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Kaur, Amrita; Kumar, Vijay; Noman, Mohammad – Higher Education Research and Development, 2022
Discourse regarding modern doctoral studies criticises the traditional notion of doctoral education as being too narrow to facilitate knowledge creation and transfer towards the knowledge economy. This study considered the pedagogical links to supervisory practices to enable transformative learning experiences. The study, grounded in the…
Descriptors: Supervision, Teacher Student Relationship, Transformative Learning, Student Research
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Singh, Jasvir Kaur Nachatar; Jack, Gavin – Journal of International Students, 2022
How do language and culture pose adjustment challenges that hinder the academic success of postgraduate international students? This article answers this question based on a thematic analysis of 55 semi-structured qualitative interviews conducted with postgraduate international students and academic and professional staff members at a Malaysian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Foreign Students, Language Usage
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Ghasemy, Majid; Derahvasht, Ali; Castillo Apraiz, Julen – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: This study, drawing upon affective events theory (AET), examines the relationships between work environment features, work events, affective states and attitudes in the Malaysian academic environment. Specifically, the authors examine the impact of supervisory support and welfare on role conflict, the impact of role conflict on affective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Work Environment, Affective Behavior, Educational Environment
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Bukhari, Nurliyana; Jamal, Jamilah; Ismail, Adibah; Shamsuddin, Jauriyah – Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2021
Purpose: Assessment rubric often lacks rigor and is underutilized. This article reports the effectiveness of the use of several assessment rubrics for a research writing course. In particular, we examined students' perceived and observed changes in their Chapter One thesis writing as assessed by supervisors using an existing departmental rubric…
Descriptors: Scoring Rubrics, Research Reports, Writing Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
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Henry, Caroline; Ghani, Nor Azura Md; Hamid, Umi Marshida Abd; Bakar, Ahmad Naqiyuddin – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2020
Research Productivity (RP) is the key element in the establishment of ranking and rating system in the Higher Education (HE) sector. Despite of the many initiatives taken to enliven the research culture among academic staff, there are still constraints and resistance towards conducting research. Therefore, this study attempts to identify the…
Descriptors: Research, Productivity, Higher Education, Reputation
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Singh, Jasvir Kaur Nachatar – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2020
Malaysia aspires to become a regional and international hub of higher education through an international student mobility initiative. Existing scholarly work on international students is skewed towards understanding the general challenges faced by international students, but limited work has been conducted in exploring the impact of severe…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Graduate Students, Outcomes of Education, Foreign Students
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Da Wan, Chang; Chapman, David W.; Zain, Ahmad Nurulazam Md; Hutcheson, Sigrid; Lee, Molly; Austin, Ann E. – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2015
This paper examines the sources of satisfaction and frustration among Malaysian academics across three types of higher education institutions (HEIs)--public research university, public comprehensive university and private non-profit university. Based on interview with 67 academics across six HEIs, there is a clear pattern and relationship between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Culture, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
Kaur, Sarjit; Sidhu, Gurnam Kaur; Fong, Lee Lai; Jamian, Leele Suzana – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2015
The twin forces of globalisation and internationalisation witnessed the global democratisation of higher education leading to the mushrooming of institutions of higher learning alongside with the rapid increase in student enrolments at all levels including postgraduate study. Despite the rapid developments in higher education, postgraduate study…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Higher Education
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Jusoff, Kamaruzaman; Silikon, Lebuh – International Education Studies, 2008
At least historically, undergraduate research supervision has predominantly been seen as part of the basic research function of academic staff. In many fields of study, success in research requires not only sophisticated experimental and analytical skills, but good mentoring and managerial skills as well. This paper presents an observational case…
Descriptors: Forestry, Undergraduate Students, Case Studies, Foreign Countries