Challenges Confronting the Quality of Postgraduate Research Supervision and Its Effects on Time-to-Degree and Throughput Rates: A Case of a South African University

Holtman, Lorna; Mukwada, Geoffrey

doi:10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n6p179

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“…The results revealed that research supervision significantly contributes to the graduate students' progress in public higher institutions of learning. These findings are in alignment with the findings of the previous studies (Chiappetta-Swanson & Watt, 2011;Chireshe, 2012;Holtman & Mukwada, 2014;Van Rensburg, Mayers & Roets, 2016;Akparep, Jengre & Amoah, 2017) that highlight research supervision as a major factor that explains the graduate students' completion and retention rate.…”

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“…The existing literature reveals that research supervision as a critical factor that improves the completion time and attrition rates for university courses where a research project is a requirement (Chiappetta-Swanson & Watt, 2011;Chireshe, 2012;Holtman & Mukwada, 2014;Van Rensburg, Mayers & Roets, 2016;Akparep, Jengre & Amoah, 2017). According to Chiappetta-Swanson and Watt (2011), research supervision can only contribute to the progress of the graduate students when the supervisors provide adequate support and guidance during the research process.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In agreement with Emilsson and Johnson (2007), Chireshe (2012) affirms that effective research supervision requires the supervisors to be wellinformed, available, approachable, supportive, helpful and patient. According to Holtman and Mukwada (2014), the way that the supervisors perceive their role and responsibilities, the approaches that they adopt and the constraints they encounter determines the quality of the supervision. To enhance the research supervision, Chireshe recommends regular graduate research seminars.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…To enhance the research supervision, Chireshe recommends regular graduate research seminars. Holtman and Mukwada (2014), on the other hand, emphasized that effective supervision is not only determined by the supervisors' understanding of their role and the way that they engage with their role. Institutional factors such as the supervisory approaches, the use of student support facilities within and outside the university, co-supervision and financial support also play a part.…”

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This study investigated research supervision as a key factor in the progression of graduate students in the public higher institutions of learning in Uganda. A cross-sectional survey design was used to conduct the study. A total of 312 graduate students on masters' degree programs were randomly selected from 4 public institutions of higher learning. The study also included 20 research supervisors who were conveniently selected and 4 purposively selected graduate school heads. A self-administered structured questionnaire was used to collect the data from the students. The supervisors and research school heads were interviewed. The ordered logistic regression and content analysis methods of data analysis were used to establish the contribution of research supervision to the graduate students’ progression. The findings revealed that the supervisor-supervisee relationship, supervisor guidance and feedback are significant antecedents of the graduate students’ progression. The study thus concluded that public institutions of higher learning institute mechanisms that address the supervisor-supervisee relationship, supervisor guidance and the promptness of any feedback in order to enhance the students’ progression. The study recommends that public institutions of higher learning institute i) annual training programs that focus on promoting a good relationship between supervisors and supervisees, ii) regular research seminars that bring together the supervisors and supervisees and iii) regular meetings between the administration, research supervisors and supervisees in order to review the students’ progress. The institutions should also emphasize adherence to the policy of giving feedback on the students’ research work within set time frames.

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“…The outcome also indicates that students are likely to have problems of conducting useful scientific research which might be the reason students are having challenges in postgraduate studies across the globe (Holtman & Mukwada, 2014;Oni, Onyenania, & Momoh, 2017;Talebloo & Baki, 2013). To be successful in postgraduate studies in universities requires that students must be able to conduct a research study independently with little or no supervision.…”

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Assessment of Scientific Literacy Skills of College of Education Students in Nigeria

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Opeyemi²,

Olu³

2020

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The study randomly sampled one hundred and thirty-three integrated science students of a College of Education to assess their scientific literacy skills. The study was a survey design method. Data for the study was obtained through both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The research instruments were the Scientific Literacy Skills Test (SLST) and a semi-structured interview protocol. Eight skills were investigated which were grouped into three clusters. The study provided answers to three research questions. Data obtained were analyzed using the statistical tools of the t-test, descriptive statistics and thematic coding. Findings showed that students did not possess the scientific literacy skills required for them to function effectively after graduation in society. Besides, male students possessed more scientific literacy skills than their female counterparts in all three clusters of skills examined. Also, finding revealed that students used scientific literacy skills to solve real-life problems such as taking decisions and solving security problems. The paper made some recommendations for further study to enhance students' scientific literacy skills.

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Challenges Confronting the Quality of Postgraduate Research Supervision and Its Effects on Time-to-Degree and Throughput Rates: A Case of a South African University

Abstract: Quality of academic research supervision is one of the major determinants of time-to

Cited by 5 publications

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Research Supervision as an Antecedent to Graduate Student Progression in the Public Higher Institutions of Learning in Uganda

Research Supervision as an Antecedent to Graduate Student Progression in the Public Higher Institutions of Learning in Uganda

Assessment of Scientific Literacy Skills of College of Education Students in Nigeria

Supervisory Relationships with Co-supervisors

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