Sharing the load: understanding the roles of academics and host supervisors in work-integrated learning

Student supervision is a key factor underpinning the success of work-integrated learning programs. Supervisory responsibilities can be shared across a number of stakeholders including university staff and host/workplace supervisors. While there have been attempts to understand the roles played by each of these stakeholders, little research has focused on what each understands about the role of others. University staff and host supervisors (N=57) were interviewed about their own role and that of other stakeholders. Findings reveal that while there is reasonable consensus within each stakeholder... Show more

Authors: Winchester-Seeto, Theresa; Rowe, Anna; Mackaway, Jacqueline

Published: Hamilton, New Zealand, New Zealand Association for Cooperative Education, 2016

Resource type: Article

Access item: http://www.apjce.org/files/APJCE_17_2_101_118.pdf

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