Advisers and their Students in the 21st Century: challenges for the graduate programs

• Published in: Educação e realidade Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 1055 - 1076
• Main Author: Nóbrega, Maria Helena da
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Porto Alegre Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Educação 01.09.2018; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
• Subjects: Academic Advising; Academic guidance counseling; Academic Mentoring; Graduate Programs; Professional Qualification; Advisors; Evaluators; Failure; Graduate Students; Graduate Study; Guidelines; Higher education; Incentives; Intellectual Disciplines; Interpersonal Relationship; Mentors; National bibliographies; Participant Observation; Professionals; Research Methodology; Research Skills; Researchers; Scientific Methodology; Scientific Research; Students; Supervisors; Teaching; Teaching Methods; Technical Writing; Brazil; Rio de Janeiro Brazil
• ISSN: 0100-3143; 2175-6236
• DOI: 10.1590/2175-623674407

This article aims to analyze how the academic mentoring is characterized, precisely the relationship between advisers and their students. Besides the participant observation, the methodology is based on the theoretical-bibliographic study of the subject. The analysis takes into account the orientation in the field of languages, to be precise: Portuguese for speakers of other languages, justified by the increasing internationalization of the Brazilian universities. The result shows lack of research, especially in Brazil. As a conclusion, the author recommends narrowing the relation among research, teaching and mentoring, adapting it to the 21st century, as well as providing specific training for the advisor.