‘There are other people out there!’ Successful postgraduate peer groups and research communities at a New Zealand university

Recent research has highlighted the various benefits of postgraduate peer support, including timely degree completion. This article describes and considers an initiative that sought to manufacture postgraduate peer-support groups and communities at a New Zealand university. It intends to further understanding of this area and, in particular, to discuss positive characteristics of postgraduate peer groups and the role of the institution in supporting them. Drawing on interviews with 12 postgraduate peer leaders, key findings include: the possibility of manufacturing peer-support groups, with a legitimising function coming from overt institutional support; that peer groups can be made up of students from across a wide range of postgraduate courses and disciplines; that, given an open mandate from the institution, peer leaders can contribute to the challenge of creating a positive research community; and that a collaborative institution-wide approach to postgraduate support provision is achievable.     

Master’s thesis projects: student perceptions of supervisor feedback

A growing body of research has investigated student perceptions of written feedback in higher education coursework, but few studies have considered feedback perceptions in one-on-one and face-to-face contexts such as master’s thesis projects. In this article, student perceptions of feedback are explored in the context of the supervision of master’s thesis projects, using review studies with respect to effective feedback in coursework situations. Online questionnaires were administered to collect data from three cohorts of master’s students who were either working on their thesis or had recently finished it (N?=?1016). The results of the study indicate that students perceive the focus of feedback in terms of a focus on task and self-regulation; they perceive the goal-relatedness of feedback in terms of feed up (goal-setting) and feed back-forward (how am I going and where to next?); and elaboration of feedback is perceived in terms of positive and negative feedback. Furthermore, students that perceive the feedback to be positive, and to provide information on how they are going and what next steps to take, are the most satisfied with their supervision and perceive they are learning most from their supervisor. The findings are discussed in relation to findings in coursework settings, and are explained using goal orientation theories.     

经管类研究生创新能力培养新模式研究

分析制约经管类专业研究生创新能力培养的主要因素,探讨产学研合作对经管类专业研究生创新能力培养的作用,提出“1＋PIE”经管类专业研究生创新能力培养新模式,并对该模式的实施进行分析,最后提出利用产学研合作提升经管类专业研究生创新能力的对策建议。     

Characteristics of the research supervision of postgraduate teachers’ action research

Today, many institutions of higher education support students in conducting practice-oriented research. This research refers to a broad array of approaches geared toward practitioners’ practice. The supervision of such research is of crucial importance, but little is known about its nature and characteristics. This study examined what research supervisors and postgraduate, in-service teacher students perceive are key elements of successful action research supervision. Four action research supervisors and eight postgraduate students were interviewed. Data were analysed by using theory and empirical data. Findings reveal 24 key elements of action research supervision, which refer to supervisors’ (1) skills in supporting knowledge development through and about action research and creating a supportive environment for developing knowledge, (2) knowledge and expertise in supervising action research, (3) attitude in the supervision of action research and (4) the motives driving supervisors’ actions in the student-supervisor relationship.     

Using Chinese knowledge in internationalising research education: Jacques Rancière,an ignorant supervisor and doctoral students from China

The problematic of the research reported in this paper, namely the place of Chinese knowledge in educational research in Australia provides an opportunity to use Rancière’s work to rethink the place of ignorance in the supervisory pedagogies used in internationalising education. Because its scope and character is quite variable, consideration is given to four heterogeneous but interdependent approaches to deciding what counts as ignorance. This raises several important theoretical and pedagogical questions about the correspondence between economic power, what we know and what we do with our ignorance; the agency of international students in articulating their intellectual heritage through Western educational research, and the potential of intellectual resources available from China being used by students from there when undertaking research aboard. Eight working principles are provided to inform debates among care‐full and conscientious supervisors’ interested in engaging, pedagogically with their cross‐cultural ignorance.     

论增进实践性学识的高等教育研究方法

高等教育研究要回归高等教育生活世界,解决实践问题,增进实践性学识。实践性学识具有内隐性、非系统性和缄默性等特点,获得实践性学识主要通过行动研究的方式进行。因此,质的研究是增进实践性学识的主要研究方法论,实地研究是其主要研究方式;在具体研究方法与技术上,主要通过观察、访谈、调查来收集资料,通过理解来分析资料,通过教育日志、教育叙事、教育案例、教育反思、教学课例等形式来整理资料和表达研究成果。     

‘Am I doing it right?’ Conceptualising the practice of supervising master’s dissertation students

ABSTRACT

An action research project involving 25 master’s supervisors, from health and education disciplines, sought to enhance their understanding of dissertation supervision. Recognising that they were sometimes slightly unsure about their role, they sought to identify issues that contributed to this circumstance, and to develop supervisor preparation materials to support future colleagues. During interviews and collaborative workshops, colleagues shared their experiences and reflected with one another on the nature of supervision. Through this process, they constructed a model that conceptualises how they practice. The core element is an ongoing assessment of a student’s readiness, motivation and individual situation. In response to this assessment, supervisors balance three functions: Facilitating, Nurturing and Maintaining Standards. Facilitating encourages student growth through challenge or stimulation. Nurturing involves the provision of support and reassurance within a safe space in which this growth can occur. Maintaining standards ensures that academic and professional rigour are preserved.     

创新视角下研究生实践育人体系的构建——以上海大学为例

新时期实践育人在高校人才培养中的地位日益凸显,随着全面深化改革社会浪潮的不断推进,大学生尤其是研究生社会实践的改革创新迫在眉睫,对研究生实践创新能力的培养,关系到国家在未来全球科技竞争中的地位。教育部也倡导不断提高研究生实践育人体系的科学性和有效性,并推出有利于培养和提升研究生创新实践能力的平台和政策,特别是在全国推行"一流大学,一流学科"制度,将研究生培养作为创新人才培养的重中之重。文章以上海大学为例,对研究生实践育人体系的构建进行探索。     

实践性知识：师范生亟需加强的知识模块

教师的实践性知识是一种经验性知识、案例性知识,它的形成和积累与教师具体的教育教学情景和经验有关。但是就目前我国师范教育的状况看,师范生的实践性知识模块是其知识结构中比较薄弱的一个板块。究其原因与我国师范教育的课程体系、课程设置有关。师范生实践性知识的获得可以通过师范教育课程和教学改革来实现。     

基于实践的职前教师知识学习与培养策略

教师知识分为理论知识和实践知识两大类。基于理论知识的实践特性和实践知识的实践表现,教师知识更具实践特性。基于实践的职前教师知识学习策略:自我信念的反思和内化,教育教学知识的理解和感悟,行动中的震惊和领悟。基于实践的职前教师知识培养策略:基于叙事研究的自我信念形成,基于案例分析的教育教学知识建构,基于项目任务的实践知识内化与提升。     

Practice-based Teaching: A self-study by two teacher educators at the graduate level

This article tells the story of a self-study conducted by two faculty members teaching foundational concepts in a Master of Arts in Teaching initial certification program. Our research question was: “How can we best teach foundational concepts with a practice-based approach that we consider to be critical to our teacher candidates' ability to be successful in their future teaching careers?” Gathering data over three semesters, this research required constant re-examination. Data indicated that candidates had the educational and life experiences to allow them to grasp concepts as they pertained to educational foundations. This did not necessarily mean that, as initial certification candidates, they would be more adept than their undergraduate counterparts in understanding how these concepts would influence their practice. This conclusion resulted in our understanding of the need for more purposeful scaffolding and extensive modeling. It also reaffirmed our need for having cooperating teachers who are theoretically aligned with coursework offered on campus.     

论职前教师教育中实践性知识的培养

实践性知识是教师专业发展的主要知识基础,为缩短新教师的职业适应期,职前教师教育中应注重实践性知识的培养。职前教师教育中实践性知识的培养可以从重视职前教师教育的集体性实践性活动和重视职前教师教育的个体性实践能力的培养两方面进行。     

近十年我国职业教育研究热点透视——基于硕士学位论文的共词分析

学术论文的高频关键词一定程度上能够代表学科领域的研究热点。通过使用共词聚类分析法和多维尺度分析法对我国职业技术教育学硕士学位论文的高频关键词进行统计分析,得出结论：近十年职业教育的研究热点比较广泛,主要集中在八个主流研究领域,个别主流研究领域的内部聚合程度较低。展望未来,追求公平、提升质量和彰显特色是职业教育发展研究的着力点。