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Higher Education Studies
Doctoral Supervision in North America: Perception and Challenges of Supervisor and SuperviseeThe completion rate for graduate studies is around 50% in some programs, and several authors suggest that doctoral supervision in a key factor in explaining this. Existing research on doctoral education reveals an uneven international landscape made up of the perceptions of both doctoral students and their supervisors. In the French-speaking North American context, exploration of doctoral supervision practices still remains unchartered. As a part of the first author’s doctoral thesis, interviews were conducted with 20 supervisors and 20 doctoral students from 8 different faculties. The purpose of these interviews was to capture their perceptions and experiences around doctoral supervision, and to explore with them the main issues related to doctoral supervision. Four dimensions for framing doctoral supervision have emerged from these interviews: a) scientific, b) personal, c) administrative and d) professional. Three main issues stretch along a timeline: 1) admission into a do...
Research in Post-Compulsory Education
The role of new doctoral supervisors in higher education – a reflective view of literature and experience using two case studies2014 •
Universal Journal of Educational Research
A Review of Effective Doctoral Supervision: What Is It and How Can We Achieve ItThe success of doctoral students greatly depends on effective supervision. Many factors however, are involved in ensuring effective supervision. This study identifies the different definitions of effective supervisions, types of doctoral outcomes and the associated factors that contribute to these outcomes, with a view of proposing a framework to achieve the goal of effective supervision. A systematic review was conducted on published articles from the year 2000 to the year 2018. The documents were selected based on the three major components of doctoral supervision namely, management system, students and supervisor, thus framing the systematic review. The review resulted in several key findings namely, definitions, domains of doctoral outcomes and factors that can potentially contribute to doctoral outcomes. Diverse definitions of effective supervision were observed; often associated with self-development, professional growth and career development of doctoral students. Four domains of doctoral outcomes were identified: knowledge-base, research skills, attitudes and professional skills. Factors that influence doctoral outcomes include environment, attitude and aptitude of doctoral students, and experience and training of supervisors. The findings of this review provide useful information for guiding the implementation of an effective supervision framework.
Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice
Doctoral Supervision Practice: What’s the Problem and How Can We Help Academics?2016 •
Academics are feeling squeezed by increasing research supervision demands within tightening time constraints. In a changing higher education environment, demands on doctoral supervisors need to be better understood in order to provide them with the right support at supervision pressure points. As academic developers, our aim was to better understand supervision challenges across multiple disciplines. A two stage study firstly sought differences in research and supervision practice between faculties by means of an anonymised digital questionnaire [n226]. Twenty-two questions explored supervisors’ experiences of project management, communication and writing. Secondly, we interviewed 11 experienced supervisors from disciplines other than our own (education), focusing on supervision’s discipline-specific challenges and constraints. We expected to find discipline-differences between science and humanities. However, analysis showed that supervision challenges are the same across disciplin...
Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung (Journal for Higher Education Development)
Editorial: Structuring Doctoral Education2017 •
The Archaeology of Communities and Landscapes in the Carpathian Basin Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Aristocratic residences in south-western Transylvania. Reflections on the functionality of the so-called Dacian fortresses2023 •
The American Historical Review
TOM LICENCE. Hermits and Recluses in English Society, 950-12002012 •
Journal of Ilahiyat Researches
Rudolf Bultmann ve Hans-Georg Gadamer: Karşılaşmaları, Etkileşimleri ve Anlaşmazlıklarına Dair Bir Değerlendirme [Rudolf Bultmann and Hans-Georg Gadamer: A Review on Their Encounters, Interactions, and Conflicts]2023 •
Biophysical Journal
Three-Dimensional Ultrastructure of Micrometer Thick Cellular Subvolumes by STEM Tomography2012 •
2020 •
American Journal of Ethnomedicine
Folk Medicinal Use of Plants to Treat Skin Disorders in Chandpur District, Bangladesh2017 •
2015 •
Advances in Tribology
Comparative Experimental Study of Tribo-Mechanical Performance of Low-Temperature PVD Based TiN Coated PRCL Systems for Diesel Engine2018 •
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
Treatment of nonunion around the olecranon fossa of the humerus by intramedullary locked nailing2000 •