Doctoral Supervisor Training and Professional Development
Verónica Tomasa Cajas Bravo, Yessika Madelaine Abarca Arias, Juvita Dina Soto Hilario, Lupe Marilu Huanca Rojas, Andrés Arias Lizares, Henri Emmanuel López Gómez, Clara Patricia Almonte Andrade, Juan Manuel Sánchez Soto, Jose Leonor Ruiz Nizama, Rafael Alan Castillo-SáenzDoctoral supervisor training and professional development comprise the formal and informal processes through which academics develop, maintain, and extend the knowledge, judgement, and professional practices used to supervise doctoral researchers. These processes address the multidimensional nature of doctoral supervision, including disciplinary and methodological guidance, research pedagogy and feedback, supervisory relationships and communication, organisation of the doctoral process, responsiveness to candidate diversity and context, and reflective professional practice. Development may occur through initial induction, formal courses, mentoring, peer learning, communities of practice, reflective activities, blended or online provision, and continuing professional development across a supervisory career.