Novice Doctoral Supervision in South Africa: An Autoethnographic Approach

Autor/in	Makoni, Patricia Lindelwa
Titel	Novice Doctoral Supervision in South Africa: An Autoethnographic Approach
Quelle	In: International Journal of Higher Education, 11 (2022) 2, S.135-142 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1927-6044
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Foreign Countries; Novices; Doctoral Students; Doctoral Dissertations; Supervision; Supervisors; Supervisory Training; Mentors; Academic Standards; Autobiographies; Ethnography; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Doctoral studies; Doctorate studies; Student; Students; Doctoral candidate; Doktorandenprogramm; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Doktorand; Doktorandin; Doctoral dissertation; Doctoral thesis; Doctoral theses; Dissertationsschrift; Autobiography; Autobiografie; Autobiographie; Ethnografie; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This paper presents an autoethnographic, narrative analysis through self-reflection of my own personal transition from doctoral student to doctoral supervisor. An evaluation of the importance of the PhD in South Africa, the role of doctoral supervisors, and characteristics of good supervisors was undertaken; against which my personal experience was assessed. This paper was important in challenging whether institutions of higher learning in the country are adequately preparing young academics to become independent, effective doctoral supervisors. Some of my recommendations include the need for universities to come up with PhD supervision development programmes, as well as to consider alternative supervision models so as to facilitate mentorship of new doctoral supervisors, to ensure the attainment of PhD standards. The limitations of this paper are that, the researcher and subject, are one and the same person, hence there may be concerns of objectivity. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01