Supervision as metaphor
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4881827 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alison Lee (0000-0001-5518-5442, University of Technology Sydney, corresponding author), Bill Green (0000-0002-8598-6619, Charles Sturt University) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 615-630 |
| Publication date | 2009-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03075070802597168 |
| OpenAlex | W2087800139 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 24 |
This article takes up the question of the language within which discussion of research degree supervision is couched and framed, and the consequences of such framings for supervision as a field of pedagogical practice. It examines the proliferation and intensity of metaphor, allegory and allusion in the language of candidature and supervision, which appears to run counter to attempts to bring a contemporary rationality into the intensifying public discourse about supervision. The article examines, not how the problem of metaphorical language can be resolved and overcome, but rather how it defines and shapes dispositions, practices of knowledge making and knowledge itself. Some conceptual tools for expanding the conceptual-discursive field of supervision are presented. Three 'arche-metaphors' are considered, and supervision itself is discussed as a metaphor of the Enlightenment and the modern university
Allegory · Allusion · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literal and figurative language · Literature · Metaphor · Rationality · Sociology · Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions · Evaluation of Teaching Practices · Philosophy · Reflective Practices in Education
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Redefining the role of doctoral supervisors
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Supervisors’ power sources and doctoral students’ working conditions
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Course in General Linguistics
Metaphors We Live By
Discipline and discipleship
Modernity and the Hegemony of Vision
Metaphors as a way to explore qualitative data
Doctoring Uncertainty
Critical Mass and Pedagogic Continuity
Why Pedagogy
Academic Charisma and the Origins of the Research University
Cartographies
Multivoiced supervision of Master's students
Research Training and Supervision Development
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Mapping the Pleasures and Risks of Supervision
| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |