Research supervision experiences of masters in education students at a South African University

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dc.contributor.advisorDuku, Nen
dc.contributor.authorGanqa, Ncumisa Hazelen
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-14T01:44:38Z
dc.date.available2026-08-14T01:44:38Z
dc.date.issued2012en
dc.description.abstractIn recent years, transformation in South African Universities saw an increase in the number of postgraduate students enrolling for Masters’ research programmes as access and educational opportunities have been widened. The purpose of this research was to investigate research supervision experiences of Masters postgraduate students. A qualitative, contextual, descriptive and phenomenological research design was used to explore the experiences of the 2010 MEd cohort at a purposively chosen university. This was a small scale study of six participants in different stages of their research projects sampled purposively. The preferred phenomenological interview method of gathering information from the subjects was in-depth unstructured interviews. This research study revealed that the postgraduate students at the University under investigation still continue to experience the traditional model of a single supervisor supervising a strictly research based work. The most crucial component of research supervision experiences that emerged was the quality of supervision between supervisors and supervisees which revealed power struggles in supervisory relationships. Such relationships emerged as push and pull, fight or flight amongst different individual participants and their supervisors.en
dc.formatxi, 114 leaves; 30 cmen
dc.formatpdfen
dc.identifier.citationGanqa, Ncumisa Hazel. 2012en
dc.identifier.othervital:16176en
dc.identifier.otherhttp://hdl.handle.net/10353/473en
dc.identifier.otherUniversities and colleges -- South Africa -- Evaluationen
dc.identifier.otherGraduate students -- Research -- South Africaen
dc.identifier.otherEducation -- South Africa -- Quality controlen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11837/4709
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisherUniversity of Fort Hareen
dc.publisherFaculty of Educationen
dc.rightsUniversity of Fort Hareen
dc.subjectUniversities and colleges -- South Africa -- Evaluationen
dc.subjectGraduate students -- Research -- South Africaen
dc.subjectEducation -- South Africa -- Quality controlen
dc.titleResearch supervision experiences of masters in education students at a South African Universityen
dc.title.alternativeResearch supervision experiences of masters in education students at a South African Universityen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.typeMastersen
dc.typeM Eden

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