Supervision of graduate students is a core activity in higher education. Previous research on graduate supervision focuses on individual and relational aspects of the supervisory relationship rather than collective, pedagogical and methodological aspects of the supervision process. In presenting a collective model we have developed for academic…

Four year project, involving 34 MA and five PhD psychology students, studied factors which might improve graduate training procedures. The effect of weekly specification of research tasks, meetings with supervisor, deadlines, feedback, and incentives were studied. Students' performance was highest when all components of the supervisory system were…

This article discusses a supervisory process built on three key concepts: trust, empowerment, and reflective problem solving. For these concepts to become operational, supervision must be restructured and reconceptualized. The "supervision" concept is outmoded and should be supplanted by more collegial and reflective terminology. (53…