Date :

14 July 2011

Time :

13:30 – 14:30

Presenters :

Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Transformative Education/al Studies (TES) is an inter-institutional three-year (2011-2013) project led by researchers from the Durban University of Technology (DUT), Walter Sisulu University (WSU) and the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and funded by a grant from the National Research Foundation. This innovative project aims to facilitate the development of postgraduate researcher and supervisor capacity through participation in an inter-institutional learning community of academic staff who are pursuing and supervising Masters and Doctoral degrees using the approach of self-study of educational practice.  

This seminar will present work-in-progress in response to a key research question that underpins the first year of the TES project: What are emerging significant issues in supporting postgraduate research supervision through participation in an inter-institutional learning community? Drawing on the growing body of academic work that explores how taking a collaborative and social approach to working with postgraduate research students can enhance their research capacity, this presentation will take a self-study of practice approach to explore the potential value and challenges of supporting supervisors through an inter-institutional learning community of postgraduate research.

The presentation from the seminar is now available for download

The audio presentation from this seminar is available for download

Venues 

Cape Town: HSRC, 12th Floor, Plein Park Building (Opposite Revenue Office), Plein Street, Cape Town. Contact Vuyokazi Ngxubaza, Tel +27 (0) 21 466 8004, Fax (021) 461 0299, or VNgxubaza@hsrc.ac.za, Cell: +27 (0) 82 050 8453

Durban: First floor HSRC board room, 750 Francois Road, Ntuthuko Junction, Pods 5 and 6, Cato Manor, Contact Ridhwaan Khan, Tel +27 (0) 31 242 5400, cell: +27 (0) 83 788 2786 or RKhan@hsrc.ac.za

Pretoria: HSRC Video Conference, 1st floor HSRC Library Human Sciences Research Council, 134 Pretorius Street, Pretoria. Arlene Grossberg, Tel: +27 (0) 12 302 2811, e-mail: acgrossberg@hsrc.ac.za