Good ideas, Terry! Thank you.
I am also imagining firing all the 'unethical' (thanks Kerry) supervisors. just imagine the rescources that get freed up and put into very good use for the self-supervised and the necessarily supervised research trained phds?
yours, rosan
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Von: Terence Love <[log in to unmask]>
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Datum: 27.04.2005 11:35
Betreff: Re: Imagine doing a phd without supervisor
> Hi Rosan, Ken, gk, Tim, Susan and all,
> One simple, straightforward and now well-tested strategy that addresses
> many of the problem issues of PhDs is to establish competency-based
> criteria at detail and general levels for specific PhD areas. This approach
> has now been in place for some time in ESRC funded PhD research in the UK.
> Its central advantage is that the skills and scope of what is expected of a
> PhD are clear - and the process for establishing these competency-based
> performance indicators together with their evaluation can be made
> transparent. It can also be undertaken in an intelligent peer reviewed
> fashion independent of individual PhD candidates studies and assessment. It
> provides a clear approach to addressing six problem areas: size and scope
> of PhDs; what employers can expect of someone with a PhD; quality of PhD
> supervision; content of PhD supervisor training; evaluation/certification
> of supervisors and PhD examiners; examination and evaluation fo PhDs.
> The competency-based approach has other benefits: it opens up the physical
> possibilities for demonstrating PhD competence; it facilitates the
> transition to commodifying PhD and other forms of doctoral education.
>
> Gk,
> In terms of your 10 dimensions, there is one web-based approach that I feel
> would help. Around 5 years ago, I obtained funding for the development of
> an onlimne research methods database for Management Information Systems
> researchers and PhD candidates. This was produced for internal use within
> Edith Cowan University. I had a research assistant identify a large number
> of online advice sources for research and analystical methods appropriate
> to MIS research along with sites that gave advice on theory perspctives,
> epistemological issues etc. This was built into an online database (with e
> admin/update/ user management infrastructure) that provided an easy to
> access 'one-stop shop' across the research techniques front. It increased
> the efficiency and effectiveness of researchers, PhD candidates and
> supervisors and contributed to high levels of research outcomes. Building a
> similar system would be very straightforward across the design fields ( -
> all 650 plus of them). All that is needed is funding. I have the software
> code. Anyone out there with cash?
>
> Best regards,
> Terry
>
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> Dr. Terence Love
> Curtin Research Fellow
> Design-focused Research Group
> Curtin University
> Western Australia
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