciplinary perspectives. Paper presented at the 2010 Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) International Research Conference, 28-Nov-2 Dec, Melbourne, VIC

Simmons, B., Holbrook, A. & Lawry, M. (2010). From rupture to resonance: Art makers as art researchers. Paper presented at the 2010 Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) International Research Conference, 28 Nov- 2 Dec, Melbourne, VIC.

2009

Cantwell, R., Kiley, M. Boud, D. and Manathunga, M. (2009). The Australian honours program - Research Skills Training for PhD entry. Paper presented at the 13th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, (EARLI), Book of Abstracts, 25-29 August, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Holmes, K. (2009). Planning to teach with digital tools: Introducing the interactive whiteboard to pre-service secondary mathematics teachers. Australasian Journal of educational Technology, 25(3), 351-365.

Kiley, M. (2009). Creativity as a Threshold Concept in research education. Paper presented at the 13th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), 25-29 August 2009. Book of Abstracts, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

KIley, M. (2009). Identifying threshold concepts and proposing strategies to support doctoral candidates. Innovations in Education & Training International, 46(3), 293-304.

Kiley, M. (2009). Skill development for research students: Analysis across nations, disciplines and programs. Paper presented at the 13th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), 25-29 August 2009. Book of Abstracts, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Kiley, M. (2009). Isn't research just research? What are candidates and supervisors thinking? In A. Brew & L. Lucas (Eds.), Academic research: Policy and Practice, Berks: SRHE, OUP, pp. 161-174.

Kiley, M., & Cumming, J. (2009). Developing doctoral candidate skills in Australia: Theoretical and practical perspectives. Paper presented at the 13th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), 25-29 August 2009. Book of Abstracts, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Kiley, M., & Cumming, J. (2009). Identifying skills for research learning is just the beginning: Examining the role of capability. Paper presented at The 17th Improving Student Learning Symposium, 7-9 September, Imperial College, London. Abstract

Kiley, M., Cumming, J. & Thomas, M. (2009). Higher Degree by Research candidates and skills development: What do we really mean? Paper presented at 2009 The Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) Conference, 6-9 July, Charles Darwin University, Darwin. Abstract

Kiley, M., Moyes, T., & Clayton, P. (2009). To develop research skills: Honours programmes for the changing research agenda in Australian universities. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 46(1), 15 -25. [Tier B]

Kiley, M. & Wisker, G., (2009).Threshold concepts in research education and evidence of threshold crossing. Higher Education Research and Development, 28(4), 431- 441. [Tier A]

Nulty, D., Kiley, M., & Meyers, N. (2009. Promoting and recognising excellence in the supervision of research students: An evidence-based framework, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 34 (6), 693-707. [Tier A]

2008

Holbrook, A., StGeorge, J., & Fairbairn, H. (2008). QSR NVivo 7 Introductory Workshop Training Manual. The Centre for the Study of Research Training & Impact, Newcastle Australia pp. 47.

Homewood, J., Reid, A., Winchester-Seeto, T., Holbrook, A., Bourke, S., & Spence, S. (2008). Higher degree research supervision in a cross-cultural context. Paper presented at the Australian Association for Research in Education International Conference: Changing Climates, Education for Sustainable Futures, 30 Nov. – 4 Dec. 2008, Brisbane.

Shaw, K. (2008). The journeys of fourth year undergraduate research students: Trialling a quantifiable measure. Abstract in M. Kiley & G. Mullins (Eds). (17-18 April, 2008). Quality in postgraduate research: Research education in the new global environment - Conference Proceedings. Canberra: CEDAM, ANU. Abstract

Shaw, K., Holbrook, A., Scevak, J., & Bourke, S. (2008). The response of pre-service teachers to a compulsory research project, Australian Educational Researcher, 35(3), 81-110. (Tier B)

2007

Cantwell, R. (2007). What have I got myself into? About learning and being at university. In J. Scevak & R. Cantwell (Eds.), Stepping Stones: A guide for mature-aged students at university. ACER Press, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 28-35.

Cantwell, R. (2007). Incorporating affect into the Enabling curriculum. Paper presented at the 2nd National Enabling Education Conference, Newcastle, 11 -13 July.

Cantwell, R., & Scevak, J. (2007). A final word. In J. Scevak, & R. Cantwell (Eds.), Stepping Stones: A guide for mature-aged students at university, ACER Press, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 139–140.

Cantwell, R., & Scevak, J. (2007). Being a mature-aged student: Strategies for coping and studying. Presentation at the University of Tasmania, 16 – 17 July.

Cantwell, R., Scevak, J., Bourke S., & Reid A. (2006). A Comparison of Australian and international PhD students' responses to measures of individual differences. Paper presented at the 18th International Congress of the International association for Cross-Cultural Psychology,Isle of Spetses, Greece, 11 – 15 July.

Scevak, J. (2007a). Review of "Making the Grade: A guide to successful communication and study" by I. Hay, D. Bochner, & C. Dungey (2006) Oxford University Press, Australian Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology, 7, pp. 47-48. Full Paper

Scevak, J. (2007b). Academic survival skills. In J. Scevak & R. Cantwell (Eds.), Stepping Stones: A guide for mature-aged students at university, ACER Press, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 36-46.

Scevak, J., & Cantwell, R. (2007a). Being a mature-aged student in a university setting. In J. Scevak & R. Cantwell (Eds.), Stepping Stones: A guide for mature-aged students at university, ACER Press, Melbourne, Australia, pp.1 - 4.

Scevak, J. & Cantwell, R. (2007b). Dealing with the Baggage: Stories of personal histories and personal development as a mature-aged student. In Scevak, J. & Cantwell, R. (Eds.), Stepping Stones: A guide for mature-aged students at university, ACER Press, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 94 - 102.

Scevak, J., & Cantwell, R. (Eds.) (2007). Stepping Stones: A guide for mature-aged students at university, ACER Press, Melbourne, Australia, pp.140.

Shaw, K., Holbrook, A., & Scevak, J. (2007). The response of education interns to a compulsory research project. Paper presented as part of a symposium, Proceedings of the 2006 Australian Association for Research in Education Conference. Adelaide. November 27 – 30. Full Paper

2006

Cantwell, R. (2006). Thinking and writing for your thesis. In T. Evans & C. Denholm (Eds.), Doctorates Downunder: Keys to successful doctoral study in Australia and New Zealand, ACER Press, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 182-190.

Hazel, G. (2006). A pattern needs more that two points: Connecting cognition, epistemology, intelligence and learning in problem solving. Paper presented the 2005 AARE Annual Conference: Education Research – Creative Dissent, Constructive Solutions, Sydney, 27 November – 1 December. Full Paper

Hazel G., & Monfries, M. (2006). Student wellbeing and learning: What does learning theory tell us? Paper presented at the 2005 AARE Annual Conference: Education Research – Creative Dissent, Constructive Solutions, as part of the Symposium Constructive solutions: Responding to the changing role of the teacher through innovation, professional development and pre-service education, Sydney, 27 November – 1 December.Full Paper

Scevak, J. (2006). Text features and aids in doctoral writing. In C. Denholm & T. Evans (Eds.), Doctorates Downunder: Keys to Successful Study in Australia and New Zealand. ACER Press, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 159 -164.

Shaw, K., & Holbrook, A. (2006). An investigation of the nature and contribution of Honours programs in Australia. In M. Kiley & G. Mullins (Eds.), Knowledge Creation in Testing Times, Part 1: Refereed publication of the 2006 Quality in Postgraduate Research Conference (pp.15-28). Adelaide: Australia, 20 -21 April. Full Paper

2005

Cantwell, R., Cholowski, K., & Scevak, J. (2005). Qualities of knowing: Issues in assessment in postgraduate study. Paper submitted for presentation at the 13th Improving Student Learning Symposium, Imperial College, London, 5 – 7 September.

Scevak, J. (2005). Review of Oxford Guide to behavioural experiments in cognitive therapy by James Bennett-Ley, Gillian Butler, Melanie Fennell, Ann Hackman, Martina Mueller and David Westbrook (Eds.) (Oxford University Press, 2004). Australian Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology, 5, pp. 140 - 141.

2004

Czerniawska, E., & Cantwell, R (2004).Strategic flexibility: An essential component of efficient learning. Paper presented at the 1st Meeting of the EARLI SIG on Metacognition, Amsterdam, June 2004.

2003

Cantwell, R. (2003). Learning Theory for Academics: An introductory model. In H. Anderson (Ed.), Bridging Education in New Zealand: Proceedings of the Inaugural Conference of the Association of Bridging Educators, Manukau, New Zealand, September 2003, pp. 1-15.

Cantwell, R., Holbrook, A., Scevak, J., Bourke, S., & Carmichael, K. (2003). Monitoring doctoral progress: The development and validation of an instrument. Paper presented at the NZARE/AARE Conference, The University of Auckland, New Zealand, 30 Nov - 3 Dec, 2003. Abstract

Cantwell, R., & Scevak, J. (2003a). A cognitive framework for the development and conduct of doctoral writing workshops. Paper presented at the HERDSA Annual Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand, 6-9 July, 2003. Abstract

Cantwell, R. & Scevak, J. (2003b). “Dealing with baggage”: The interaction between affect and cognition in supervisor -student relations. Paper presented at Research & Innovation: 2nd RMIT Research on Research Conference, St Kilda Hotel, Melbourne, 2-3 June 2003. Abstract

Cantwell, R., & Scevak, J. (2003c). The role of effective supervision in facilitating constructive volitional behaviour in doctoral study. Paper presented at the AARE Mini-Conference. Newcastle, Australia 2-4 October, 2003. Abstract

Cantwell, R., & Scevak, J. (2003d). The role of volitional factors in student/supervisor relations in doctoral study. In M Lucia, A. Andreuzza, B. Arfe & L. Del Favero (eds.), Abstracts of the 10th Biennial EARLI Conference: Improving learning, fostering the will to learn, Padova, Italy, 26-30th August, 2003. Abstract

Hazel, G. (2003). Living is learning: A reconceptualisation of cognition, epistemology, intelligence and learning in the doctoral experience. In M Lucia, A. Andreuzza, B. Arfe, & L. Del Favero (eds.), Abstracts of the 10th Biennial EARLI Conference: Improving learning, fostering the will to learn, Padova, Italy, 26-30th August, 2003.

Shaw, K. & Holbrook, A. (2003). Mapping honours programs in Australia: The rationale for, and approach to, an investigation of the nature, current and future role of honours programs in Australia. Paper presented at the 9th International HERDSA Conference, New Zealand, 6 - 9 July.

2002

Bourke, S., & Holbrook, A. (2002). Links between research and schools: The role of postgraduate students. Australian Educational Researcher, 29(2), 15-32. Abstract

Cantwell, R. & Scevak, J. (2002). Cognitive research and doctoral writing: Theoretical origins of a writing workshop for PhD students. Paper presented at the Research on Doctoral Education Forum, Deakin University, October, 2002. Abstract

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