The Supervisory Relationship Experiences of Turkish First-Time and Advanced Supervisees


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MEYDAN B., KOÇYİĞİT ÖZYİĞİT M.

QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN EDUCATION, vol.8, no.1, pp.89-121, 2019 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 8 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.17583/qre.2019.3942
  • Journal Name: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN EDUCATION
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.89-121
  • Keywords: supervisory relationship, first-time supervisee, advanced supervisee, supervisor, phenomenology, TRAINEE EXPERIENCE, WORKING ALLIANCE, COGNITIVE-STYLE, COUNSELOR, PRACTICUM, VARIABLES, MODEL
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine Turkish first-time and advanced supervisees supervisory relationship experiences. A phenomenological design was preferred for examining whether undergraduate- and graduate-level supervisees supervisory relationship experiences according to their professional developmental levels. The participants consisted of 27 supervisees enrolled in undergraduate, masters, and doctoral programs in Counseling and Guidance at a public university in western Turkey. A semi-structured interview form was used to collect data. The results of content analysis demonstrated that according to first-time and advanced supervisees, the unchanged but definitive constructs of the supervisory relationship were supervisors facilitative and prescriptive interventions, sincere and nonjudgmental characteristics, constructive feedbacks; supervisees self-disclosure within supervision, anxiety in the early stages of the relationship and calmness in the further stages of the relationship, development of self-awareness and professional kills. The study findings were discussed and some implications are suggested.