Spaces, Journeys And New Horizons For Postgraduate Supervision

after centuries of barely visible incremental development, postgraduate education has experienced twenty years of considerable turbulence as

governments recognise its latent power, some responding more quickly than others and each in different ways. this anthology, drawing on research, deep reflection and praxis, illustrates the current situation in a range of geographical environments that result from such interventions, or lack of them, providing readers both with information about neglected contexts, challenges and concerns and with stimulating ideas about how they might be managed more effectively.

professor emerita pam denicolo

university of reading, uk

most of the chapters, regardless if they present results from projects in south africa or from other parts of the world, are part of a common mission

to gain a deeper understanding of postgraduate supervision. they are all up-to-date and contributing to this field with relevant topics and theories.

this volume should speak to academics and research supervisors from many different areas of research.

associate professor sa lindberg-sand

lund university, sweden

Eli Bitzer is Emeritus Professor of higher education at Stellenbosch University. His interests are in promoting postgraduate education, supporting research excellence, the training of novice supervisors and postgraduate student advising. Liezel Frick is Director of Centre for Higher and Adult Education and Associate Professor in Higher and Adult Education at Stellenbosch University. Her research focuses on creativity in doctoral education and doctoral pedagogy. She has successfully supervised masters and doctoral graduates, published various articles and book chapters related to this topic. She is also involved in various projects related to doctoral education and early career researcher development.

overview

introductory chapter

1

practice, theory and doctoral education research

nick hopwood

section a supervisory spaces

2

'success' and 'failure' in two postgraduate research learning spaces:

an activity theory analysis

carolyn (callie) grant

3

supervising up - a (fictionalised) report from the research training trenches

nick mansfield & sally purcell

4

i am a postgraduate research supervisor: who am i?

nonnie botha

5

fibonacci power in a descriptive equation for postgraduate throughput

sanchen henning

6

'more than writing a thesis': reflections on cohort research supervision

christine winberg & simon winberg

7

reconceptualising the supervisory role: border crossings and bounded spaces

rebekah smith-mcgloin

section b supervisory journeys

8

phd employability in corporate south africa

amaleya goneos-malka

9

'crossing over' into research on teaching and learning

brenda leibowitz, gina wisker & pia lamberti

10

writing the introduction chapter of phd theses:

comparative international perspectives

shosh leshem, eli bitzer & vernon trafford

11

factors affecting time to completion of master's mini-dissertations

sumari o'neil & carla dos santos

12

mentoring for student success: three stages in the phd journey

suzanne t ortega & julia d kent

13

function of supervisory and researcher community support in phd

and post-phd trajectories

kirsi pyhlt

14

"i have learnt but am still developing": master's students' evolving

concepts of research

peter rule & jaqueline naidoo

15

employability and graduate attributes of doctoral graduates

rachel spronken-smith, kim brown & romain mirosa

section c new horizons for postgraduate supervision

16

doctoral education for successful examination in the education discipline:

an analysis of examiners' critiques

petro du preez and shan simmonds

17

the original contribution: myth or reality in doctoral work?

liezel frick

18

cohort-wide research education

wendy bastalich

19

in sickness and health, and a 'duty of care': phd student health, stress

and wellbeing issues and supervisory experiences

gina wisker & gillian robinson

20

research as transformation and transformation as research

anisa vahed, ashley ross, suzanne francis, bernie millar, oliver mtapuri & ruth searle

coda

21

spaces, journeys, new horizons - where are we now and where

do we want to go?

cally guerinnotes on contributors