Difficulties in the Culmination of Tesis Doctorales: Voces del Estudiantado
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https://doi.org/10.5377/rtu.v11i31.14289Keywords:
advise, difficulties, doctoral program, research, requisites, dissertationAbstract
This article contains the results of a qualitative study conducted with doctoral students of four universities about the difficulties faced during the thesis writing process. It had as main goal to know the students´ perspective regarding the factors that affect thesis writing. For the collection of data, we used an open-ended questionnaire. The results support that to maintain a balance among family, job, and thesis is the most complex of the difficulties faced by these students, and that job is fundamental to support family and studies, turning easier to set aside the thesis but not the job.
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