Effective Supervision From Research Students' Perspective
There are many factors that determine the success of research students in doing their postgraduate programs. Of these are the supervisors and effective supervision. The aim of this paper is to identify the attributes of supervisors and examine elements of effective supervision from the graduat...
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| Language: | English |
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/3162/1/FH02-FKI-14-00621.pdf http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/3162/ |
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| Summary: | There are many factors that determine the success of research students in doing their
postgraduate programs. Of these are the supervisors and effective supervision. The aim of
this paper is to identify the attributes of supervisors and examine elements of effective
supervision from the graduate research students‟ perspective. In addition, the study also
examines whether the means of the students‟ opinions on their supervisors and effective
supervision differ by demographic factors (program, faculty, course structure, gender and
semester). Descriptive statistics will be used to describe the sample and Pearson chi-square
test will be employed to test students‟ opinions on their supervisors and effective supervision
and their relationships with demographic factors. Our results suggest that the three most
important attributes of supervisors are: supervisors should be friendly, approachable and
flexible; knowledgeable and resourceful; and encourage students to work and plan
independently. In addition, the results indicate that effective supervision means that
supervisors are able to establish good and professional relationships with students; give
support and guidance; and provide continuous motivation and inspiration. Using Pearson
chi-square test, the results suggest that there are no significant differences in means between
attributes of supervisors and effective supervision based on program, faculty, course structure,
gender and semester. |
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