Facilitator, director or critical friend?: Contradiction and congruence in doctoral supervision styles

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 489-500

  Deuchar, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Relationships; Research; Supervision

Indexed keywords

EID: 47349120535     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562510802193905     Document Type: Article

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