Ongoing Doctoral Study Process to Live by: A Narrative Inquiry into the Doctoral Identity Construction Experiences—A Chinese Case

• Published in: Frontiers of Education in China Vol. 15; no. 3; pp. 422 - 452
• Main Authors: Sun, Xiujuan, Trent, John
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Singapore 01.09.2020; Springer; Higher Education Press Limited Company
• Subjects: Doctoral Programs; Doctoral Students; Education; Expectation; Foreign Countries; Graduate students; Graduate studies; Identification (Psychology); Identity; Individual Characteristics; Narratives; Professional Personnel; Reflection; Research Article; Self Actualization; Socialization; Student Experience; China; identity trajectory; reflexivity; agency; doctoral identity; narrative inquiry

The study employs a narrative inquiry approach to probe a Chinese doctoral student’s identity construction experiences fraught with interruption and transformation. The longitudinal narratives gathered through participant entries in Evernote, a face-to-face life story interview, and researcher memos...