Sunday, March 20, 2016

"Promoting doctoral students' research self-efficacy: combining academic guidance with autonomy support"

"The degree to which supervisors encouraged students to think and act autonomously (autonomy support) was not uniquely associated with students' supervision satisfaction but predicted greater research self-efficacy. A combination of high levels of autonomy and academic support was associated with the highest levels of research self-efficacy, whereas when greater levels of personal support were accompanied by low levels of autonomy support, students reported lower research self-efficacy. These results indicate that effective doctoral supervision involves supporting students to voice and act on their own ideas while simultaneously providing guidance on how to complete research tasks."

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07294360.2010.535508#abstract

Makes a lot of sense.

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