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Reflecting and Evaluating: Assessing the Doctoral Experience

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Having delineated the planning phase and implementing phase in the prior chapters, this chapter is committed to the last phase, namely the reflecting phase. Specifically, it delves into how the Chinese doctoral students (CDS) reflect on their overseas doctoral experience from a self-growth perspective.

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  2. School of Education, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia

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  3. School of Education, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia

    Shen Chen

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Xu, X., Sit, H.H.W., Chen, S. (2020). Reflecting and Evaluating: Assessing the Doctoral Experience. In: The Eastern Train on the Western Track. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4265-7_6

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