ERIC Number: EJ1343768
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Mar
Pages: 25
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ISSN: ISSN-1755-2273
EISSN: EISSN-1755-2281
A Novel Perspective on Doctoral Supervision: Interaction of Time, Academic Work, Institutional Policies, and Lifecourse
Bengtsen, Søren Smedegaard; McAlpine, Lynn
Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, v15 n1 p21-45 Mar 2022
While supervision is often characterised as a relatively private relationship, we would argue it is strongly influenced by departmental, institutional, national and global factors. It is also intertwined with other academic work and life experiences -- with time playing an important role, not just as regards lifecourse but also changing institutional policies and practices. Using this embedded dynamic perspective in a longitudinal institutional case study, we examined how individual supervisory practices, embedded within life experiences and the evolving policy contexts of supervision and other academic activities, changed over time. We found that changed institutional supervision expectations and related structures influenced supervisory thinking and actions. Future research could further examine how this dynamic perspective opens horizons for understanding individual supervisor change in light of new institutional expectations.
Descriptors: Supervision, Doctoral Programs, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Educational Change, Experience, Foreign Countries, Supervisors, College Faculty, Supervisory Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Denmark; United Kingdom
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