'Working with your Supervisor and/or your Supervision Team'

 

#phdchat tweet log - 7th December 2011

 

@NSRiazat - Welcome to #phdchat - topic tonight is 'working with your supervisor and/or your supervision team' #phd #@phdchat

@Lemness - Hey all in #phdchat - my supervision team consisted of a chair and 2 others. I'm assuming that supervision team = dissertation committee.

@DeeClayton - I'm only 10 wks into my #phd and have mtgs c. every 5 wks w 2x supervisors. 4 wks to do a paper, then 1 wk turn around. #phdchat

@salma_patel - Great advice from @LouLouK on Twitter culture: How not to win followers & influence people on Twitter http://t.co/035z7t6F #socmed #phdchat

@DeeClayton - We had a #phd "researcher devmt" 2 hr sess on supervisors. Felt it was similar to how to mg any working relationship: am I wrong? #phdchat

@lizith - @Lemness yes - in UK #phd is a thesis, but dissertation in North America #phdchat

@Lemness - @deeclayton congratulations dee. that's exciting. what are the 2 supervisors? they supervise different things? #phdchat

@ai1sa - hi all, studying in australia, i have a principal supervisor and a associate who i never use :) #phdchat

@lizith - #phdchat I'm trying to work out how to manage my supervisors at present - this term has been a bit upside down :(

@DeeClayton - IN terms of 'supervisor team' i have primary & secondary supervisors, & then a mentor. I guess that's my "team". #phdchat

@DeeClayton - @lizith have things changed from year 1 onwards? #phdchat

@Lemness - @ai1sa is that through ur entire program? you in ur dissertation phase? i didn't really have a supervisor till dissertation phase. #phdchat

@ai1sa - @Lemness yes, in NZ/australia thats the norm, and we dont have coursework but online forums on a theme, compulsory but not marked #phdchat

@profkrg - I have a dissertation chair and a committee with four additional members. #phdchat

@lizith - @DeeClayton yes - partly because moved dept, but one sup'r has been constant. #phdchat

@ai1sa - my last post, thats how it ois at Deakin uni Aussie #phdchat

@profkrg - I meet with my chair once a week. I usually meet with the entire committee once a semester, although I didn't this semester. #phdchat

@Kalipizzaro - @lizith #phdchat must admit mine are fantastic could not ask for more

@EmmaBurnettx - Hi everyone. Glad to be participating tonight #phdchat

@profkrg - One of my committee members had to be outside the college. It was challenging identifying this person, but I adore him! #phdchat

@DeeClayton - @lizith did you find how you managed upwards changed? i.e. did you get more assertive & challenging back to them? #phdchat

@profkrg - I feel the same way. RT: @lizith #phdchat must admit mine are fantastic could not ask for more

@SarahStewart - Hello everyone, I'm still struggling to pin down topic. #phdchat

@DeeClayton - @profkrg the committee sounds terrifying!! #phdchat

@EmmaBurnettx - @profkrg have you always met once a week - right from the start? #phdchat

@lizith - @DeeClayton I'm getting very assertive at the moment - haven't needed to before - but not getting support I need currently #phdchat

@DeeClayton - @SarahStewart @NSRiazat: Welcome to #phdchat - topic tonight is 'working with your supervisor and/or your supervision team' #phd #@phdchat

@Lemness - @kalipizzaro can you tell us why they're fantastic? #phdchat

@EmmaBurnettx - @SarahStewart Sometimes that is the hardest part - but important to get it right at the very beginning #phdchat

@profkrg - Why? RE: @DeeClayton: the committee sounds terrifying!! #phdchat

@Lemness - @ai1sa that sounds wonderful. i think i would have enjoyed that. #phdchat

@profkrg - RE: Yes, we have. RT @EmmaBurnettx: have you always met once a week - right from the start? #phdchat

@EmmaBurnettx - @lizith that must be quite challenging to deal with @DeeClayton #phdchat

@Lemness - @profkrg I had to get one out of my department and that was difficult. No one really wanted to take on my topic. #phdchat

@DeeClayton - @profkrg I guess having that panel of four people critiquing your work just feels overwhelming! What's your experience of it? #phdchat

@Lemness - @sarahstewart working with supervisor and/or supervision team #phdchat

@EmmaBurnettx - @profkrg That's excellent support - guess it keeps you on your toes also! No slacking :) #phdchat

@salma_patel - @profkrg I like the idea of meeting every week though I meet every fortnight or monthly depending on situation #phdchat @EmmaBurnettx

@aeratcliffe - Hi all. I meet with one of my two supervisors about every 2 weeks. That was a suggestion I accepted. Easy to contact other times. #phdchat

@profkrg - @Lemness I did many interviews to find my outside member. His expertise is valuable to the committee. #phdchat

@salma_patel - @aeratcliffe Do you meet face to face or via skype? How long are your meetings? #phdchat

@lizith - #phdchat I started with 2/52 mtgs, but that dropped to 3/52 then 4/52. At moment I have requested written feedback, but that didn't happen

@profkrg - @DeeClayton I can see how it seems intimidating. My committee is super supportive. They respect my chair and want me to do well. #phdchat

@Lemness - are you all residential doctoral students? any of you not live near your campus? #phdchat

@lizith - so I've got a meeting set up for next Monday which I think will be tricky #phdchat

@profkrg - @EmmaBurnettx It sort of keeps me moving forward. I still slack some. He forgives me when it's warranted. ;) #phdchat

@EmmaBurnettx - @salma_patel @profkrg I'm also monthly - hoping it will increase during analysis! #phdchat

@lizgloyn - #phdchat I communicated with my supervisor every 2 weeks to update her on progress, then feedback on chapter when it was written.

@profkrg - @salma_patel It was really his idea to meet every week. Sometimes I feel like I don't make enough progress in a week. #phdchat

@lizith - @Lemness I live about 10 miles from campus and work mainly at home #phdchat

@profkrg - @Lemness I live about an hour from campus. #phdchat

@Lemness - @profkrg that's great. I wasn't allowed to go outside of my institution - just outside of my department. It worked. Are you done? #phdchat

@profkrg - @lizith tricky because? #phdchat

@salma_patel - @profkrg But does it help keep you on your toes? ;) A senior sup suggested you should especially when you have nothing to show #phdchat

@ai1sa - @DeeClayton how do you juggle conflicting demands from different supervisors ? #phdchat

@lizgloyn - #phdchat Most of my contact and feedback was done over e-mail rather than in person, but that worked well for us.

@lizith - @lizgloyn that is what I asked for this term, but feedback never happened - claim was 'had misunderstood' what I wanted :( #phdchat

@profkrg - My committee members would be more involved if I asked. They certainly would answer questions. But you can't have too many chefs. #phdchat

@DeborahALock - I have 2 supervisors but only see 1 ; have just been told that we should only meet when a chap is 'polished'- what's polished? #phdchat

@profkrg - @Lemness No, neither was I. My outside member is in the human relations department. He's a PTSD expert, which I needed. #phdchat

@lizith - @profkrg we seem to be arguing about structure of my thesis and need to find agreement #phdchat

@aeratcliffe - @salma_patel 1 hr by Skype. We are too far apart to meet in person. Also consider, I am part-time. #phdchat.

@lizgloyn - @lizith I gave full chapter and waited for response - pretty clear what sort of feedback was required, I thought! #phdchat

@CloBonneau - XMas gift suggestion for an academic friend: Graduate school Barbie: http://t.co/x8IUYuKM #phdchat

@Lemness - @lizith I was about 120 miles away - it made weekly meetings tough, but the face to face meetings were way better than phone #phdchat

@profkrg - @salma_patel Yes, I think it does. I certainly always want to have something to show him that I've done between meetings. #phdchat

@DeeClayton - @ai1sa only had 2 mtgs so far... but we all meet together. *So far* no conflicting demands.... #phdchat

@EmmaBurnettx - @profkrg sounds like a good relationship. I'm still getting used to my new supervisors and they with me too. #phdchat

@DeborahALock - What is the role of a supervisor? I still can't work it out? #phdchat

@lizith - @lizgloyn they've had half my thesis for last 6 weeks and were just sitting on it! - given to them in chapters as completed #phdchat

@profkrg - @DeeClayton I think so. I have experts in media law, ethics, globalization, theory, and org behavior. It's a power house. #phdchat

@profkrg - @lizith I feel for you. I would hate arguing with my chair. #phdchat

@DeeClayton - @profkrg wow - that does sound really interesting! #phdchat

@profkrg - @EmmaBurnettx My chair is my mentor. He's amazing and so smart. It helps that I really trust him to lead me in the right direction. #phdchat

@DeborahALock - @aeratcliffe Was it your suggestion to use skype? #phdchat

@profkrg - Does anyone have opinions on diversity on your committee? I was questioned because I have five white men on my committee. #phdchat

@EmmaBurnettx - @profkrg trust is very, very important isn't it. #phdchat

@lizith - @profkrg not looking forward to it, but it could be for good if I can argue my case and get the counter arguments from them #phdchat

@Lemness - @deborahalock my supervisor was a guide and an encourager. It became easier when I learned to just write to get done #phdchat

@profkrg - It really is be/c we spend so much time being uncertain about what we don't knkow. RE @EmmaBurnettx: trust is very impt isn't it. #phdchat

@EmmaBurnettx - @lizith that's a really tough one. Hope everything goes ok #phdchat

@profkrg - @lizith do you worry about upsetting him/her? #phdchat

@lizith - @profkrg in UK much more common to have just 2 supervisors rather than a committee so less easy to get diversity #phdchat

@lizgloyn - @DeborahALock Had that w/my external supervisor; polished was 2 supervisors in dept had seen it & main supervisor had approved #phdchat

@Janshs - hi:I know #phdchat is about supervisor relationship - what are the main issues so far? (I'm late as usual); Gina Wisker writes well on this

@DeborahALock - @Lemness did you have meetings after chaps are written or during? #phdchat

@aeratcliffe - @DeborahALock I believe was a mutual assumption! We have other platform & just tried G+ Hangout. We are an e-learning/tech group. #phdchat

@EmmaBurnettx - How often did everyone meet with their sups when doing analysis? How much did you check with them as you progressed? #phdchat

@lizgloyn - @lizith Ugh! Mine did quick turnaround, thankfully #phdchat

@lizith - @profkrg not any more - we've had a very straight email exchange. I respect her, but ***** annoyed as well #phdchat

@Lemness - @deborahalock both - while they were being written and after they were written. I had to learn to write for my supervisor. #phdchat

@Lemness - @deborahalock technically, i had to learn how to write for each of my committee members. they all wanted something different #phdchat

@profkrg - @EmmaBurnettx I would need to get to that point to answer your question :/ #phdchat

@DeborahALock - I think I have to do this - we have very different styles #phdchat

@lizgloyn - @profkrg I was v glad that I got two female academics on committee - meant they had a lot of sympathy #phdchat

@gtombs - Totally forgot #phdchat was tonight! Interested to hear supervisory experiences. I'm v lucky with mine, but all 3 want different things.

@Kalipizzaro - Should say I am part time and work full time #phdchat

@profkrg - Eek. RT @deborahalock technically, i had to learn how to write for each of my comm. members. they all wanted something different #phdchat

@profkrg - @lizgloyn Did you not get to choose your committee? #phdchat

@DeeClayton - @gtombs are the 3 all internal and from the same field? #phdchat

@profkrg - My committee is representative of my male-driven industry. #phdchat

@Lemness - @gtombs i had the same experiences and had just said that i needed to learn to write for each of them #phdchat

@DeeClayton - a friend gave me a great piece of advice abt supervisors - "remember... comments are meant to catapult yr research fwd". #phdchat

@Lemness - @profkrg i got to approve the choices - I didn't necessarily want to choose #phdchat

@sarahthesheepu - hi #phdchat whats tonights topic?

@JoannWayman - Bless you if that's the case. @profkrg Hope they all think you're wonderful. #phdchat

@lizgloyn - @Lemness I didn't think that stunk - I got things back pretty quickly. Less fun for @lizith! #phdchat

@hirscheylab - Number of US doctorates awarded falls for first time in eight years http://t.co/FdM4QOkA (cc #phdchat #highered) via @naturenews

@gtombs - @DeeClayton 2 internal, 1 external. All from education but v different areas and interests. But they all know my areas by now. #phdchat

@lizgloyn - @profkrg Yes, I did get to choose, but needed to to have people from dept, and we were a small dept! #phdchat

@Janshs - @sarahthesheepu #phdchat supervisor relationship

@Lemness - @lizgloyn one of my committee members went on sabbatical while i was writing his chapter. then he got sick - that was inconvenient #phdchat

@EmmaBurnettx - @DeeClayton Couldn't agree more.Difficult not to take comments personally, but they are to help. Sups don't want you to fail either #phdchat

@gtombs - @Lemness same for me - I found it useful but realise that it could be very hard to do so! #phdchat

@lizith - @lizgloyn @Lemness yep - sounds like you got what I wanted :) I'll be renegotiating contract on Monday so we're all clear on stuff #phdchat

@profkrg - @Lemness For us, first you ask your chair, then he/she approves others and you ask them. For me, like asking five men to prom. #phdchat

@DeeClayton - @gtombs did you ask for external, or was it suggested/imposed? How were they chosen? #phdchat

@sarahthesheepu - @Janshs thats a good one for me lol #phdchat but then most of you have read about it on @thesiswhisperer

@JoannWayman - My advisor got pregnant, had her baby and her mother got cancer and passed away during my dissertation work #phdchat @Lemness @lizgloyn

@profkrg - @JoannWayman My perception is that they think I'm great. I enjoy working with them. They're easy to get along with. #phdchat

@profkrg - @lizgloyn A small department certainly limits options. #phdchat

@DeeClayton - @EmmaBurnettx absolutely - it reflects poorly on them, the Uni.. and their REF!!! #phdchat

@lizgloyn - @profkrg Thankfully, the available options were all great! #phdchat

@profkrg - @Lemness my chair went on sabbatical my first year. He is more critical of his role during that time than I am. #phdchat

@Lemness - @gtombs they usually made comments on my write and whether i agreed or not, i'd adjust in order to move forward #phdchat

@profkrg - @lizith contract? #phdchat

@ai1sa - i hav been so lucky i have a principal supervisor who is great <3 #phdchat

@lizith - @profkrg metaphorically speaking! Their expectations and mine then they can sign in blood :-) #phdchat

@profkrg - I have friends who had chairs die, take different jobs or drop their committees. #phdchat #phdproblems

@dratarrant - #phdchat I heard they are called different things in different countries; supervisor vs advisor. I wonder if titles affect relationships?

@EmmaBurnettx - @DeeClayton completely. Also we need to publish for REF as we progress (time is ticking) #phdchat

@JoannWayman - That worked for me #phdchat @Lemness @gtombs

@profkrg - I would cry and drop out if something happened with my chair. #phdchat

@ai1sa - my supervisor retired, but kept me on :) #phdchat

@profkrg - Interesting question. RE @dratarrant: #phdchat Supervisor vs advisor. I wonder if titles affect relationships?

@Lemness - @profkrg I guess it's a good thing to know that these things can and might happen. #phdchat

@profkrg - That doesn't make me feel better :? RT @Lemness: I guess it's a good thing to know that these things can and might happen. #phdchat

@DeeClayton - Need to sign off early tonights. Good chat! #phdchat

@sarahthesheepu - @dratarrant i think whatever youd called my first one he'd still have driven me crazy #phdchat

@EmmaBurnettx - @ai1sa makes all the difference doesn't it? I've had to change me half way through after mine left. Been tough but happy now #phdchat

@lizith - @DeeClayton see you around - take care #phdchat

@profkrg - @DeeClayton Bye! It was great talking to you. #phdchat

@profkrg - @sarahthesheepu That sounds like a story. #phdchat

@DeeClayton - @profkrg likewise! until next week! #phdchat

@EmmaBurnettx - @DeeClayton have a good evening :) #phdchat

@aeratcliffe - My 2 supervisors are in the same research unit and work together. Later in the process, examiners will be selected. #phdchat

@profkrg - @Lemness LOL. Well, I'm just going to be happy that I don't have those problems and knock on wood they don't arise. #phdchat

@dratarrant - #phdchat I was v lucky with mine despite the fact that my original choice left when I started

@profkrg - @aeratcliffe Examiners? How many? #phdchat

@profkrg - @dratarrant Sometimes we're thankful that things don't work out the way we originally planned. #phdchat

@aeratcliffe - @profkrg I believe it is 2 internal from uni and 1 external as examiners, not my supervisors. #phdchat

@sarahthesheepu - @profkrg u can read about it here ... http://t.co/DCyv8j8j #phdchat

@DeborahALock - @EmmaBurnettx are your publications included inthe REF? #phdchat

@LBA_OX12 - Still working out relationship with my supervisor.... #phdchat

@AcademicPub - When will scholarly journals fully go digital? http://t.co/1ETe0uP4 #highered #phdchat #publishing

@profkrg - This is perhaps off topic, but do you ever just think you're not smart enough to do this? #phdchat

@EmmaBurnettx - @DeborahALock Yes - I work there full time (Phd is part time - 2 years in), so need to get writing! #phdchat

@DeborahALock - @LBA_OX12 hi there - was wondering if you would join - picked up emails will respond later #phdchat

@DeborahALock - @profkrg All the time #phdchat

@lizgloyn - @profkrg Quite frequently. Imposter syndrome is a nightmare for that. #phdchat

@SueFolley - @profkrg Always :( #phdchat

@lizith - @profkrg definitely! I understand they call it 'imposter syndrome'. I can't understand why I've got away with it so long! #phdchat

@EmmaBurnettx - Often, esp after supervision! RT @profkrg: This is perhaps off topic, but do you ever just think youre not smart enough to do this? #phdchat

@LBA_OX12 - @DeborahALock Been trying to come up with possible research questions - have far too many simplistics ones... #phdchat

@dratarrant - @profkrg #phdchat frequently! There is also so much info out there that i feel I should be on top of it more!

@LBA_OX12 - Being with peers on RM course is scary - they talk so confidently ..... #phdchat

@profkrg - @LBA_OX12 How old is said relationship? #phdchat

@EmmaBurnettx - Lol! RT @lizith: @profkrg definitely! I understand they call it imposter syndrome.cant understand why Ive got away with it so long! #phdchat

@profkrg - We should study imposter syndrome in phds! #phdchat

@DeborahALock - @LBA_OX12 I've been trying to work out how you fit a PT phd into a FT job -- grim week so far #phdchat

@profkrg - At least it's better to know I'm not alone. #phdchat

@LBA_OX12 - @profkrg 2 months officially #phdchat

@DeborahALock - @profkrg Yes and chart at what point the feeling goes away, if it does #phdchat

@profkrg - This is all I've done this semester. RQs and conceptual models. Settled last week. #phdchat @DeborahALock

@lizgloyn - @DeborahALock It phases in and out. 50% out these days #phdchat

@LBA_OX12 - And imposter syndrome makes U feel that Ur research idea isn't such a good 1 after all..... #phdchat

@profkrg - But, as my chair says, "garbage in, garbage out." You have to set up the study correctly or you've wasted your time. #phdchat

@profkrg - I hope it does! RE @DeborahALock: Yes and chart at what point the feeling goes away, if it does #phdchat

@LBA_OX12 - Does imposter syndrome disappear after become a Dr? #phdchat

@profkrg - @dratarrant "The more you know, the more you realize what you do not know." Another of my chair's sayings. #phdchat

@lizgloyn - @LBA_OX12 No. It gets less urgent, though. #phdchat

@MisaimedBrain - @profkrg I think it'd be easier to study the few PhD students who *don't* feel like imposters! #phdchat

@profkrg - @LBA_OX12 I noticed a dramatic swing in my relationship with my chair after I became ABD. Perhaps because it was the first hurdle? #phdchat

@DeborahALock - @profkrg Since my upgrade it's been harder -- I don't write academic speak.. Sure it will get better after Xmas #phdchat

@profkrg - @DeborahALock Welcome to my life! FT prof, FT student, mom, wife... tired. #phdchat

@DeborahALock - @profkrg ABD? #phdchat

@dratarrant - @LBA_OX12 #phdchat hasnt for me! I'm teaching stuff picked up frm some1 else and trying to do it justice!

@LBA_OX12 - @DeborahALock Why harder now? #phdchat

@profkrg - Truth. RT @MisaimedBrain: I think it'd be easier to study the few PhD students who *don't* feel like imposters! #phdchat

@profkrg - @DeborahALock All But Dissertation. After completion and defense of comprehensive exams. #phdchat

@DeborahALock - @profkrg Need to add grandma and saviour of the known world ;-) #phdchat

@profkrg - @DeborahALock My chair tells me I "write like a journalist." I am a journalist! #phdchat

@DeborahALock - @LBA_OX12 Because now I realise how much I don't know #phdchat

@EmmaBurnettx - @DeborahALock it's tough, but has its positives. You will find a way that works for you. Mine is to no longer be part of society!! #phdchat

@strictlykaren - @profkrg always full of self doubt, almost in final year of part-time Phd #phdchat

@profkrg - @LBA_OX12 I always feel like my research idea is really good, just that I'm not smart enough to research it well! #phdchat

@profkrg - I'm thinking then you're Dr. Imposter. RT @LBA_OX12: Does imposter syndrome disappear after become a Dr? #phdchat

@DeborahALock - @profkrg Fab - my writing is too business like -- I work in a business role. This reassuring indeed #phdchat

@NSRiazat - 8.30pm brings us to the end of another #phdchat - thanks to everyone who followed or contributed to #phdchat tonight. :)

@profkrg - Perhaps we doubt ourselves because we're learning. If this is true, I don't want to stop. #phdchat

@EmmaBurnettx - @strictlykaren so you'll now be seeing light at the end of the tunnel?! How often did you meet with your sups when doing analysis? #phdchat

@ConsultaGecko - Anyone else in need to get into the season's spirit? Try out Christmas sweater competition @phdzilla http://t.co/nSTkFEXo #phdchat

@profkrg - I'm always so sad when #phdchat ends! I'm so thankful for all of you. Misery loves company, right?

@LBA_OX12 - @DeborahALock i.e. Superwoman? It seems that most of us R #phdchat

@strictlykaren - @EmmaBurnettx infrequently! I had mat leave in middle, still finishing it off but have lit rev, methods chp done. #phdchat

@lizith - #phdchat I'm disappearing now - hopefully I'll be more positive next week....

@dratarrant - @profkrg: Perhaps we doubt ourselves because we're learning. If true, don't want to stop #phdchat - learning shud b uncomfortable I'm told

@EmmaBurnettx - Thank you everyone for a great discussion tonight. Lovely end to the day :) #phdchat

@profkrg - @dratarrant I want to find who told you that and make them uncomfortable ;) #phdchat

@DeborahALock - @ConsultaGecko This is great -- I like the one with the crib squashed on the front - definitely a fashion statement #phdchat

@DeborahALock - Am off now - thanks for the chat and company #phdchat

@EmmaBurnettx - @strictlykaren Wow - a PhD and a new baby? that's dedication! :) #phdchat

@LBA_OX12 - @ConsultaGecko Gingerbread one for me pls #phdchat

@profkrg - I think I followed everyone from #phdchat. Please reach out if I missed you.

@ConsultaGecko - @DeborahALock @LBA_OX12 definitely would go for the one with the ginormous reindeer 3D effect! Do you think the head talks? #phdchat

@strictlykaren - @EmmaBurnettx not good planning, really don't recommend it #phdchat

@EmmaBurnettx - @strictlykaren I can imagine! Don't think I'll do that! :) #phdchat

@laurapasquini - Ceej and Em: Graduate School Barbie (TM) http://t.co/hgRuFAdl #phdchat

@JoannWayman - I did and it worked out just fine. @Lemness #phdchat

@ai1sa - just ben with Susan Carter author of punc rocks & introduced her to twitter & #phdchat we mostly lurked, hope to see her here soon :)

@ai1sa - @profkrg it never really goes away ;) #phdchat

@ai1sa - k, #pomodoro time #shutup&write anyone else up for it? #phdchat

@srossmktg - I think I missed #phdchat...

@AyeshaAW - #phdchat missed the chat today :( A very important topic especially for phd starters!

@AyeshaAW - Yayyyy! I got a place at the thesis whisperer's workshop at sussex uni:)) so looking forward to it! #phdchat

@1984Est - Some days thesis mountain seems scalable; other days it feels like the mountain is made of jelly and you're wading. #oneofthose #phdchat

@ianrobsons - my head is hurting thinking about mashing up #Ricoeur and #Mead. I think I can, under certain tricky conditions... any ideas? #phdchat

@Janshs - @ianrobsons give us more hints #phdchat

@SarahStewart - Trying to decide between two topics for my #EdD research. Would love your feedback #phdchat http://t.co/XICOPN5i

@ianrobsons - @Janshs ...any help would be great. I'm on to fourth Ricoeur book (Vemema, 2000) but it's the only one I can work with so far!! #phdchat

@ianrobsons - @Janshs the 'social' allows me to posit the whole process as 'co-constructed' and social, I guess. #phdchat

@Dramagirl - @SarahStewart Digital learning - you're a champ already in the field. #EdD #phdchat

@JaneDavis13 - @ianrobsons definitely ... Consume some serious #researchchocolate! #phdchat

@Janshs - @ianrobsons #phdchat ... common meaning making going on? have you read Polanyi on tacit understanding?

@CORP101 - I voted unionization @NYU years ago--with armed guards. Can't believe this is still going on. #phdchat #highered http://t.co/5RpNmB9h

@Janshs - @ianrobsons I love the Clarke too #phdchat

@JaneDavis13 - @ianrobsons @Janshs but but but ... Ricoeur .. Chocolate .. Phenemology???? #phdchat

@kyliebudge - wow! RT: The five species of journal reviewers http://t.co/pGQnXbUX via @researchwhisper @santinoregilme #phdchat #highered #research

@Janshs - @JaneDavis13 @ianrobsons so c'mon Chocolate is never bad is it? #phdchat

@JaneDavis13 - @Janshs @ianrobsons too social constructionist for my liking. Sorry to butt in ... #phdchat

@JaneDavis13 - @Janshs @ianrobsons yay! #phdchat

@Janshs - @JaneDavis13 #phdchat is *about* butting in :) how come you don't lik social constructionist? (@ianrobsons )

@JaneDavis13 - @Janshs @ianrobsons I'm more social constructivist ... I see the importance of social theory on the development of the individual #phdchat

@Janshs - @JaneDavis13 @ianrobsons uhuh #phdchat how about the development of the theory *through* the development of a group of individuals?

@Janshs - @JaneDavis13 ok but doesn't the word social imply groups? Agree that unsubstantiated generalisation to be avoided @ianrobsons #PhDChat

@JaneDavis13 - @Janshs @ianrobsons participation with social elements is on a continuum ... #phdchat

@Janshs - @JaneDavis13 @ianrobsons I like! #PhDchat so: social is about interaction?

@JaneDavis13 - @Janshs @ianrobsons and interpretation #phdchat

@Janshs - @JaneDavis13 @ianrobsons where does interpretation fit in for the researcher speaking for others? #PhDChat Jane & Ian I'd so like to ...

@Janshs - @JaneDavis13 @ianrobsons .... Chat face to face one day #PhDChat

@JaneDavis13 - @Janshs @ianrobsons sounds great Jan. I can rehearse my methodology chapter on you ;-) #interpretivistgroundedtheory #phdchat

@srossmktg - @janshs @JaneDavis13 @ianrobsons Google+ Hangouts are pretty good for doing face to face. Or close enough... #phdchat

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