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SUPERVISION OF RESEARCH AT HIGHER EDUCATION PERCEPTION AND PRACTICES OF SUPERVISORS IN KARACHI PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).25      10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).25      Published : Sep 2020

Supervision of Research at Higher Education: Perception and Practices of Supervisors in Karachi Pakistan

Abstract

    The purpose of this research study was to find the perceptions and practices of researchers who supervised the research scholars at the higher education level. It is the common complaint of the students that their supervisors do not cooperate and resultantly the research study does not complete quite well in time. A quality research approach was adopted for the purpose, and sixteen research supervisors were interviewed. Responses of the supervisors who were included in this research for finding problems the supervisors are facing in the process of research supervision at higher education level, data were collected through open-ended questions which were presented during personal interviews to supervisors from private and government universities, both from social sciences and from applied sciences. While the findings of this research show more than these problems which supervisors are facing. It is recommended that the supervisor's point of view should also take into consideration, and further researches should be conducted to analyses hidden areas of this process.

    Supervisory, Higher Education, Perception, Practices

    (1) Pervaiz Ali Mahesar
    Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.
    (2) Farzana Jabeen
    Assistant Professor, Department of Teacher Education, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan.
    (3) Mubina Pathan
    Associate Professor, Information Technology Center, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Sindh, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Mahesar, P. A., Jabeen, F., & Pathan, M. (2020). Supervision of Research at Higher Education: Perception and Practices of Supervisors in Karachi Pakistan. Global Regional Review, V(III), 247-254. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).25

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Mahesar, Pervaiz Ali, Farzana Jabeen, and Mubina Pathan. 2020. "Supervision of Research at Higher Education: Perception and Practices of Supervisors in Karachi Pakistan." Global Regional Review, V (III): 247-254 doi: 10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).25

HARVARD

    HARVARD : MAHESAR, P. A., JABEEN, F. & PATHAN, M. 2020. Supervision of Research at Higher Education: Perception and Practices of Supervisors in Karachi Pakistan. Global Regional Review, V, 247-254.

MHRA

    MHRA : Mahesar, Pervaiz Ali, Farzana Jabeen, and Mubina Pathan. 2020. "Supervision of Research at Higher Education: Perception and Practices of Supervisors in Karachi Pakistan." Global Regional Review, V: 247-254

MLA

    MLA : Mahesar, Pervaiz Ali, Farzana Jabeen, and Mubina Pathan. "Supervision of Research at Higher Education: Perception and Practices of Supervisors in Karachi Pakistan." Global Regional Review, V.III (2020): 247-254 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Mahesar, Pervaiz Ali, Jabeen, Farzana, and Pathan, Mubina (2020), "Supervision of Research at Higher Education: Perception and Practices of Supervisors in Karachi Pakistan", Global Regional Review, V (III), 247-254

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Mahesar, Pervaiz Ali, Farzana Jabeen, and Mubina Pathan. "Supervision of Research at Higher Education: Perception and Practices of Supervisors in Karachi Pakistan." Global Regional Review V, no. III (2020): 247-254. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).25