Global Perspectives on Enhancing Doctoral Co-supervision

Global Perspectives on Enhancing Doctoral Co-supervision
Author: Vijay Kumar
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-04-28
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9789819704590

This book examines the shift in doctoral co-supervision from traditional hierarchical approaches to team-based models. Authored by international experts in doctoral education, the 14 case studies critically assess co-supervision within distinct institutional and national contexts, and indicate shifts in doctoral education and the rise of co-supervision models. The case studies offer insights into national and institutional policies, mentoring programs, workload distribution, conflict mitigation, and the intricacies of co-supervision, including role management and power dynamics. The book also highlights challenges and proven good practices for academics who are considering or experiencing co-supervision.

Enhancing the Doctoral Experience

Enhancing the Doctoral Experience
Author: Steve Hutchinson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2017-03-02
Genre: Study Aids
ISBN: 1351939971

One of the major intangible benefits associated with the postgraduate research experience is precisely that: the experience. And more specifically, for an increasing number of international research students: the British doctoral experience. This experience is often largely defined and shaped by their relationship with, and support from, their supervisor. Enhancing the Doctoral Experience brings together the authors’ experience and research, frameworks and models as well as pragmatic feedback and understanding. This synthesis of scholarly theory and pragmatic sampling has produced a book that provides a scaffold for students and supervisors to have conversations about their expectations; to discuss what supervision is; to articulate clearly what both parties need in order for a successful relationship to occur, and to build a mutually beneficial endeavour. In many cases, these conversations can be complicated by cultural and linguistic differences so the text explicitly addresses these and other sources of misunderstanding. Against a challenging background of growing numbers of students but also increasing pressures on time and costs, Enhancing the Doctoral Experience offers an approach to improve the effectiveness of the doctoral student and increase the professionalization of research supervision. It does so by providing both with an awareness of, and a toolkit to approach, student diversity.

Getting the Most Out of Your Doctorate

Getting the Most Out of Your Doctorate
Author: Mollie Dollinger
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2019-04-24
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1787699056

Navigating the gap between novice and expert is a process that will continue for years into an early academics’ career. This book will serve as practical tool for PhD candidates and early career researchers (ECRs), providing them with an understanding on how to sustain long-lasting supervisory relationships and how to develop their networks.

Graduate Research Supervision in the Developing World

Graduate Research Supervision in the Developing World
Author: Erik Blair
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2020-01-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000028666

Recognising that graduate supervisory practice is not an abstracted academic pursuit, but an activity that is subjectively bounded by content and context, impacted by the experiences and beliefs of supervisee and supervisor, this text explores the unique dynamics of graduate supervision in the Global South, as perceived and experienced by students and academics within those same contexts. Bringing together contributions which reflect a rich diversity of perspectives on supervisory practices at regional universities in the Caribbean and South Pacific, Graduate Research Supervision in the Developing World explores how supervisors navigate unscripted supervisory terrain; contextualise supervisory best practices; establish roles and relationships, and work to understand supervisees’ needs. By highlighting the effect on graduate supervision of complex sociocultural interplay and the relationship between learning environments and student success, contributors look to locate best practices through analyses of stories of success and failure. As the contributors demonstrate, there is a need to restructure the standardised operation of graduate supervision across diverse faculties. This text will be of great interest to graduate supervisors and their supervisees as well as scholars in the fields of continuing professional development and higher education, in international and comparative education and Sociology of Education.

Doctoral Supervision in Southern Africa

Doctoral Supervision in Southern Africa
Author: Kakoma Luneta
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2024-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 3031468996

This book offers a unique perspective on doctoral supervision in southern Africa, showcasing the potential of scholarly reflection. The aim is to share the benefits with a wider audience, catalyzing the use of scholarly literature in global doctoral supervision. By drawing on the field's literature, it fosters informed and systematic reflection to transform supervision. With a focus on deep development and affordability, this book presents a model that enhances the quality of doctoral graduates. It builds on collaborative work and analysis of supervision experiences, engaging with key literature and exploring facets of practice. Through personal exemplifications, authors highlight complexities and commonalities across cultural contexts, inspiring systematic improvement in supervision. A valuable resource for academics, researchers, and practitioners involved in doctoral supervision, this book provides evidence-based insights and creative approaches to pedagogy. It encourages the systematic enrichment of doctoral supervisors worldwide.

A Handbook for Doctoral Supervisors

A Handbook for Doctoral Supervisors
Author: Stan Taylor
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2024-07-19
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1040091717

Based on the latest research and covering key recent developments in supervisory practice, the third edition of A Handbook for Doctoral Supervisors is designed to support new and established supervisors in reviewing how they may make their supervision practice more effective day to day. This new edition is fully updated and extended to provide guidance on all aspects of the supervisory role, including: Recruitment and selection, including placing greater emphasis on candidate diversity; Establishing and managing research projects, from initial conception through to completion and examination; Relationships with candidates and co-supervisors, and the implementation of an explicit respect agenda in relationships with candidates; Providing personal, professional, and career advice, including monitoring the wellbeing and mental health of doctoral candidates; The implications for supervisors of the rapid adoption of online supervision and examination. With a self-interrogatory style which enables supervisors to reflect upon and, where appropriate, consider how to enhance their practice, this key handbook is a crucial read for those directly involved in doctoral supervision, those who manage supervisors, as well as policy-makers, administrators, and scholars within the field of doctoral education.

The Making of Doctoral Supervisors

The Making of Doctoral Supervisors
Author: Stan Taylor
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2020-12-17
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000281116

With a wide range of international contributors, this book surveys how the main doctoral awarding countries across the globe define criteria for the eligibility of supervisors. It compares and contrasts their approaches, comments upon their robustness, and identifies examples of good practice. The quality of supervision has been shown to be a major factor in determining the learning experiences of doctoral scholars and their chances of success. However, relatively little is known about the ways in which doctoral supervisors are selected for their roles, supported to perform them, and recognised for their efforts. This book looks at these matters in 21 major doctoral awarding countries, collectively responsible for over 90% of global doctoral awards. Each case study constitutes a stand-alone contribution to the literature on doctoral supervision in that country and: provides a brief introduction to the national context of doctoral education; outlines policies and procedures for the selection of supervisors; discusses the support and development available to supervisors and gives examples of good practice; comments on if and how supervision is recognised and rewarded. Written by a distinguished international team of authors, The Making of Doctoral Supervisors will be of interest to all those engaged in doctoral education including policy makers, program leaders, supervisors, administrators, and scholars in the field.

Supervising the PhD

Supervising the PhD
Author: Sara Delamont
Publisher: Open University Press
Total Pages: 209
Release: 1997
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780335195169

This guide to supervising doctoral research is a practical handbook for both the novice and the experienced higher degree supervisor. It looks at how to get students to produce good PhD theses on time, and how to prevent failed theses.

Supervising Doctoral Candidates

Supervising Doctoral Candidates
Author: Chris Rolph
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2024-03-26
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1837970483

Supervising Doctoral Candidates provides support for new and young academics who, from the beginning of their academic career, may be expected to support doctoral candidates with little or no prior training.