Experiencing Master's Supervision: Perspectives of International Students and Their Supervisors

ISBN-13: 9781138579590 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 240 str.

Nigel Harwood; Bojana Petric

Opis

Master’s degree programmes are on the rise, attracting growing numbers of international students who speak English as a second or additional language This book explores the experiences of supervising and being supervised at Master’s level, charting the difficulties and joys of learning for second language speakers of English, based in a UK university.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Our Study  3. 'This is not my topic but I'll help as much as possible': Jay & Billy's story  4. 'I've not done this before, I want to be told exactly what to do': Victoria and Harriet's story  5. 'And I panicked and I couldn't focus and I felt it all crumbling down on me again!': Laura and Rosie's story  6. 'I had this opportunity. So yes - I took  it': Clara's story  7. 'My objective is not to learn how to work without supervision. My objective is somebody can teach me something': Janet's story  8. Discussion and conclusion  References  Appendices  Appendix A: Sample interview schedule for supervisees  Appendix B: Sample interview schedule for supervisors  Appendix C: Writing log instructions  Appendix D: "Talk aloud" instructions  Appendix E: Information sheet for participants  Appendix F: Coding: independently summarizing interviews  Appendix G: Refining start list of codes: an excerpt from the record of disagreements, problems, and action taken  Appendix H: Examples of refinements of the start list of supervisee codes using Word's Track Changes  Appendix I: Final list of codes: supervisee interviews  Appendix J: Final list of codes: supervisor interviews