In this essay I offer an imaginary of postgraduate student supervision focusing on sceptical encounters with the other. Drawing on the seminal thoughts of Harvard philosopher Stanley Cavell (1997), particularly on his ideas on "living with scepticism", I argue that postgraduate student supervision ought to be an encounter framed by…

In this article, I examine three claims that in some senses can hinder the supervisory process rather than facilitate it. These are the claims that the relationship between supervisor and student should be a friendship; that students writing their theses should demonstrate "own voice"; and that students should choose supervisors on the…

Exploring postgraduate supervision practices with supervisors is a complex and contested endeavour. The growing body of literature on approaches to working with supervisors attests to this. Unlike some areas of higher education research, studies of supervision span theoretical spectrums from liberal approaches (e.g. Ballard and Clanchy 1991; Bruce…

The author's proposition is that there is a pedagogy of supervision, not that "this" is it in its entirety but that there is a pedagogy of supervision, that it has relevance for other levels of the curriculum, and that this pedagogy of supervision provides an entry point for academics to become involved in the scholarship of research,…

The separation of supervision from social work has created a false dichotomy between practice and supervision, leaving supervision outside the conceptual framework of professional values, skills, and knowledge. Explores the history of social work supervision and suggests a model based on the social work practice concepts of mediation and mutual…

Presents a definition of and a model for clinical supervision, necessary to systematically enhance the therapeutic competence of counselors and to monitor client welfare. A definition of supervision as a distinct intervention is proposed, and the Structured Developmental Model is suggested. (JPS)

Recounts supervisees best and worst experiences with training and supervision while participating in marriage and family therapy education training programs. Positive behaviors perceived to be enacted by supervisors can be categorized by the following dimensions: creating an open supervisory environment, providing encouragement and communication,…

Asserts that informed consent between supervisor and supervisee in clinical supervision should be explicitly addressed, and provides a prototypical form. Presents areas to be covered in a written statement and offers suggestions for discussing informed consent in an initial supervision session. (JPS)

Traditional supervision of teachers in American schools is often mislabeled. In practice, it is more an exercise in administrative monitoring and evaluation instead of a method to help teachers grow and improve professionally. Clinical supervision, developed as an alternative to traditional supervisory methods, focuses on the non-evaluative use of…

Schon's conception of reflection is conceptualized in a context relative to other work on reflection. Three perspectives are used to conceptualize reflection as instrumentally mediating action, as deliberating among competing views of teaching, and as reconstructing experiences. (SI)

The incongruence between organizational realities of student teaching and the Cogan/Goldmanner clinical supervision model are presented. The development of a new model of supervision geared to the realities of student teaching is recommended, and suggestions for approaching a new model are offered. (MT)

Refers to misunderstandings of client-centered theory and attempts to explain how client-centered supervision works. Notes that a client-centered supervisor sets explicit standards for student behavior and, on basis of those standards, evaluates particular behaviors of a supervisee while still relating to trainee as person worthy of respect. (NB)

Presents a dialog on student teacher supervision between university supervisors from the U.S. and Wales. After describing an observation of and conference with a Welsh elementary student teacher, the dialog discusses the supervisors' observations and their expectations for student teachers, and analyzes the effects of the cross-cultural…

Educational supervision has historically sought to improve the quality of teaching. This book is a text for undergraduate and graduate students who are engaged in the study of issues in educational supervision; it is a compendium of informed commentaries on current issues written by prominent scholars in the field. The first part (12 chapters)…

Pedagogical correctness "is characterized by a set of 'right' and often avant-garde beliefs about how the curriculum and schools should be structured." When supervisors avoid supervisory methods that are considered not "pedagogically correct" or fail to adopt practices considered incorrect, instructional improvement is likely to be compromised.…