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Vol. 15 No. 2 (2017): Journal of Higher Education in Africa

2 - Enhancing Doctoral Supervision Practices in Africa: Reflection on the CARTA Approach

https://doi.org/10.57054/jhea.v15i2.1479
Sharon Fonn
Alex Ezeh
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1309-4697
Oma Egesah
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8594-3814
Donald C. Cole
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1009-603X
Chimaraoke Izugbara
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6730-236X
Göran Bondjers
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5631-8673
Lenore Manderson
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7883-1790

Corresponding Author(s) : Sharon Fonn

sharon.fonn@wits.ac.za

Journal of Higher Education in Africa, Vol. 15 No. 2 (2017): Journal of Higher Education in Africa

Abstract




High quality research supervision is crucial for PhD training, yet it continues to pose challenges globally with important contextual factors impacting the quality of supervision. This article reports on responses to these challenges by a multi-institutional sub-Saharan Africa initiative (CARTA) at institutional, faculty and PhD fellow levels. The article describes the pedagogical approaches and structural mechanisms used to enhance supervision among supervisors of CARTA fellows. These include residential training for supervisors, and supervision contracts between primary supervisors and PhD fellows. The authors reflect on the processes and experiences of improving PhD supervision, and suggest research questions that CARTA and other training programmes could pursue in relation to PhD supervision in Africa and other lower- and middle-income countries.








 


 


 


 


 


 




Keywords

African higher education doctoral training collaboration supervision contracts research capacity strengthening
Fonn, S., Ezeh, A., Egesah, O., Cole, D. C., Izugbara, C., Bondjers, G., & Manderson, L. (2022). 2 - Enhancing Doctoral Supervision Practices in Africa: Reflection on the CARTA Approach. Journal of Higher Education in Africa, 15(2). https://doi.org/10.57054/jhea.v15i2.1479
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Author Biographies

Sharon Fonn

Professor, School of Public Health University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Email:

Alex Ezeh

 Professor, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

Oma Egesah

Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Moi University, Kenya.

Donald C. Cole

Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health University of Toronto, Canada.

Chimaraoke Izugbara

Head of Population Dynamics and Reproductive Health, African Population and Health Research Center, Kenya.

 

Göran Bondjers

Professor, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg,Sweden.

Lenore Manderson

Professor, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

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