The Good Supervisor: Supervising Postgraduate and Undergraduate Research for Doctoral Theses and Dissertations (Macmillan Research Skills)

Provides help for those wanting to develop strategies for effective supervision with a diversity of students on a wide variety of research projects, whether at postgraduate or undergraduate level. Fully updated second edition includes new content on cultural supervision, online distance supervision, and sustaining research networks. Cover Contents Acknowledgements 1 Introduction Part 1 First Stages of Research Supervision – Getting Started 2 Supervision and research learning: differences and issues 3 Supervisors and sustainability: working together in supervisory teams, networks, fora, communities and development programmes 4 Establishing and maintaining good supervisory practices Part 2 Establishing Research Processes and Practices 5 Defining titles, research questions, conceptual frameworks, and developing proposals 6 Enabling students to carry out a successful literature review/theoretical perspectives chapter 7 Methodology, methods and ethics 8 Supervisory dialogues 9 Encouraging good writing Part 3 Working with Students – Issues for Supervisors 10 Helping students to help themselves and each other 11 Dealing with difference: working with different kinds of learners and learning styles 12 Supervising international and culturally diverse students: cross-cultural issues 13 Study and support at a distance and for part-time students 14 Gender, culture, age and research studies 15 A little too close to home: supervising your colleagues and/or other practice/professional-based research 16 New ways: supervising creative research work and the PhD by publication 17 Maintaining momentum: linking quality and wellbeing – through transfer, progress reports, changing supervisors, and any difficulties Part 4 Managing the Research Process to Completion and Beyond 18 Writing up the thesis or dissertation – quality and standards 19 The examination process and examiners 20 Supporting students towards a successful PhD viva 21 Supporting your student post viva/exam 22 Life after the research project: sharing research, presentations, publications, identifying post-graduate/graduate outcomes, and research capacity building References Index Machine generated contents note: AcknowledgementsIntroductionPART I: FIRST STAGES OF RESEARCH SUPERVISIONThe Role of Supervision and Early Research into the PracticeSupervision DifferencesSupervisors Studying: Development ProgrammesEstablishing and Maintaining Good Supervisory PracticesPART II: ESTABLISHING RESEARCH PROCESSES AND PRACTICESDefining Titles, Research Questions, Conceptual Frameworks and Developing ProposalsEnabling Students to Carry Out a Successful Literature Review and a Theoretical Perspectives ChapterMethodology, Methods and EthicsSupervisory DialoguesEncouraging Good WritingPART III: WORKING WITH STUDENTS - ISSUES FOR SUPERVISORSHelping Students to Help Themselves and Each OtherDealing with Difference: Working with Different Kinds of Learners and Learning StylesSupervising International StudentsStudy and Support at a DistanceGender and Research StudiesA Little too Close to Home: Supervising your Colleagues and/or Other Practice/Professional-based ResearchNew Ways: Supervising Creative Research Work and the PhD by PublicationPART IV:MOMENTUM, COMPLETION AND AFTERWARDS-SUSTAINING RESEARCH COMMUNITIESMaintaining MomentumWriting a Quality Dissertation or ThesisThe Examination Process and ExaminersSupporting Students Towards a Successful PhD VivaSupporting your Student post Viva/ExamLife after ResearchReferencesIndex. This engaging book outlines effective strategies for supervising students on a wide variety of research projects, whether at undergraduate or postgraduate level. It covers each stage of the research journey and provides guidance on working with students to define research topics, select appropriate methodologies, write up theses and prepare for the viva. It also supports supervisors in establishing and maintaining good supervisory practices, and shows how supervisors can help students to help themselves.This will be essential reading for supervisors of undergraduate or postgraduate research projects, dissertations and theses. It is also an ideal resource for student researchers looking to get the most out of their relationship with their supervisor.New to this Edition:- New content on cross-cultural supervision, online distance supervision and sustaining research communities and networks "Provides help for those wanting to develop strategies for effective supervision with a diversity of students on a wide variety of research projects, whether at postgraduate or undergraduate level"-- Provided by publisher