- Title
- Objectivity of the subjective quality: Convergence on competencies expected of doctoral graduates
- Creator
- Kariyana, Israel
- Creator
- Sonn, Reynold A.
- Creator
- Marongwe, Newlin
- Subject
- South Africa Doctoral students Computer File
- Date Issued
- 2017
- Date
- 2017
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/11260/5794
- Identifier
- vital:44645
- Identifier
- https://DOI:10.1080/2331186X.2017.1390827
- Description
- This study assessed the competencies expected of doctoral graduates. Twelve purposefully sampled education experts provided the data. A case study design within a qualitative approach was adopted. Data were gathered through interviews and thematically analysed. Member checking ensured data trustworthiness. Factors affecting the quality of a doctoral graduate were said to be embedded in characteristics of universities and doctoral students. Competencies expected of doctoral graduates included being autonomous researchers and knowledge producers and consumers. Measures to enhance competence of doctoral graduates comprised implementing rigorous institutional mandates and creating doctoral collaborative communities. The study recommends higher education institutions to pragmatically capacitate supervisors and implement rigorous institutional doctoral transformation programmes. Subjects: Information and Communication Technology (ICT); Social Sciences; Education; Humanities Keywords: doctoral graduates; competencies; supervisors; higher education institutions
- Format
- 16 pages
- Format
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Group
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Cogent Education
- Relation
- Israel Kariyana, Reynold A. Sonn and Newlin Marongwe | (2017) Objectivity of the subjective quality: Convergence on competencies expected of doctoral graduates, Cogent Education, 4:1, 1390827, DOI: 10.1080/2331186X.2017.1390827
- Relation
- Cogent Education volume 4 number 1 1 16 2017
- Rights
- © 2017 Kariyana et al.
- Rights
- This open access article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license
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