ERIC Number: EJ1212532
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 20
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International Doctoral Students' Experience of Supervision: A Case Study in a Chinese University
Wang, Lihong; Byram, Michael
Cambridge Journal of Education, v49 n3 p255-274 2019
Internationalisation in higher education is now a worldwide phenomenon but there is little attention paid to internationalisation at doctoral level, although this phenomenon has grown exponentially in recent years. This study focuses on a university in China to examine how international doctoral students and their supervisors perceive supervision and the relations between supervisor and student. It describes and analyses the experiences of supervisors and students, and the concepts they used to articulate and reflect on them. Semi-formal interviews were conducted with six doctoral students and their supervisors. Analysis shows that, apart from formal supervision, informal enculturation through social and academic networks, the "tongmen," plays an important role in supervision and in socialising the doctoral researchers into the community of practice. The study adds to the field a new case from a specific epistemological and intellectual tradition and challenges existing theories concerning methods and concepts of supervision.
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Doctoral Students, Supervision, Foreign Countries, Supervisors, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Communities of Practice, Doctoral Programs
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China; Malaysia; Tunisia; Indonesia; Cameroon; Ethiopia
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