PROPOSAL WRITING: A LIVED EXPERIENCE OF A DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY CANDIDATE
Abstract
The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) journey is a transition from a candidate to a full blown researcher. This journey begins with proposal writing. The process involves considerable learning and development. The purpose of this paper is to expose, through reflective self- study my process of learning during the first eight months of my long PhD journey, this period was dedicated to proposal writing. In this qualitative self-study I used my diary in which I kept entries of all the meetings I had with my supervisor; the emails through which we communicated; the feedback which I received from him and the personal, academic and professional experiences which emanated from the communications. The findings reveal an academic transformation in my life; changing from an academic novice to a critical thinker and researcher. Proposal writing hardened me for the subsequent phases of the journey. The encounters also show how my previous experiences influenced the learning that occurred during that period.
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