scholarly journals The Role of Trust in Doctoral Student – Supervisor Relationships in Canadian Universities: The Students’ Lived Experiences and Perspectives

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 638-657
Author(s):  
James N. Druckman ◽  
Katherine Ognyanova ◽  
Matthew A. Baum ◽  
David Lazer ◽  
Roy H. Perlis ◽  
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Concerns about misperceptions among the public are rampant. Yet, little work explores the correlates of misperceptions in varying contexts – that is, how do factors such as group affiliations, media exposure, and lived experiences correlate with the number of misperceptions people hold? We address these questions by investigating misperceptions about COVID-19, focusing on the role of racial/ethnic, religious, and partisan groups. Using a large survey, we find the number of correct beliefs held by individuals far dwarfs the number of misperceptions. When it comes to misperceptions, we find that minorities, those with high levels of religiosity, and those with strong partisan identities – across parties – hold a substantially greater number of misperceptions than those with contrasting group affiliations. Moreover, we show other variables (e.g., social media usage, number of COVID-19 cases in one’s county) do not have such strong relationships with misperceptions, and the group-level results do not reflect acquiescence to believing any information regardless of its truth value. Our results accentuate the importance of studying group-level misperceptions on other scientific and political issues and developing targeted interventions for these groups.


Author(s):  
Josh Krushell

Though much literature has been produced on the topic of academic restructuring, those works concerned  with the Canadian context have mainly focused on issues of corporate­university linkages, the role of state coordination of public universities, and the disparity between funding and student enrollment. Very little work has been done in documenting or analysing the role of adjunct faculty, who now make up nearly half  the university faculty, in Canadian universities. Statistics Canada has only once collected data on part­time faculty, and only one current analysis of this data has been conducted (Omiecinski, 2003). The Canadian  Association of University Teachers, furthermore, only publishes data concerning full­time faculty  members. The implications of an emerging division between the use of full­time and part­time faculty on  the nature of academic work and the quality of post­secondary education has been yet unexamined. Drawing on labour market segmentation theory, this study presents the multiple ways in which the work of  academic staff in Canadian post­secondary education has conformed to the principles of the flexible firm model, first observed of private business firms in the 1980s by John Atkinson. A series of semi­structured  interviews with academic faculty and administrators, as well as a collection of current secondary source data, informed the basis of this research. It was found that the changing nature of academic work in post­  secondary education is negatively affecting the quality of undergraduate education provided in Canada.


2021 ◽  
pp. 106648072110618
Author(s):  
Jeffrey R. Ballaret ◽  
Jonel P. Lanada

Transnational motherhood continues to grow among Filipina mothers. It resulted in economic prosperity and quality of life of Filipino families but caused family pressures within the sphere of motherhood. This qualitative study is grounded through the philosophical lens of phenomenology aimed to explore the lived experiences of transnational mothers. It seeks to understand their life history, present experiences that redefined their motherhood, and reflections of the future. The lived experiences of transnational mothers began with the experience of the personal and structural dimensions of poverty in the past. Their decision to embark on labor migration was primarily instrumental to alleviate their life condition. However, mothering from a distance has ensued emotional, social, and psychological strains. To cope with the situation, they observed four central coping ways: the role of faith and prayer; the repression of emotional strains through work and friends; focus and positive thinking; and the rationalization of distance by way of regular virtual communication and remittances. The hopes of transnational mothers revealed their yearning for family reunification predicated on improving their family life through financial security, savings, and children's education. This intersection between motherhood and labor migration has therefore created new family forms, structures, roles, meaning, and expectations.


2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carleton H. Brown

At a small rural middle school in the southern United States, two students murdered a teacher, four students, and injured 10 during a shooting spree. This case represents the lived experiences of a school principal, counselor, and community that survived the deadly rampage. The case highlights the challenges that school leaders may face such as making quick decisions, managing volunteers, and assisting faculty, staff, students, and parents in returning to a level of normalcy. Although the experience is based on a real event, all identifying information (i.e., location, names) has been masked with pseudonyms. The case encourages discussion and reflection among school leaders in responding to youth violence on school campuses.


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aliya Kuzhabekova ◽  
Aizhan Temerbayeva

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the role scholarly conferences play in professional socialization of doctoral students.Design/methodology/approachUsing data from 20 interviews on conference experiences of student attendees of a North American conference in social sciences, as well as on the conference experiences of students from various disciplines at a private research intensive university in the USA, the authors explored how research identity of doctoral students change over time as result of participation in conferences, how the process of socialization is shaped by advisers and peers and how the experiences vary depending on the characteristics of the participants.FindingsThe authors found that conferences play an important role in socialization, and the effect from conference attendance increases with the number of conferences attended. The study also showed that students undergo several stages in the process of their socialization, throughout which they develop greater agency and independence as scholars, as well as a more positive image of themselves as researchers, and become more strategic in their behavior. The results also point to the key role of adviser and peers in the process of socialization, whereby the former can provide direction and orientation, while the latter may offer support and opportunities for mutual learning or future collaboration. The authors also found a notable difference in the support provided by advisers between teaching and research-oriented universities.Originality/valueThe paper applies doctoral student socialization theory to the analysis of informal doctoral experiences outside the program of study.


Author(s):  
Helen Hernandez ◽  
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Laurie Dringus ◽  

We reflect on our process of working with an adapted framework as an effective strategy for analyzing and interpreting the results of our qualitative study on the lived experiences of insulin pump trainers. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was applied as the overarching research methodology and was encapsulated into a framework adapted from Bonello and Meehan (2019) and from Chong (2019). We describe this framework as the “embodiment of discovery” to posit the researcher’s tangible experience of discovering the meaning of data that also brought transparency to the researcher’s process for data analysis and interpretation. We present challenges the doctoral student researcher experienced working with the framework through three phases and various steps performed during the analysis. We recommend the framework may assist novice researchers as a tool for wayfinding and scoping the structure of data analysis and interpretation. We conclude that novice researchers should not fear finding their “embodiment of discovery” in adapting creative or alternate methods for qualitative analysis.


Revista Foco ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 208
Author(s):  
Ana Cristina De Albuquerque Lima Rodrigues ◽  
Beatriz Quiroz Villardi

Os professores gestores dos Programas de Pós-Graduação da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro são oriundos de áreas diversas à Administração. A ausência de formação específica orientada para o desempenho das funções da gestão levou ao objetivo desta pesquisa: descrever como o professor gestor de Programa de Pós-Graduação em Instituição Federal de Ensino Superior – IFES aprende e desenvolve suas competências gerenciais, mesmo sem capacitação específica para a gestão. Para alcançá-lo na pesquisa, adotou-se metodologia qualitativa indutiva de análise de dados, nos termos de Thomas, pela qual os resultados emergem dos dados pesquisados. Da análise resultaram formas, fontes e conteúdo da aprendizagem gerencial destes docentes, e o que desejam aprender, que permitiram identificar assuntos para capacitação na gestão. Neste artigo especificamente, que tem por objetivo evidenciar a ausência de formação do docente para a função de gestor, considerou-se a capacitação para o desenvolvimento de competências e consequente desempenho das funções no serviço público federal, assim como a transição do docente para função de gestor.  As recomendações finais envolvem processos de aprendizagem na prática da gestão, necessidade de reflexão para desenvolver competências considerando a relação entre contexto social, indivíduo e suas experiências vividas. The management professors of the Post-Graduation Programs of the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro come from different areas to the Administration. The lack of specific training oriented to the performance of the management functions led to the objective of this research: To describe how the professor of postgraduate program in Federal Institution of Higher Education – IFES Learns and develops their managerial skills, even without specific training for management. To reach it in the research, it was adopted a qualitative inductive methodology of data analysis, according to Thomas, by which the results emerge from the data surveyed. From the analysis resulted the forms, sources and content of managerial learning of these teachers, and what they want to learn, which made it possible to identify subjects for training in management. In this article specifically, which aims to evidence the absence of teacher training for the role of manager, it was considered the qualification for the development of competences and consequent performance of the functions in the federal public service, as well as the transition from teacher to manager. The final recommendations involve learning processes in the management practice, need for reflection to develop competencies considering the relationship between social context, individual and their lived experiences.


Author(s):  
Robert Jago

This chapter focuses on the lived experiences of gypsies (collectively referred to as gypsies rather than Roma or travellers). The author argues that the relationship between the legal system and the specific lifestyle of this group is itself causing many tensions which cannot be separated from the long-held myths about gypsies. Jago shows how the standing of gypsies in the UK legal system has, in turn, become the object of various myths. He demonstrates how judgements by the European Court of Human Rights in favour of gypsy claims created in many an image of the law being always on the side of the gypsy. A perception which Jago demonstrates is far from true. After addressing the nature and role of myths in general the author illustrates the tension between positive, romanticised myths about the freedom of gypsy lifestyle and three derogatory myths, namely gypsies as "child-snatchers", as thieves and as "land grabbers". Jago illustrates that these myths are linked to deep-rooted beliefs around property and its ownership.


Author(s):  
Howard L. Smith ◽  
Kalpana Mukunda Iyengar

This chapter documents an activity during a Family Literacy Night in Latino community of the Southwest. All of the families participating were of Spanish-speaking (i.e., México, El Salvador, Puerto Rico). From a socio-cultural perspective, three points became clear through the interaction: (1) as parents and children collaborated around short texts, they were able to share their individual schema as well as their social, cultural, and linguistic capitals in conversation and in writing Spanish and English; (2) parents naturally assumed the role of mentor throughout the writing sessions; (3) when afforded topic choice and scaffolding for cultural adhesion, students generate texts that reflect their personal perspectives and lived experiences. Thematic analysis of the data revealed that the ELL writers signaled their quotidian concerns and challenges as the reasons for wanting a s/hero. The results argue that, for increased writing in English, educators are well advised to frame school tasks within their students' cultures.


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