AA 2003 Volume 35 Issue 3

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    Educators’ motivation: differences related to gender, age and experience
    (University of the Free State, 2003) Schulze, Salomé; Steyn, Trudie
    English: This article explores factors influencing the motivation of educators in terms of gender, age and years of experience. A questionnaire was adapted from Wright’s 51 incentives that motivate educators and administered by students enrolled for a Master’s degree programme in Human Resource Management to 10 randomly selected colleagues. Analysis of the 1 181 questionnaires revealed the following findings. Primarily, male and female educators are motivated by the same factors. However, educators of diverse age groups and years of experience differ in terms of what they experience as motivational. Younger educators need to have their confidence boosted, while older and more experienced educators are motivated by positive relations with peers, recognition, power and authority, professional growth and an explicit role definition.
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    Postgraduate supervision: students’ and supervisors’ perceptions
    (University of the Free State, 2003) Lessing, Ansie; Schulze, Salomé
    English: The aim of this research was to compare the views of postgraduate students and supervisors on the supervisory process in the Faculty of Education at the University of South Africa. The research was conducted in two phases. In the first phase, survey research was employed by means of a questionnaire in order to determine the perceptions of students on diverse aspects of postgraduate research. During the second phase, supervisors’ perceptions of postgraduate supervision were ascertained by means of a qualitative inquiry using focus groups. The findings included a number of aspects which participants had found rewarding. Unmet needs of students related to the planning of the research, research methodology, contact with supervisors, feedback, response time and examination feedback. Supervisors desired the recruitment of higher potential students who would deliver better work.