ABSTRACT

Postgraduate education has grown enormously worldwide, which has led to supervisors being expected to take on a supervisor's role immediately upon graduation. But crossing the border from being a doctoral candidate to becoming a doctoral supervisor entails significant shifts in identity and an understanding of postgraduate pedagogy and institutional expectations. This paper argues that supervision development opportunities are crucial, but they need to be contextualised and include critical key agents with some institutional authority if they are to be deemed worthwhile and effect change. An online survey completed by 186 participants from across institutional types and disciplines in South Africa is analysed using Archer's social realism to provide insights into how emerging supervisors are currently supported. The resultant recommendations on supervision development could contribute to more confident border crossing by emerging supervisors.

摘要

研究生教育在世界范围内得到了极大的发展，这促使人们期望主管在毕业后立即担任主管的角色。但是，从成为一名博士候选人到成为一名博士导师跨越国界，必然会使身份发生重大变化，并加深对研究生教育学和机构期望的理解。本文认为，监督发展的机会至关重要，但要视情况而定，并且必须将关键的关键人物与一些机构权限一起使用，才能被认为是有价值的并影响变革。利用Archer的社会现实主义，对来自南非各个机构和学科的186名参与者完成的在线调查进行了分析，以提供有关当前如何支持新兴监管者的见解。