Doctorate motivation: an (auto)ethnography
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| Article Title | Doctorate motivation: an (auto)ethnography |
|---|---|
| ERA Journal ID | 20369 |
| Article Category | Article |
| Authors | |
| Author | Templeton, Robert |
| Journal Title | Australian Universities' Review |
| Journal Citation | 58 (1), pp. 39-44 |
| Number of Pages | 6 |
| Year | 2016 |
| Place of Publication | Australia |
| ISSN | 0818-8068 |
| Web Address (URL) | http://www.nteu.org.au/library/view/id/6776 |
| Abstract | Intrinsic motivation has been considered as the dominant motivation of adult students in continuing postgraduate education. However, the strength of an intrinsic motivation to learn does not explain the phenomenon of dropout where the student withdraws and does not return or dropping out where the student withdraws and then recommences their postgraduate research studies. This paper draws on qualitative data collected as part of a doctoral thesis to examine this phenomenon ethnographically. The study explores motivations which have been lessened or abandoned by the influence of external factors and the effect that these external factors have on the motivation to learn with respect to their influence on student withdrawal. |
| Keywords | motivation; intrinsic; extrinsic; postgraduate research; continuing education; dropout; doctoral students; empirical |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390499. Specialist studies in education not elsewhere classified |
| Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
| Byline Affiliations | School of Arts and Communication |
| Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q309w/doctorate-motivation-an-auto-ethnography
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