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      Enhancing postgraduate supervision through a process of conversational inquiry

      Spiller, Dorothy; Byrnes, Giselle; Bruce Ferguson, Pip
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       10.1080/07294360.2013.776519
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      Spiller, D., Byrnes, G., & Bruce Ferguson, P. (2011). Enhancing postgraduate supervision through a process of conversational inquiry. Paper presented at the Postgraduate Supervision Conference, 18-21 April, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
      Permanent Research Commons link: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/6942
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      This paper outlines and begins to evaluate a process to build a critical and reflective community of postgraduate supervisors who can develop their supervision practice through reflective conversations, with the sharing of best practice and reference to research-based evidence. In 2009, the initiative of the Postgraduate Supervisors’ Conversations was set up through the collaboration of the Pro-Vice Chancellor (Postgraduate) and the Teaching Development Unit at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. We designed this initiative to complement the compulsory workshops for postgraduate supervisors that are intended to provide foundation skills. We aimed to create a professional development opportunity that could enhance supervisors’ capacity to manage the ongoing interpersonal and academic complexity of the supervision process as well as its dynamic character. This paper outlines the rationale for the Postgraduate Supervisors’ Conversations, describes its implementation and discusses the implications of an initial evaluative focus group discussion with attendees.
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      2011
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      Conference Contribution
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      ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
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