Experiencing Master's Supervision : Perspectives of international students and their supervisors Hardback

by Nigel (University of Sheffield, UK.) Harwood, Bojana Petric

Part of the Routledge Research in Higher Education series

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Masterâ€™s degree programmes are on the rise, attracting growing numbers of international students who speak English as a second or additional language.

Experiencing Masterâ€™s Supervision: Perspectives of International Students and their Supervisors explores the experiences of supervising and being supervised at Masterâ€™s level, charting the difficulties and joys of learning for second language speakers of English while based at a UK university.

The authors report the findings of a year of studying both supervisees and their supervisors in four different departments in the social sciences and humanities at a UK research-intensive university.

Using a multiple case study approach, and examining supervision in its natural context, this book presents rich descriptions of five case studies: three student-supervisor dyads and two cases of individual students.

Analysing rich, first-hand narratives, chapters identify key aspects of satisfaction and dissatisfaction through the eyes of the participants, focusing upon expectations, supervision styles, feedback and studentsâ€™ support networks, and discussing the broader implications for university and departmental policy makers, responsible for guidelines and requirements.

This book contains important insights into the supervisory experience at Masterâ€™s level and will appeal to researchers, academics and postgraduate students in the fields of higher education, TESOL, TEFL/TESL and applied linguistics.

This book will also be a useful resource for supervisors, leaders of training sessions for supervisors, and for postgraduate directors and teaching committees at universities who develop supervisory guidelines and preparatory sessions for Masterâ€™s students.