TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving doctoral success by matching PhD students with supervisors
AU - Orellana, Martha L.
AU - Darder, Antònia
AU - Pérez, Adolfina
AU - Salinas, Jesús
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - A key aspect of the effective supervision of PhD research is the supervisor-student relationship. This interaction is affected by the characteristics and needs of students and institutional conditions, as well as the skills, attitudes, and roles of supervisors and their supervisory styles. When supervision is carried out at a distance, it entails an additional challenge, mainly concerning interaction. The purpose of this study is to improve the research process, supervision, and design of virtual environments in order to support this supervision. The study identifies the supervisory relationships that affect doctoral research conducted at a distance from the student's academic institution. It also describes how students and their supervisors perceived the characteristics of supervision and the skills and attitudes students perceived in and expected from their supervisors. For data collection, semistructured interviews were used. The results indicate important differences between supervisors' perceptions concerning their own role and students' needs regarding supervision, and they demonstrate the importance of attending to student needs and, on the part of supervisors, exercising responsibility in the development of research competencies in students, as is the case of independence of criteria and autonomy.
AB - A key aspect of the effective supervision of PhD research is the supervisor-student relationship. This interaction is affected by the characteristics and needs of students and institutional conditions, as well as the skills, attitudes, and roles of supervisors and their supervisory styles. When supervision is carried out at a distance, it entails an additional challenge, mainly concerning interaction. The purpose of this study is to improve the research process, supervision, and design of virtual environments in order to support this supervision. The study identifies the supervisory relationships that affect doctoral research conducted at a distance from the student's academic institution. It also describes how students and their supervisors perceived the characteristics of supervision and the skills and attitudes students perceived in and expected from their supervisors. For data collection, semistructured interviews were used. The results indicate important differences between supervisors' perceptions concerning their own role and students' needs regarding supervision, and they demonstrate the importance of attending to student needs and, on the part of supervisors, exercising responsibility in the development of research competencies in students, as is the case of independence of criteria and autonomy.
KW - Distance supervision
KW - PhD supervision
KW - Postgraduate research supervision
KW - Supervisor attitudes and roles
KW - Supervisor-student relationship
KW - Supervisory styles
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M3 - Artículo Científico
AN - SCOPUS:84960457593
SN - 1556-8881
VL - 11
SP - 87
EP - 103
JO - International Journal of Doctoral Studies
JF - International Journal of Doctoral Studies
ER -