Dear all,
Thank you David and Jose for recent messages.
Ken wrote on Monday May 4:
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"The special role of the PhD as a teaching license determines several
aspects of the criteria for a PhD. This license covers several kinds
of teaching.
- First, it establishes the expertise of the graduated doctor to
teach the content of a specific subject field.
- Second, it establishes the expertise of the graduated doctor to
teach the research methods of that field.
- Third, it establishes the ability of the graduated doctor to
conduct independent research.
- Fourth, it establishes the ability of the graduated doctor to
supervise research and train researchers."
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Looking at these four teaching criteria, I agree with the first
three. Looking at the comments of Terry, David and Jose, and my own
PhD-experience, the fourth point might need some attention. I'm not
sure if my ability 'to supervise research and train researchers' was
ever supervised or examined during my PhD.
Which universities offer a PhD-supervision course? Some of the topics
in which I would be interested are:
- Different types of PhDs (Experimental, collection of published
papers, historical, practice based, ...);
- How to handle several students with very different backgrounds
and/or very different research methods at the same time;
- How to plan the practical supervision limits (hours/student,
co-authored publications, joined presentations, teaching);
- How to gauge research-progress in different ways;
- How to decide when input is required/necessary/essential;
- How to decide if enough input is provided;
- How to deal with clashes of personalities, cultures, and languages;
- How to decide when to stop and refer to alternative supervision;
- Different types of examinations;
- Time-, resources-, financial management.
Of course, all these topics should be research based and/or 'best
supervisional practice' based. Where can I register?
Kind regards,
Karel.
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