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PhD SUPERVISION COURSE DESIGN: Human Face of the PhD

PhD SUPERVISION COURSE DESIGN: Human Face of the PhD. Leadership style & workload management Thomas, Kwesi & Albert. LEADERSHIP STYLES: Supervisors training. Exposure to various leadership approaches Identification of leadership orientation

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PhD SUPERVISION COURSE DESIGN: Human Face of the PhD

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  1. PhD SUPERVISION COURSE DESIGN:Human Face of the PhD Leadership style & workload management Thomas, Kwesi & Albert

  2. LEADERSHIP STYLES: Supervisors training • Exposure to various leadership approaches • Identification of leadership orientation • To understand the leadership orientation of supervisors • Introduce supervisors to various leadership styles • Improvement of leadership skills for PhD supervision • Activities: • using questionnaires to identify their management orientation • Group discussion • Assessment • Feedback from students through questionnaires

  3. Supervisors training (cont) • Effective communication skill • Improve communication skill of supervisors • Improve supervisor-supervisee relationship • Identify appropriate communication channels • To improve monitoring and feedback on PhD work • Activity • Lecture by communication expert/practitioner • Role-play based on the content of the lecture • Assessment • Feedback from supervisee/supervisor through interaction • Student’s progress report

  4. Supervisors training (cont) • Motivation/encouraging skills • Identify strategies to motivate PhD students • Acquire the relevant motivating skills relevant to PhD supervision • Improve commitment and work rate of students • Identify economic, social and local needs of students • Activities • Lecture by an expert or practitioner • Group work to identify and discuss strategies that relate their context • Develop individual action plan to motivate students • Assessment • Feedback on the progress of students

  5. Supervisors training (cont) • Ethical challenges – abuse and harassment • Identify practical challenges in PhD supervision • Identify various forms or harassment/abuse in PhD supervision • Recommend strategies to promote high ethical standards • Activities • Lecture on code of ethics and ethical issues in PhD supervision • Group discussion to share practical challenges and make recommendations • Individual action plans to achieve high ethical standards • Assessment • Feedback from students • Institutional report on unethical behaviors

  6. Workload Management • Mentoring • To identify potential teaching and research assistants • Train and build capacity of assistants • To reduce workload of supervisors • To allow supervisors to devote more time to PhD supervision • To recommend to management to recruit prepared and tested faculty • Activity • Identify potential teaching and research assistants through personal observation, class participation and academic performance • Formal and informal training of identified assistants • Assessment • Deliverables – ability to perform assigned task

  7. Workload Management (cont) • Team work with colleagues • To promote team supervision • To promote joint teaching and research • To prepare for succession in the absence of supervisor • To promote joint publication • Activity • Identify likeminded, willing and reliable faculty • Share work and interact with each other’s students • Seek direct assistance from colleagues • Joint research work with colleagues and PhD students • Assessment • Joint research output • Progress of jointly supervised work • Feedback from students through deliverables

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