EDPR 6001 - Research Higher
Degree Supervision
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Dr Cynthia Nelson and Professor Keith Trigwell |
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Please note:
Satisfactorily completing this unit of study (EDPR 6001: Research Higher Degree Supervision) is one way to fulfil the University’s requirements for being placed on the supervisor register. (For more details, see 6.3 of the document entitled ‘Postgraduate Higher Degree Training Supervision at the University of Sydney’, which can be found online at http://www.usyd.edu.au/ab/policies/PG_Rsch_Hghr_Dgree_Train_Sprvsn.pdf.)
However, the preferred route to being placed on the register is to complete the online Development Program for Research Supervision. For more details, see http://www.itl.usyd.edu.au/supervision/isp/intro.cfm.
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| Unit outline: |
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This unit aims to provide professional and scholarly
academic development and training in research higher degree supervision
through a flexible learning mode. You will gain most from it if you are actively
engaged in the supervision of research students or contemplate
being so in the near future. The unit is also designed to support
you in developing a coherent and scholarly account of your practice
as a supervisor. It introduces you to the scholarly literature
on postgraduate pedagogy and supervision development in order for
you to take a pro-active approach to the challenges and changes
in the relationship. The unit also helps to develop your skills
as a research higher degree supervisor and provides you with opportunities
to practise those skills.
The unit also builds on the work you would have encountered in
the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies (Higher Education) course. It extends the work of critical reflection, academic professionalism
and student-focused approaches to learning in the context of your
role as a supervisor, and the role of research supervision more
generally. By the end of the unit, you will have understood the
necessity in taking a critically reflective approach to your supervision
practice.
