Good Supervisor

GINA WISKER is Head of the Centre for Learning and Teaching at the University of Brighton, UK. She has worked in educational development for over 25 years, and in 2005 was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship for her work in learning support. She is the author of The Undergraduate Research Handbook and The Postgraduate Research Handbook.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionPART I: FIRST STAGES OF RESEARCH SUPERVISION GETTING STARTEDSupervision and Research Learning: Differences and IssuesSupervisors and Sustainability: Working Together in Supervisory Teams, Networks, Fora, Communities and Development programmesEstablishing and Maintaining Good Supervisory PracticesPART II: ESTABLISHING RESEARCH PROCESSES AND PRACTICESDefining Titles, Research Questions, Conceptual Frameworks, and Developing ProposalsEnabling Students to Carry Out a Successful Literature Review/Theoretical Perspectives ChapterMethodology, Methods and EthicsSupervisory DialoguesEncouraging Good WritingPART III: WORKING WITH STUDENTS ISSUES FOR SUPERVISORSHelping Students to Help Themselves and Each OtherDealing with Difference: Working with Different Kinds of Learners and Learning StylesSupervising International and Culturally Diverse Students: Cross-Cultural IssuesStudy and Support at a Distance and For Part-Time StudentsGender, Culture, Age and Research StudiesA Little too Close to Home: Supervising your Colleagues and/or Other Practice/Professional-based ResearchNew Ways: Supervising Creative Research Work and the PhD by PublicationMaintaining Momentum: Linking Quality and Wellbeing Through Transfer, Progress Reports, Changing Supervisors, and Any DifficultiesPART IV:MANAGING THE RESEARCH PROCESS TO COMPLETION AND BEYONDWriting Up the Thesis or Dissertation – Quality and StandardsThe Examination Process and ExaminersSupporting Students Towards a Successful PhD VivaSupporting Your Student Post Viva/ExamLife After the Research Project: Sharing Research, Presentations, Publications, Identifying Postgraduate/Graduate Outcomes, and Research Capacity BuildingReferencesIndex.

'I recommend this book as the most up-to-date, topical and easy to comprehend guide on the subject of supervision.' - Professor Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt, Griffith University, Australia "This book plainly affords outstanding preparation for the role of PhD supervisor." The Teacher training Journal