Lessons from Postgraduate Supervision in Two African Universities: An Autoethnographic Account

Autor/in	Daramola, Olawande
Titel	Lessons from Postgraduate Supervision in Two African Universities: An Autoethnographic Account
Quelle	In: Education Sciences, 11 (2021), Artikel 345 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Daramola, Olawande)
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2227-7102
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Graduate Students; Supervision; Computer Science Education; Autobiographies; Ethnography; Reflection; College Faculty; Supervisors; Supervisor Supervisee Relationship; Educational Practices; Writing (Composition); South Africa; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht; Autobiography; Autobiografie; Autobiographie; Ethnografie; Fakultät; Bildungspraxis; Schreibübung; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This paper presents an evocative autoethnographic account of my postgraduate supervision experience in two African institutions while dealing mainly with students in the computing disciplines of Computer Science, Information Systems, and Information Technology. In this paper, the context of the postgraduate supervision, and the lessons learnt are presented based on personal reflection, students' feedback, and retrospective analysis on my activities as an absorbed participant in the supervision process. The reflection of my supervision process offers vital lessons for all supervisors in the developing country context who are torn between the requirements for the student to do quality work and get published in top journals, and the challenges in their operational environment and students' lives. The study also recommends some good practices that could help supervisors that are operating in similar contexts to mine. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01