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TEHE6040

Supervision and Mentoring

10 Units 6000 Level Course

Available in 2012

Callaghan CampusSemester 2

Previously offered in 2013, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005

Research supervision is a form of teaching, and just like teaching, it is a complex process. For career-long growth, supervisors need to see learning to supervise as an ongoing, challenging process. It’s impossible to know everything about supervising well, so look forward to a life time of learning about this extremely important academic role. With this in mind, as you work through the content in this course you are asked to focus on two key questions:

1) how will you continue to professionally develop in this area once the course is over?

2) how will you continually evaluate and improve your research supervision practice?

The course itself is designed to help you answer those two questions for yourself. The content of the course will introduce you to some of the literature in the field and ask you to engage with this through the module activities and course assessment tasks.

Objectives
The course aims to assist participants to develop an awareness of the scope and expectations associated with both ethical and effective RHD supervision, and to provide opportunities for participants to engage with the literature in this field.

Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:

1. reflect on ways to evaluate and further develop their career and postgraduate research supervision;
2. demonstrate awareness of appropriate institutional policies and processes with regard to effective and efficient completion of higher degrees by research; and
3.develop and articulate a personal and professional philosophy of postgraduate supervision that recognises the importance of the personal relationship in HDR supervision.
Content
The course is based around participation in a variety of workshops associated with RHD supervision. Some of these will be core activities where the University Code of Practice for RHD Candidature will be introduced along with details of guiding policies and processes associated with RHD candidature and supervision. Other workshops will be available in conjunction with the general supervisor training program. These may include workshops on topics such as:

- Defining the doctorate.
- What do we know about good supervisory practice.
- Supervisory roles, responsibilities and relations.
- Interpersonal factors in supervision.
- Issues in diversity.
- Preparing the student: proposals, ethics and research training.
- Facilitating writing.
- Issues in examination.
- Intellectual property and commercialisation.
- Others as requested.
Replacing Course(s)
Not Applicable.
Transition
Not Applicable.
Industrial Experience
0
Assumed Knowledge
TEHE6010 and TEHE6020.
Modes of Delivery
Flexible Delivery / Student Centred Learning
Internal Mode
Teaching Methods
Self Directed Learning
Workshop
Assessment Items
Essays / Written Assignments
The assessment tasks in this course are designed to assist you to engage with your reading, give you insight into the supervision process from different perspectives, and assist you to articulate your own approach to and philosophy of research supervision. Assessment goals, and assessment criteria and grading standards are provided in Blackboard.

1 Module activities
2 Interviews and report
3 Philosophy of supervision statement
Contact Hours
Workshop: for 32 hour(s) per Term for Full Term

Timetables

2012 Course Timetables for TEHE6040