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ERIC Number: EJ1465610
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0729-4360
EISSN: EISSN-1469-8366
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Understanding Supervisory Practice and Development in the Pre-HDR Space: An Ethogenic Approach
Higher Education Research and Development, v44 n2 p500-515 2025
This article addresses the lack of support for new supervisors in the pre-Higher Degree Research space, including undergraduate honours and postgraduate capstone projects. The research provides an inter-faculty perspective on the needs of pre-HDR students and supervisors, informing an online professional learning resource to address the problem. Concepts from ethogenic social psychology were used to theorise supervision as a complex practice involving two analytically distinct domains of human behaviour: the expressive and practical domains. Semi-structured focus group interviews with alumni and supervisors from Education, Arts-Humanities, and Health Sciences provided data for a needs analysis and to stimulate deliberation amongst the research team, which included course coordinators and supervisors across the different faculties and a representative from the university's teaching and learning centre. The findings illustrate expressive and practical aspects of supervision and elaborate salient themes for the development of pre-HDR supervisory practice through inquiry. The article advances theory by supporting a view of supervision as a process of supervisor, student, and supervisory practice co-development. The results will be of interest to supervisors, honours and masters course coordinators and providers of professional development for academics.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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Author Affiliations: 1National School of Education, Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy, Australia; 2Centre for Excellence and Innovation, Australian Catholic University, North Sydney, Australia; 3School of Nursing and Midwifery, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia; 4School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, Australian Catholic University, North Sydney, Australia; 5School of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; 6Sports Performance, Recovery, Injury & New Technologies (SPRINT) Research Centre, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; 7School of Allied Health - Occupational Therapy, Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy, Australia; 8National School of Arts and Humanities, Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy, Australia; 9National School of Arts and Humanities, Australian Catholic University, North Sydney, Australia