135 134 Chapter Six: Supporting Postgraduate Students Eleven Practices of Effective Postgraduate Supervisors It is undeniably complex in postgraduate teaching and supervision. The Centre for the Study of Higher Education and the School of Graduate Research at the University of Melbourne (James & Baldwin, 1999) give the following recommendations: • Ensure the partnership is right for the project • Get to know students and carefully assess their needs • Establish reasonable, agreed expectations • Work with students to establish a strong conceptual structure and research plan • Encourage students to write early and often • Initiate regular contact and provide high quality feedback • Get students involved in the life of the department • Inspire and motivate • Help if academic and personal crises crop up • Take an active interest in students’ future careers • Carefully monitor the final production and presentation of the research Supervisors who wish to brush up skills of supervising research students and have ongoing teaching development could enroll in the online program “Supervising Doctoral Studies” offered by the HKUST Center for Education Innovation, where self-study and online materials are available. You may refer to this website for more details: http://cei.ust.hk/professional-developmentdemand-online-seminars Reference James, R. & Baldwin, G. (1999). Eleven practices of effective postgraduate supervisors. Centre for the Study of Higher Education and the School of Graduate Research, University of Melbourne. Retrieved from http://www.lcad.icmc.usp.br/~buscaglia/links/ sistcient/11practices.pdf Chapter Six: Supporting Postgraduate Students “ Those nominated should be effective advisors who facilitate degree completion, model sound scholarship and ethical behaviour, help students understand and benefit from departmental and university resources, provide emotional support, offer constructive criticisms and involve students in publishing and other professional activities. ” Utah State University, Outstanding Graduate Mentor of the Year Award
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