Postgraduate Supervision: E-Mail as an Alternative

Autor/inn/en	White, Toy; Coetzee, Elsabe
Titel	Postgraduate Supervision: E-Mail as an Alternative
Quelle	In: Africa Education Review, 11 (2014) 4, S.658-673 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1814-6627
DOI	10.1080/18146627.2014.935010
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Graduate Students; Supervision; Higher Education; Electronic Mail; Doctoral Dissertations; Distance Education; Computer Mediated Communication; Teacher Student Relationship; Qualitative Research; Data Collection; Questionnaires; Student Satisfaction; Educational Benefits; Outcomes of Education; Feedback (Response); Preferences; South Africa; Zambia; Zimbabwe + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Elektronischer Briefkasten; Doctoral dissertation; Doctoral thesis; Doctoral theses; Dissertationsschrift; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Computerkonferenz; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Qualitative Forschung; Data capture; Datensammlung; Fragebogen; Bildungsertrag; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik; Sambia; Simbabwe
Abstract	Supervisors at higher education institutions cannot ignore the possibilities created by technology, and for the sake of this article, e-mail, as an aid for supervision on postgraduate level. After completing the modules for the Magister Technologiae (M Tech): Education qualification, students are required to complete a dissertation of limited scope. Many of these students cannot visit their supervisors on a regular basis, because of the time and costs involved in travelling far distances. The only time when some academics meet the students is when they attend the workshops on proposal writing. In this article the authors argue that e-mail supported supervision should be considered as an alternative to traditional one-on-one supervision. The research on which this article is based followed a qualitative design. Data were collected by means of open-ended questionnaires which were sent by e-mail to the participants and their responses were e-mailed back to the authors. The findings indicate the satisfaction of the students with e-mail supervision which enabled them to complete their studies in the prescribed time. The use of e-mail in supervision was found to create opportunities for further study even on postgraduate level. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01