A review of effective doctoral supervision: what is it and how can we achieve it?

Masek, Alias and Alias, Maizam (2020) A review of effective doctoral supervision: what is it and how can we achieve it? Universal Journal of Educational Research, 8 (6). pp. 2493-2500. ISSN 2332-3213

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Abstract

The success of doctoral students greatly depends on effective supervision. Many factors however, are involved in ensuring effective supervision. This study identifies the different definitions of effective supervisions, types of doctoral outcomes and the associated factors that contribute to these outcomes, with a view of proposing a framework to achieve the goal of effective supervision. A systematic review was conducted on published articles from the year 2000 to the year 2018. The documents were selected based on the three major components of doctoral supervision namely, management system, students and supervisor, thus framing the systematic review. The review resulted in several key findings namely, definitions, domains of doctoral outcomes and factors that can potentially contribute to doctoral outcomes. Diverse definitions of effective supervision were observed; often associated with self-development, professional growth and career development of doctoral students. Four domains of doctoral outcomes were identified: knowledge-base, research skills, attitudes and professional skills. Factors that influence doctoral outcomes include environment, attitude and aptitude of doctoral students, and experience and training of supervisors. The findings of this review provide useful information for guiding the implementation of an effective supervision framework.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Doctoral Studies; Effective Supervision; Research Supervision; Postgraduate Supervision; Supervision Theory; Systematic Review
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General) > R735-854 Medical education. Medical schools. Research R Medicine > R Medicine (General) > R855-855.5 Medical technology
Divisions:	Faculty of Technical and Vocational Education > Department of Professional Education and Postgraduates
Depositing User:	Miss Afiqah Faiqah Mohd Hafiz
Date Deposited:	27 Jan 2022 06:52
Last Modified:	27 Jan 2022 06:52
URI:	http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/id/eprint/6248

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