Author, as appears in the article.: Guarimata-Salinas, G; Carvajal, JJ; López, MDJ
Department: Filologies Romàniques Gestió d'Empreses Química Física i Inorgànica
URV's Author/s: Carvajal Martí, Joan Josep / Guarimata Salinas, Génesis María / Jiménez López, María Dolores
Keywords: Supervisor role Light Doctoral supervisor Doctoral supervision Doctoral studies Academic development of supervisors supervisor role doctoral supervisor doctoral studies academic development of supervisors
Abstract: This study focuses on the changes that doctoral education has experienced in the last decades and discusses the role of doctoral supervisors. The figure of doctoral supervisor continues to be a subject of much debate; therefore, the aim of this study is to provide a universal, global, and common definition that clearly establishes the roles and functions of doctoral supervisors. Employing a multi-method approach, the study utilized the perspectives of linguistic relativism and prototype theory to understand how linguistic and label diversity may influence the perception and approach to supervisory tasks. We examine a corpus of 55 different labels to refer to “doctoral supervisor.” Data was collected from 116 countries, encompassing 47 different languages and 55 distinct labels from Europe, Africa, America, Asia, and Oceania, forming a unique corpus of information. The results reveal a total of 18 functions to be fulfilled by the doctoral supervisor. Additionally, the findings underscore the significance of linguistic influence in conceptualizing the functions associated with the supervisor in various cultural contexts and highlight the necessity for redefining the role of the thesis supervisor. The results hold potential benefits for doctoral schools and supervisors, serving as guidelines for standardizing the functions of the doctoral supervisor.
Thematic Areas: Pedagogical & educational research Law General o multidisciplinar General arts and humanities Education & educational research Education Educació Ciencias sociales Arts and humanities (miscellaneous) Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: genesis.guarimata@urv.cat mariadolores.jimenez@urv.cat joanjosep.carvajal@urv.cat genesis.guarimata@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0003-4343-4952 0000-0001-5544-3210 0000-0002-4389-7298 0000-0003-4343-4952
Record's date: 2024-03-09
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10734-023-01171-0
Papper original source: Higher Education.
APA: Guarimata-Salinas, G; Carvajal, JJ; López, MDJ (2024). Redefining the role of doctoral supervisors: a multicultural examination of labels and functions in contemporary doctoral education. Higher Education, (), -. DOI: 10.1007/s10734-023-01171-0
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Article's DOI: 10.1007/s10734-023-01171-0
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2024
Publication Type: Journal Publications