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Course syllabus - Supervisorship
Scope
2.5 credits
Course code
PEA923
Valid from
Autumn semester 2019
Education level
Second cycle
Progressive Specialisation
A1N (Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements).
Main area(s)
School
School of Education, Culture and Communication
Ratified
2018-12-07
Status
This syllabus is not current and will not be given any more
Literature lists
Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.
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Articles
Thesis supervision in the social sciences: managed or negotiated?.Higher Education, 28(4), 483-498
1994
Targeting L2 Writing Proficiencies: Instruction and Areas of Change in Students' Writing over Time. International Journal of English studies, 1(2), 153 - 174
2001
Ethical leadership: A social learning perspective for construct development and testing. Organizational behavior and human decision processes, 97(2), 117-134
2005
Who is the ideal supervisor? Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 18(3), 244
1987
Master's thesis supervision: Relations between perceptions of the supervisor-student relationship, final grade, perceived supervisor contribution to learning and student satisfaction. Studies in Higher Education, 37(8), 925-939
2012
Multivoiced supervision of Masters students: a case study of alternative supervision practices in higher education. Studies in Higher education, 31(03), 299-318
2006
Gender and the evaluation of leaders: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 111(1), 3
1992
Developing effective supervisors: Concepts of research supervision, South African Journal of Higher education, 21(4), pp. 680 - 693
2007
Making supervision relationships accountable: Graduate student logs. Australian Universities' Review, The, 38(2), 9
1995
URLs
International Labour Organization
URL: http://ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_lang=en&p_isn=60775&p_count=96243
Reference Literature
Skrivboken : skrivprocess, skrivråd och skrivstrategier
7., revid. uppl. : Malmö : Gleerup, 2014 - 272 s. : b ill.
ISBN: 9789140687487 LIBRIS-ID: 16210791
Språkriktighetsboken
1. uppl. : Stockholm : Norstedts akademiska förlag, 2005 - [2], 413 s.
ISBN: 91-7227-381-X (inb.) LIBRIS-ID: 9711720
Svenska akademiens ordlista över svenska språket
Fjortonde upplagan : Stockholm : Svenska akademien, 2015 - xli, 1596 sidor
ISBN: 9789113060125 LIBRIS-ID: 17044519
Svenska skrivregler
3., [utök.] utg. : Stockholm : Liber, 2008 - 263, [1] s.
ISBN: 9789147084609 LIBRIS-ID: 10935499
Skriva för att lära : skrivande i högre utbildning
2., [rev.] uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2011 - 223 s.
ISBN: 978-91-44-06916-6 LIBRIS-ID: 12165157
Nyfiken på texten : textteori för textpraktiker
1. uppl. : Stockholm : Liber, 2009 - 160 s.
ISBN: 978-91-47-09373-1 LIBRIS-ID: 11315813
Uppsatshandledning och skrivutveckling i högre utbildning : om det självständiga arbetet och skrivande i alla ämnen
1. uppl. : Stockholm : Liber, 2012 - 186 s.
ISBN: 978-91-47-09972-6 LIBRIS-ID: 12766006
Academic writing : a university writing course
3. [rev.] ed. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2003 - 399 s.
ISBN: 91-44-03074-6 LIBRIS-ID: 9053733
Objectives
The purpose of the course is to develop the participant's ability to supervise thesis projects.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the participant shall demonstrate the ability to:
1. discuss and problematise student learning in the participants' own subject area, on the basis of research in educational sciences and/or subject didactics of relevance for supervision processes,
2. independently plan, implement and evaluate supervision,
3. provide constructive response and carry out formative assessment.
Course content
- Theoretical and methodological perspectives
- Strategies for developing academic writing skills
- Constructive response and formative assessment
- The supervisor role - the relationship with the student
- Research ethics
Specific requirements
A teaching position at Mälardalen University.
Examination
PRO1, project report, 2.5 credits, written report concerning learning outcomes 1-3, grades Fail (U) or Pass (G).
For Pass (G) on the course as a whole, the student must have earned that grade for PRO1.
A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding a disability has the opportunity to submit a request for supportive measures during written examinations or other forms of examination, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations for Examinations at First-cycle and Second-cycle Level at Mälardalen University (2020/1655). It is the examiner who takes decisions on any supportive measures, based on what kind of certificate is issued, and in that case which measures are to be applied.
Suspicions of attempting to deceive in examinations (cheating) are reported to the Vice-Chancellor, in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance, and are examined by the University’s Disciplinary Board. If the Disciplinary Board considers the student to be guilty of a disciplinary offence, the Board will take a decision on disciplinary action, which will be a warning or suspension.
Grade
Two-grade scale
Interim Regulations and Other Regulations
This course supersedes PEA902.
Course participant admitted to PEA902 who has not completed PEA902 can do so according to the old syllabus until the autumn of 2024. New examinations are organized as needed.
Course participant admitted to this course who has passed PRO1 in PEA902 can transfer those credits to PRO1 in this course.
The learning outcomes in this course overlap the learning outcomes in PEA902.