Supervisors’ conceptualisations of creativity in education doctorates
| dc.contributor.author | Frick, B. L. | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-29T07:42:44Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-04-29T07:42:44Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
| dc.description | CITATION: Frick, B. L. 2011. Supervisors’ conceptualisations of creativity in education doctorates. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 19(2):495-507. | |
| dc.description | The original publication is available at http://www.pertanika2.upm.edu.my | |
| dc.description.abstract | Doctoral study is inherently a creative endeavour through which a student creates a scholarly contribution extending the knowledge boundaries of a discipline. However, creativity is not well-defined within the context of doctoral education. Supervisors play a key role in doctoral students’ understanding of the creative process that leads to an original contribution. This article therefore explores the conceptualisation of creativity in doctoral education. A qualitative descriptive approach was followed in the research, starting with a theoretical conceptualisation of creativity within doctoral education as a basis for further inquiry. Ten experienced supervisors in a South African Faculty of Education described how they conceptualised creativity in guiding students along the doctoral journey by means of recounting their supervisory experiences. The results reveal that as a multi-dimensional concept, creativity is not limited to the eventual contribution the doctorate is supposed to make. Respondents narrated their understanding of creativity as a student attribute, an epistemological understanding, and an interaction with methodological processes. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | http://www.pertanika2.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JSSH%20Vol.%2019%20(2)%20Sept.%202011/18.html | |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | |
| dc.format.extent | 14 pages | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Frick, B. L. 2011. Supervisors’ conceptualisations of creativity in education doctorates. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 19(2):495-507 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2231-8534 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0128-7702 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/106258 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Universiti Putra Malaysia Press | |
| dc.rights.holder | Universiti Putra Malaysia Press | |
| dc.subject | Doctoral students | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Education, Higher -- Doctoral studies | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Supervisors’ conceptualisations of creativity in education doctorates | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |