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EFFECTIVE SUPERVISION

EFFECTIVE SUPERVISION. Ismail Said (PhD) Academic Manager Generic Program School of Graduate Studies UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA 17 th July 2014. Why we need to supervise PG candidates?. To produce scholars and scientific publications. Key Performance (Amal) Indicators. How to act?

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EFFECTIVE SUPERVISION

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  1. EFFECTIVE SUPERVISION Ismail Said (PhD) Academic Manager Generic Program School of Graduate Studies UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA 17th July 2014

  2. Why we need to supervise PG candidates? To produce scholars and scientific publications

  3. Key Performance (Amal) Indicators

  4. How to act? To produce scholars: A Journey CP2 JP1 JP2 JP3 CP1 CP3 CP4 Day 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 1 Research Conceptualization; Preparation of Research Proposal; Literature Review, Problem Definition Data collection and analysis Thesis writing Viva-voce Submit thesis

  5. How to act? • To succeed in completing a PhD is to be consistent and focus. (Read Uncharted Path) • PhD is an experiential process on how to do research. Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you want. Failure is not just acceptable, it is often essential. (Read The Last Lecture)

  6. How to act?Read novels and non-fiction literature • Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson • The Price of Civilization by Jeffery Sachs • The Kite Runner by KhaledHosseini • The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch • Growing up in Terengganu by AwangGoneng • The Borderless World by Kenichi Ohmae • The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman • Uncharted Path by Lee Myung-bak

  7. How to act?Motivation Tips • Watch what they do, not what they say (Read The Last Lecture) • Tell the truth (You are at the driver seat, I only give direction.) • Give your student a gift when he or she attained a milestone. Encourage him or her to self-reward himself or herself. • Ask the right questions • Participate in student’s field study and conference

  8. TokenismGive your student a gift when he or she attained a milestone.(Read Three Cups of Tea) If you wish to get this as Hari Raya gift, present to me your research progress before 28 July.

  9. How to act?Regular Discussion

  10. Participate in student’s field study and conference

  11. How to act?Scheduled Planning • Start by sitting together (min. 11 discussions per semester) • Appoint a representative to organize the discussion • Inform students on your monthly or weekly schedule through email or Facebook • Ask students to present their study progress chart

  12. How to act?Create pressure releasing-valve Eat, eat and thanking

  13. How to act?Create pressure releasing-valve A discourse at Taman Tropika in UTM

  14. How to act?Create pressure releasing-valve

  15. How to act?Create pressure releasing-valve: add humors and jokes Dear PG Students, Towards the end of semester, most of you be occupied with your progress report, chapter writing, or thesis submission. Take a step at a time. Allocate enough time to produce a concise and accurate thesis. Keep cool!

  16. How to act?Create pressure releasing-valve: add humors and jokes Dear All,ANALOGY Your research work is truly dear to you. You always keep it closed to you like this mother green dove (pigeon) attending her chicks. You only let it go when you completed its submission to SPS. For now, keep it warm in your heart. Ha Ha.

  17. How to act?Create pressure releasing-valve: add humors and jokes Writing a thesis is composing your findings into a logical pattern of regularity. It may resemble how a chef preparing mee hoon goreng..Ha ha.

  18. How to act?Post on upcoming conferences, talks, seminars and colloquia

  19. How to act?Create a research group Facebook Muhammad I. B Mib Hmm this is a local delicacy called Dankuwa, it is made from roasted corn and groundnut. Arc Abubakar Isah Is it peculiar to the community or the Nupes in general?

  20. How to act?Student’s notes in FB • I thought i share with all of you a video about the community garden at my site in TTDI,KL. Enjoy and have a good day! • Announcement: Norfadzila got an invitation from Prof John Horton to publish a chapter in Geographies of Children and Young People. Horton is the editor of Children's Geographies, Taylor and Francis, and a professor from Northhampton Uni. Congratulations.

  21. Additional Tips • Inform student’s spouse on what is a PhD study • Never give up • Spend 8 hrs a day and 5 days a week on your research • Create a filing system • Create a reading log to synthesize materials that you have reviewed • Begin writing your paper in first semester

  22. How to act? Weekly discussion

  23. STRATEGIES FOR GETTING GOT • Aware of the procedures Notification of thesis submission (3 months) Schedule / Plan of proofreading Appointment of Examiners (JAPSU) Thesis submission for examination Correction Viva - VOCE Senate committee approval GRADUATION Resubmission

  24. What a supervisor has to remind himself often? I am enabling the dream of my students who are chasing their dreams. (Read Uncharted Path) You will see the rainbow after the storm has passed. (Read Uncharted Path) When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

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