Research project supervision styles can be differentiated by degree of supervisory control and degree of support, yielding five distinct styles¶

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q2 i? The article identifies five distinct supervision styles differentiated by two axes — the degree of supervision control projected by the supervisor and the degree of support the student receives — plus four complementary styles, noting styles are not closed and depend on the trainee's needs and context. → Darder 2015

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Darder 2015¶

Darder, A.; Pérez Garcias, A. (2015). Online tutoring procedure for research project supervision: management, organization and key elements. New Approaches in Educational Research 4(2). https://doi.org/10.7821/naer.2015.4.110

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Synthesis of prior supervision-style studies (Brown & Atkins, 1988; Gatfield, 2005; Gurr, 2001; Lee, 2007 & 2008; Mainhard et al., 2009; Vilkinas & Cartan, 2001; Vilkinas, 2007) summarized in Table 2 with styles such as Encourages collaborative work, Directive, and Passive. This is a review-based synthesis, not a new empirical test.

"The supervision styles of a research project tutor: five distinct styles differentiated by two axes can be observed: the degree of supervision control projected by the supervisor over the student and the degree of support that the latter receives from the former."

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