TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring the experience of ten Australian Honours students
AU - Allan, Catherine
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: month (773h) = August, 2011; Journal title (773t) = Higher Education Research and Development. ISSNs: 0729-4360;
PY - 2011/8
Y1 - 2011/8
N2 - Honours study is viewed as a transition from undergraduate to postgraduate study and/or to enhanced career prospects. In Australia, Honours is usually an adjunct to the standard undergraduate degree. This paper provides an ethnographic study of 10 Australian Honours students. Seeing their experience through their reflections, in their own voices, reveals that Honours may be more than transitional ' these students were transformed personally. Such emotionally charged transformations require academics to reflect on the best forms of support for Honours students.
AB - Honours study is viewed as a transition from undergraduate to postgraduate study and/or to enhanced career prospects. In Australia, Honours is usually an adjunct to the standard undergraduate degree. This paper provides an ethnographic study of 10 Australian Honours students. Seeing their experience through their reflections, in their own voices, reveals that Honours may be more than transitional ' these students were transformed personally. Such emotionally charged transformations require academics to reflect on the best forms of support for Honours students.
KW - Open access version available
KW - Honours
KW - Transformational learning
KW - Undergraduate research
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U2 - 10.1080/07294360.2010.524194
DO - 10.1080/07294360.2010.524194
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84858693785
SN - 0729-4360
VL - 30
SP - 421
EP - 433
JO - Higher Education Research and Development
JF - Higher Education Research and Development
IS - 4
ER -