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dc.contributor.advisorClarence, Sherran
dc.contributor.authorCyster, Grant Alexander
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-19T10:23:21Z
dc.date.available2019-06-19T10:23:21Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11394/6916
dc.descriptionMagister Artium - MAen_US
dc.description.abstractPostgraduate research throughput and problems associated with appropriate supervision are a key focus area for many higher education institutions around the world (Lessing & Schulze, 2012; Amehoe, 2014; Botha, 2016). Central to this challenge is the supervisory relationship, which by its very nature, is not one-sided. A productive and rewarding supervisory process requires that both student and supervisor(s) are committed to fulfilling clearly-articulated responsibilities relevant to the research project at hand (Eley & Jennings, 2005). Both student-centric and institutional factors have been found to contribute to low student throughput and to the time taken to complete postgraduate studies (Amehoe, 2014; Luescher-Mamashela, 2015). In South Africa, the higher education landscape is increasingly fraught with varied challenges, including issues of attrition and completion rates as they relate to postgraduate students. Some of the implications of the premature termination of postgraduate research are that various academic fields are deprived of potentially valuable research contributions, and there is a significant cost incurred by the affected students and supervisors (Lovitts, 2001; Lessing & Lessing, 2004), as well as the relevant faculties and institutions, and society at large. Additionally, a number of South African universities are still grappling with inequities resulting from the Apartheid era (Pillay & Karlsson, 2013). It is against this backdrop that this research, through a narrative research lens involving semi-structured interviews, explores and chronicles the stories of six Master’s students who have encountered supervision-related challenges. According to Pearson and Kayrooz (2004), a limited narrative research spotlight has been trained on the issue of postgraduate supervision from the student perspective. The primary objective of this study, therefore, is to facilitate a platform through which the six respondents are able to share the stories of their Master’s supervision experience. On a secondary level, the sharing of these student stories has the potential to enhance the postgraduate research experience, as Lovitts (2001) and Lessing and Lessing (2004) point out.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectPostgraduate researchen_US
dc.subjectHigher educationen_US
dc.subjectPostgraduate supervisionen_US
dc.subjectPostgraduate supervisoren_US
dc.subjectStudent attritionen_US
dc.subjectStudent retentionen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titleNarratives in postgraduate studies: Stories of six master’s students who have experienced supervision-related challenges at a South African universityen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US


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