Getting Too Close: A Problem and Possible Solution in Social Science PhD Supervision.

Hockey, John

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Publication Date: 1995

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Getting Too Close: A Problem and Possible Solution in Social Science PhD Supervision.

Hockey, John

British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, v23 n2 p199-210 Jun 1995

Examines the pastoral skills of PhD supervisors. The pastoral dimension of supervision can create conditions in which supervisors become too emotionally involved with their students. Costs of this over-involvement are identified and it is recommended that training programs for PhD supervisors contain a pastoral skills component. (RJM)

Descriptors: Counseling, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Intimacy, Social Sciences, Student Needs, Supervision, Supervisory Methods, Teacher Guidance, Teacher Student Relationship

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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