Effective Postgraduate Supervision: Improving the Student;supervisor - Relationshi

Informationen zum Autor Dr Eley is Senior Lecturer in Medical Microbiology and chairs the School and Faculty Graduate Research Committees in Medicine at the University of Sheffield. For the latter he is currently Sub-Dean in Postgraduate Affairs. He is interested in all aspects of postgraduate research activities! particularly those related to supervision and has successfully supervised postgraduate research students since 1987. As well as degrees in microbiology! Dr Eley has two higher degrees in Education.Emeritus Professor Jennings was Professor of Virology at the University of Sheffield from 1996 to 2000. He was a member and then chair of the Graduate Research Committee in the Faculty of Medicine for 9 years. He has supervised many postgraduate research students since 1967 and has wide experience relating to the problems and issues arising during postgraduate supervision. Over a 5 year period he was responsible for the organisation and presentation of the university supervisor training programme. Klappentext What kind of problems are encountered while undertaking postgraduate study?How are these problems best avoided or resolved?How can the student/supervisor relationship be improved?This practical guide is based on a series of successful workshops on postgraduate supervision and presents the most frequently encountered difficulties in the student/supervisor relationship. Detailed but concise case studies offer realistic solutions to the thirty issues discussed! including:ConflictCultureDistanceFundingIsolationLanguageManagementPlagiarismPriorityTimeTransferWrite-upEach case study raises important questions to generate discussion! and suggests solutions and preventative measures. The book also includes a section that shows how the case studies can be used in a teaching workshop setting. Effective Postgraduate Supervision is essential reading for supervisors of postgraduate degrees including those at masters and doctoral level as well as prospective and current postgraduate research students. Zusammenfassung Based on a series of workshops on postgraduate supervision! this guide presents frequently encountered difficulties in the student/supervisor relationship. It includes a section that shows how the case studies can be used in a teaching workshop setting. Inhaltsverzeichnis Disclaimer Foreword Dedication Preface Acknowledgements Contributors Introduction a)General introduction on higher research degrees b)Role of the supervisor c)The student/supervisor relationship d)New developments in UK graduate education e)Aims and context of the text An Issue of Isolation by Penny Simons An Issue of Conflict An Issue of Non-Compliance An Issue of Plagiarism An Issue of Time An Issue of Language An Issue of Writing by Mick Hattaway An Issue of Scrutiny An Issue of Transfer An Issue of Progress An Issue of Judgement An Issue of Distance by Jerry Wellington An Issue of Teaching An Issue of Management An Issue of Culture An Issue of Funding An Issue of Appeal An Issue of Stability An Issue of Ownership An Issue of Availability An Issue of Health An Issue of Direction An Issue of Contract An Issue of Priority An Issue of Write-Up An Issue of Viva Preparation An Issue of Identity by Jackie Marsh An Issue of Alleged Fraud An Issue of Collaboration An Issue of Procedure Conclusions English Language Competency Student/Supervisor Expectations MPhil/PhD transfer Communication between Student and Supervisor Supervisory Meetings and Record Keeping Student Independence Student Motivation Second Supervisors Graduate Tutor Head of Department Thesis-Writing Viva voce Complaints and Appeals Key Questions Appendix 1.Answers to the Key Questions Appendix 2.Use of Student-Supervisor Issues in a ...

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• Authors: Adrian Eley, Adrian Jennings Eley, Adrian R. Eley, Adrian R. Jennings Eley, Roy Jennings
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.10.2005
• EAN: 9780335217076
• ISBN: 978-0-335-21707-6
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: UK Higher Education OUP Humanities & Social Sciences Higher Education OUP
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias