Dear Johann,
Thanks for clarifying. What you are describing is very interesting, probably I will have more questions when I find the time.
Ali
> On 4 Jul 2018, at 10:31, Johann van der Merwe <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Ali
> Good point(s) ...
>
> We taught "research methods" from year 1 through to the final 4th year
> (BTech = honours level), increasing the level of complexity with each year,
> until a BTech research proposal looks and reads very much like a masters
> level one ...
> With the masters level students we imported experts in research methodology
> (besides our own group & one-on-one classes) to focus especially on
> writing-for-publication, since our own students (who had come up from 1st
> year) already knew the basics by heart ... and the external supervisors
> could often not tell the difference between a masters and a doctoral
> research proposal.
>
> The "two years of solid research and methods training" you mentioned ...
> break that down into digestible sections, stretch it backwards to first
> year, and re-write the programme ... by the time a PhD student writes a
> research proposal no additional training should be needed, unless
> specialised knowledge is deemed necessary, in which case the students
> themselves identify that field(s) of knowledge, knows where (and who from)
> to get it, and sets out a programme of action in the proposal itself.
>
> Johann
>
>
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> Dr. Johann van der Merwe
> Independent Design Researcher
>
>
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