[Edna Asesa]

in reply to: Module 4, Session 4: Food for thought #5835

The PhD assessment is rigorous and elaborate which in may opinion not only builds confidence in the system and structures but also improves the quality of outcomes.

The added value of assessing the research and doctoral education separately is that its helps in safe guarding the process and ensure that the programme gets the deserved rigor.

The combination of (bi)yearly evaluation and final evaluation helps keep track of the progress and iron out unclear issues while the final evaluation ascertains whether he research is delivered as planned

The neutrality of the jury can be guaranteed by the faculty by presenting members who are not directly involved on the project and may omitting the details of the students during the examination process safe for the oral examination level.

Pre-defence and the public defence in my opinion are important because they help build the students confidence in presentation and also in the work as the feedback received helps improve the research. / Do you see any the added value of working with a pre-defence?
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How is it done at your university?
The research proposal the is presented at the three levels; departmental postgraduate committee, school/faculty postgraduate committee and finally the Graduate school post graduate committee.
once the approval is received from graduate school the proposal then proceeds to the committee of ethical review who them issues approval to collect data.
The thesis is then presented at the departmental postgraduate committee and the school/Faculty postgraduate committee thereafter is presented to the school of graduate studies in preparation for final oral examination.
the departmental postgraduate committee the appoints a board of examiners consisting of:
1. One external Examiner
2. Two internal Examiners
3. Two school/Faculty representatives
4. the supervisors
Upon receipt of all the reports from the examiners then an oral examination is scheduled and the student presents to the board of examiner

The benefits of the different approaches is that they provide an array of ways that may improve other approaches and drawbacks of the different approaches is that so approaches may not apply in other circumstances.

[Edna Asesa]

in reply to: Module 4, Session 3: Coaching and Mentoring #5814

I’m my experience coaching and mentoring are the weakest link in postgraduate studies the senior supervisors have been reluctant in mentoring the junior supervisors interms of supervision and so has been greatly ignored despite the it’s significance place in postgraduate studies. This unfortunately has also been ignored in engaging with the the students.

[Edna Asesa]

in reply to: Module 4, Session 1: Ethics in Research #5811

The content is informative and I would add the importance of seeking parental consent in cases where the research involves minors.

[Edna Asesa]

in reply to: Module 2, Session 3: Zoom discussion of key readings #5608

The idea of reading journal is interesting and refreshing something that’s worth trying and would be of great help to both the supervisor and supervisee

[Edna Asesa]

in reply to: Module 1, Session 4: National Policies #5382

In Kenya the regulator of the universities is the Commission of Higher Education (CUE) which sets the standards of operation for the University

Each university is committed to their individual Service Charter that they are bound to that clearly stipulates how they serve their clients.

[Edna Asesa]

in reply to: Module 1, Session 2: Supervision with a humanizing pedagogy #5376

Its amazing how things can be so different if you look at it from someone else’s point of view. understanding the supervisee makes the supervision journey not only exciting for the supervisee but also supervisor. Thank you

[Edna Asesa]

in reply to: Module 1, Session 2: Supervision with a humanizing pedagogy #5375

Its amazing how things can be so different if you look at it from someone else’s point of view. understanding the supervisee makes the supervision journey not only exciting for the supervisee but also supervisor. Thank you

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