tailieunhanh - The role of supervisor and student for completing a thesis

Master’s degree students are required to write a thesis as a course alternative to a written examination of a paper. The purpose of this article is to understand and discuss the students’ perception on their own roles as a thesis candidate and the role of a supervisor in accomplishing a work of master’s thesis. For this, the candidates of master’s thesis were asked to respond a multiple choice item like questionnaire consisting of 12 sets of statements on the student-supervisor roles or responsibilities in three major aspects of thesis writing, namely topic/area of study, contact/involvement and the thesis/dissertation. The responses were analyzed descriptively using the software package – SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences). Analysis showed that the average students wanted to build a bridge (plan and manage the thesis writing) together with the supervisor so that they could cross it (accomplish the work of thesis writing). The students expected joint role of a supervisor. The supervisor and the student are recommended to share their expectations from each other, and build a mutual understanding of supervisor-student roles in advance and do accordingly for the successful completion of the thesis in reasonable time. | THE ROLE OF SUPERVISOR AND STUDENT FOR COMPLETING A THESIS Uma Nath Sharma ABSTRACT Masters degree students are required to write a thesis as a course alternative to a written examination of a paper. The purpose of this article is to understand and discuss the students perception on their own roles as a thesis candidate and the role of a supervisor in accomplishing a work of master s thesis. For this the candidates of master s thesis were asked to respond a multiple choice item like questionnaire consisting of 12 sets of statements on the student-supervisor roles or responsibilities in three major aspects of thesis writing namely topic area of study contact involvement and the thesis dissertation. The responses were analyzed descriptively using the software package - SPSS Statistical Package for the Social Sciences . Analysis showed that the average students wanted to build a bridge plan and manage the thesis writing together with the supervisor so that they could cross it accomplish the work of thesis writing . The students expected joint role of a supervisor. The supervisor and the student are recommended to share their expectations from each other and build a mutual understanding ofsupervisor-student roles in advance and do accordingly for the successful completion of the thesis in reasonable time. Key words Supervisor thesis candidate perception role responsibility hands-on supervision systematic approach. INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE The students of master s degree in Tribhuvan University are required to write a thesis as a course alternative to a written examination of a paper. That is to say there is a provision of carrying out a research and preparing a report as a thesis to complete the master s degree though not mandatory. More specifically the students of M. Ed. English who are the focus of this study have to write a thesis related to English language. The medium is also English which is a second language for Nepali students. There is no provision of .

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• The role of supervisor
• Student for completing a thesis
• Completing a thesis
• Systematic approach
• Hands on supervision