THE EXPERIENCE OF HIDDEN CURRICULUM ON SELECTING A SUPERVISOR FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF STUDENTS

Fatemeh Robati, Mohammad Mohammad Bagheri, Forouzan Tonkaboni

Abstract


Hidden curriculum is a new topic presented by the experts of curriculum during the recent years. In this study, the criteria for selecting a supervisor were studied through the experiences gained by the graduates of PhD. courses. This research is a qualitative and a phenomenological study. In this study, all participants were graduated PhD students. The research tools include semi-structured interviews and a sampling method of usual and ordinary cases; and for data analysis, subject Open Coding and Selective Coding (optional) were used. This paper was the result of interviews with 54 Ph.D. students from medical and non-medical universities and also State and Azad Universities. Moreover, the hidden experiences of PhD. students regarding the selection of a supervisor were studied. In this study, 12 main categories were extracted from123 common factors found in our investigation that include: behavioral and ethical characteristics, executive positions, scientific positions, being well-known or famous, access to supervisors, having skill and mastery in research and statistics, having specialty and expertise in a specific field, limitations and constraints, senior students, gender, supportive ability of supervisors and the futurism or anticipating the future. Results showed that the hidden factors such as ethical and behavioral characteristics of supervisors or professors, their academic and scientific ranks, governed laws on the universities, rules and regulations of the universities, informal networks, and the possible supports and limitations can affect the selection of students (regarding the selection of a supervisor). Also, some of the guidelines and regulations issued by ministries might be effective.  Many of these regulations are not implemented and therefore require more profound thinking on this subject.


Keywords


Hidden Curriculum, Supervisor, Student’s Experience

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