Training doctoral supervisors to train researchers of tomorrow: a Swedish example
2024 (English)In: INTED2024 Proceedings / [ed] Luis Gómez Chova, Chelo González Martínez and Joanna Lees, IATED Academy , 2024, , p. 5p. 2928-2932Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Doctoral education is more important than ever, and PhD-student enrolment numbers are continually climbing, as is the demand for more graduates with high-level research skills.
This mobilization can only be realized if there are sufficient well-trained researchers able to take on the challenge of supervision in a world where science is both more important than ever but also debated and mistrusted. But how do you train for supervising an individual, unique project preparing the student for an independent research career?
At Linnaeus university with roughly 30 different PhD-programs, we have for six years now practiced and developed a 9-month special university-wide course for doctoral supervisors. The program balances between training for an individual unique project but preparing for a broader research career within what is in comparison a highly regulated education. In Sweden there is a requirement of a full four-years institutional financing before admittance, there are exam objectives, and all programs have course parts (including mandatory courses) in the span of 15-120 ECTS. There is also a national requirement for supervisors training for being a main supervisor, all this together constitute the framing of doctorates.
The program aims to promote border-crossing exchanges of experiences between doctoral supervisors from different disciplines and collaborative learning where doctoral supervisors create a reflective community of practice together with seniors. Applicants for the supervision program are expected to have started an independent research career after their own Viva, published nationally and internationally, to have the necessary required higher education pedagogical training, and have supervision experience at advanced level.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
IATED Academy , 2024. , p. 5p. 2928-2932
Series
INTED Proceedings, E-ISSN 2340-1079
Keywords [en]
Doctoral training, higher education pedagogy, Post-graduate programs, Supervision
National Category
Pedagogy
Research subject
Pedagogics and Educational Sciences, Education; Pedagogics and Educational Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-128259DOI: 10.21125/inted.2024.0796ISBN: 9788409592159 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-128259DiVA, id: diva2:1844318
Conference
18th International Technology, Education and Development Conference, 4-6 March, 2024, Valencia, Spain
2024-03-132024-03-132024-03-15Bibliographically approved