Journal article
2 - Enhancing Doctoral Supervision Practices in Africa: Reflection on the CARTA Approach
Journal of higher education in Africa, v 15(2)
11 Jan 2022
Abstract
High quality research supervision is crucial for PhD training, yet it continues to pose challenges globally with important contextual factors impacting the quality of supervision. This article reports on responses to these challenges by a multi-institutional sub-Saharan Africa initiative (CARTA) at institutional, faculty and PhD fellow levels. The article describes the pedagogical approaches and structural mechanisms used to enhance supervision among supervisors of CARTA fellows. These include residential training for supervisors, and supervision contracts between primary supervisors and PhD fellows. The authors reflect on the processes and experiences of improving PhD supervision, and suggest research questions that CARTA and other training programmes could pursue in relation to PhD supervision in Africa and other lower- and middle-income countries.
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- Title
- 2 - Enhancing Doctoral Supervision Practices in Africa: Reflection on the CARTA Approach
- Creators
- Sharon FonnAlex EzehOma EgesahDonald C. ColeChimaraoke IzugbaraGöran BondjersLenore Manderson - University of the Witwatersrand
- Publication Details
- Journal of higher education in Africa, v 15(2)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Community Health and Prevention
- Other Identifier
- 991021889478804721