Confident Supervisors: Creating Independent Researchers
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Susan Gasson, James Cook University
Christine Bruce, Queensland University of Technology
Ian Stoodley, Queensland University of Technology
Jillian Blacker, Queensland University of Technology
Abigail Winter, Queensland University of Technology
Copyright Year: 2023
Last Update: 2024
Publisher: James Cook University
Language: English
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CC BY-NC-SA
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgement of Country
- About the Authors and Editors
- Preface
- Introduction
- Higher Degree Researcher Reflections
- Collaborative Approaches
- Capacity Building
- Diverse Research Environments
- Future Focus
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- Accessibility Statement
- Version History
Ancillary Material
Submit ancillary resourceAbout the Book
Confident Supervisors is intended to be both a textbook and a professional development resource for Higher Degree Research supervisors and researcher developers involved in providing workshops and resources to support research supervisors in their practice. Throughout this book, authors introduce different theoretical frameworks and concepts to provide supervisors with tools and strategies for responding to the challenges and opportunities associated with research supervision. It contains chapters written by current supervisors and research support partners who are engaged in the scholarship of supervision and can share the practical and theoretical constructs they employ in their practice. The authors have been drawn from a broad range of higher education and research contexts and contribute understandings of local and global relevance. This openly available eBook responds to turbulent times in higher education, offering practical tips and suggestions for supervisors to pivot to changing contexts.
About the Contributors
Authors
Susan Gasson’s research focuses on research education and development, research collaboration, and employability. Adopting qualitative approaches including narrative inquiry her research has benefited from years spent working in higher education, and building strong national and global networks. She held the role of Coordinator HDR Advisor Development, Graduate Research School, James Cook University while writing for and editing this book. She is a Senior Fellow of Advance HE.
Christine Bruce’s research and scholarship is focused on information literacy, higher education learning and teaching, postgraduate study and supervision and research collaboration. She regularly presents keynote addresses on these matters. Her research is multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary stemming from an interpretivist qualitative research perspective informed by phenomenography and phenomenographic pedagogy. Christine is a Principal Fellow of Advance HE and a member of the International Federation of National Teaching Fellows.
Ian Stoodley's is an information manager, higher education researcher and project manager. He has managed libraries and trained librarians in Australia, Cameroon, France, Kosovo, Tajikistan and Yemen. His research has embraced the experience of learning, higher degree research supervision, information technology research, and professional ethics. His project management has included multi-institution, nationally funded projects investigating the student experience and institutional practices aimed at enhancing that experience.
Jill Blacker is an innovative administrative manager with over 15 years’ experience in the higher education sector working across many different areas including action research projects focused on the widening participation agenda. She has extensive experience providing support to researchers, supervisors, and academic leaders on all aspects of higher degree research; and has a proven track record of resolving complex cases to ensure mutually agreeable outcomes. She is a confident mentor and coach and has been drawn to learning about mental health practices and strategies to provide support to researchers and supervisors. Building relationships and working collaboratively and creatively is a key component of her professional practice. She is a Fellow of Advance HE.
Abbe Winter is a results-driven writing specialist, collaborative mentor, and independent researcher, skilled in the analysis of words and data for user needs. Abbe is a researcher trainer, leader, and mentor, with over 20 years’ experience in quality assurance, and change and project management. While her PhD focused on what helps workers in higher education cope with large-scale organisational change, and she was part of the small team that created and developed the concept of academagogy (the scholarly leadership of learning), her more recent research has focussed upon professional identity, developing writing skills, and reflective practice.