Comments on: Viva questions by themes http://www.atrapos.eu/2008/09/15/viva-questions-by-themes/ Tracking the process of my PhD research journey Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:45:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: atrapos http://www.atrapos.eu/2008/09/15/viva-questions-by-themes/comment-page-1/#comment-1445 atrapos Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:55:16 +0000 http://www.atrapos.eu/?p=312#comment-1445 Hi Jim I would be interested to see your 8-pages document of potential viva questions, if you could send them to my personal email as to your question around 'how do we find out what examiners are likely to ask', i could not possibly have an answer about that, i imagine it depends on how much a student knows about the examiner's own interests and background which may potentially affect their take in how they read a thesis. This is something for supervision of course and i am sure you must have prepared well enough. Something i realised when we had PhD group supervision earlier this morning is that developmentaly speaking, the journey of conducting research has taught me how to THINK about research. So, in the light of that, i think there is a point where you shall stop seeking having all potential viva questions answered in your head before hand (which is unpredictable anyway) and trust that you will be able to think about it and respond rigorously in the here-and-now of your viva examination date! Hi Jim

I would be interested to see your 8-pages document of potential viva questions, if you could send them to my personal email

as to your question around ‘how do we find out what examiners are likely to ask’, i could not possibly have an answer about that, i imagine it depends on how much a student knows about the examiner’s own interests and background which may potentially affect their take in how they read a thesis. This is something for supervision of course and i am sure you must have prepared well enough. Something i realised when we had PhD group supervision earlier this morning is that developmentaly speaking, the journey of conducting research has taught me how to THINK about research. So, in the light of that, i think there is a point where you shall stop seeking having all potential viva questions answered in your head before hand (which is unpredictable anyway) and trust that you will be able to think about it and respond rigorously in the here-and-now of your viva examination date!

]]> By: Jim Byrne http://www.atrapos.eu/2008/09/15/viva-questions-by-themes/comment-page-1/#comment-1444 Jim Byrne Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:38:23 +0000 http://www.atrapos.eu/?p=312#comment-1444 Hi F. (Not sure if you reveal your identity!) Thanks for the viva questions. I have eight pages of questions from Murray (2002) and Wellington, Bathmaker et al. (2005). It's not easy to prepare for the possibility of so many different potential questions. Also, there are follow-up questions. How do we find out what examiners are likely to ask when presented with particular forms of the summary of our thesis? (Not easily, I would say, given current levels of university funding!) Yet, prepare we must! Best wishes, Jim Hi F. (Not sure if you reveal your identity!)
Thanks for the viva questions. I have eight pages of questions from Murray (2002) and Wellington, Bathmaker et al. (2005). It’s not easy to prepare for the possibility of so many different potential questions. Also, there are follow-up questions. How do we find out what examiners are likely to ask when presented with particular forms of the summary of our thesis? (Not easily, I would say, given current levels of university funding!) Yet, prepare we must!
Best wishes,
Jim

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