Discovering and Developing Research Interests: A Narrative Inquiry into Three Doctoral Students’ Experiences

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dc.contributor.authorKeskin, Magdalena
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-08T15:08:15Z
dc.date.available2026-02-08T15:08:15Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentBursa Teknik Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe present study implemented a narrative inquiry approach to gain a deeper understanding of how three doctoral students in Türkiye discovered their research interests. Narrative inquiry involves a careful examination of data and subsequent restorying it into chronologically ordered narratives to create an immersive and detailed representation of the participants’ lived experiences. The researcher was also interested in factors which facilitated and hindered the process of developing and sustaining the participants’ interests. Data gathered through in-depth interviews revealed that doctoral students were aware of their research interests prior to beginning their doctoral studies. Their interests had clear connections with their personal experiences and teaching practice. Demanding coursework, lack of necessary equipment and the pressure to publish research articles were found to be detrimental to the development of research interests forcing the students to conduct studies on topics they were not interested in. Finally, supervisors were found to play an essential role in fostering their students’ research interests on condition that they do not infringe on their supervisees’ autonomy and sense of agency.
dc.identifier.doi10.2399/yod.23.1225236
dc.identifier.endpage18
dc.identifier.issn2146-796X
dc.identifier.issn2146-7978
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.startpage9
dc.identifier.trdizinid1207690
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2399/yod.23.1225236
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12885/4891
dc.identifier.volume13
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001039192900001
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofYükseköğretim Dergisi
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_TR-Dizin_20260207
dc.subjectHigher education
dc.subjectresearch interests
dc.subjectdoctoral students
dc.subjectresearch engagement
dc.titleDiscovering and Developing Research Interests: A Narrative Inquiry into Three Doctoral Students’ Experiences
dc.typeArticle

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