Golding, Jennie; Luneta, Kakoma; Kapenda, Hileni M; Phirinalube, Patricia; (2022) Doctoral supervision across worlds: comparative supervisor lenses exposed through online collaborative workshops. Presented at: Society for Research in Higher Education (SRHE) International Conference 2022, Online conference.

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Abstract

We present early analysis of comparative affordances and constraints of online workshops designed to support systematic and academically-informed doctoral supervision. The original English enactment was transferred to a southern African context involving universities in Namibia, South Africa and Zambia as well as the initiating institution. We report on how contextual affordances and constraints impacted supervisor reflection on supervisory issues and their learning-for-practice from workshops. We use an institutional ethnographic approach to show that many supervisory issues and challenges are common across contexts, although practice still varies considerably even across colleagues working in cognate fields in the same university. However, local and national cultures and contexts also serve to constrain and impact the approaches to which supervisors feel they have access. The study is significant for evidencing a novel, transferable approach to affordable and sustainable supervisory development, while also informing more inclusive approaches to both doctoral education and transnational academic appreciation.

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