
Effective Approaches to Postgraduate Supervision and Doctoral Research
Explore various academic works focusing on postgraduate supervision and doctoral research, including discussions on conceptual frameworks, effective supervision strategies, and challenging assumptions in the supervisory process. Discover insights from authors like Lee, Leshem, Wisker, Manathunga, Bitzer, Albertyn, Thomson, and Kamler, offering valuable perspectives on enhancing the quality of postgraduate education.
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PG Supervision Literature
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Lee 2007 Making case for inducting new scholars into supervision Different approaches to supervision functional, enculturation, emancipation, relationship Lee, A (2007) Developing effective supervisors: Concepts of research supervision SAJHE Lee, A (2008) How are doctoral students supervised? Concepts of doctoral research supervision Studies in Higher Education
Leshem and Trafford Leshem, S. and Trafford, V. (2007) Overlooking the conceptual framework. Innovations in Education and Teaching International Leshem and Trafford (2013) Stepping Stones to Achieving your Doctorate Conceptual Framework
Wisker Conceptual Thresholds The Good Supervisor Wisker, Gina and Robinson, Gillian(2009) 'Encouraging postgraduate students of literature and art to cross conceptual thresholds', Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 46: 3, 317 330 Wisker and Robinson 2013 Picking up the pieces: supervisors and doctoral orphans
Manathunga Manathunga, C. and Gooz e, J. (2007). Challenging the dual assumption of the 'always/already' autonomous student and effective supervisor. Teaching in Higher Education, ( 12) 3, 309-322. Manathunga, C. (2009). Points of departure. Supervision as a contested space: a response. Teaching in Higher Education, (14), 3, 341-345.
Bitzer and Albertyn Bitzer E.M. and Albertyn R. (2011). Alternative approaches to postgraduate supervision: A planning tool to facilitate supervisory processes. South African Journal for Higher Education, 25(5): 874-888.
Thomson and Kamler Kamler, B. and Thomson, P. (2008). The Failure of Dissertation Advice Books: Toward Alternative Pedagogies for Doctoral Writing. Educational Researcher, Vol. 37, No. 8, pp. 507-514
Grant Grant, B. (2003), Mapping the pleasures and risks of supervision , Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, Vol. 24 No. 2, pp. 175-90. Grant, B (1999) Walking on a rackety bridge: Managing postgraduate supervision Grant, B.M. (2008), Agonistic struggle master-slave dialogues in humanities supervision , Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, Vol. 7 No. 1, pp. 9-27.
Target Journals Discipline specific education journals SA journals PiE* Africa Education Review* SAJHE JoE The Journal of Independent Teaching and Learning Intl HERD, TinHE, HE, Studies in HE
General or specific? Output assignment only, conference presentation, journal article?
Ginas suggestions Kyrsti Lonka - wellbeing Holbrook examinations Kiley and Mullins examination Oasis-for-learning.net EARLI Soren review supervision literature