Cognitive Development: Rethinking the Concept of Doing Postgraduate Research

Universities are seeking to play a key role in the research and development process. Starting their first step towards post-graduate studies, students struggle to be active researchers. They find it difficult to do their postgraduate studies. This study investigates the beliefs, and perceptions of students in the process of getting well-developed postgraduate research and the steps they should follow in thinking and performance. This article seeks to gain more details about knowledge, skills, attitudes, values, and ethics that should be found in the process of doing research. A twofold survey was developed to get links between both students and supervisors and results are statically analyzed. Results indicate that researchers can build information literacy in a different way than if they know if they are aware of the academic identity of postgraduate work and change the thinking and working processes. They must follow certain strategies to build their knowledge and some techniques to safely develop their critical thinking skills. Specific ethics must also be followed to keep productive relationships with their supervisors. In the same vein, supervisors are required to follow some specific rules to keep them on track and guide their cognitive development. results show that the chi-square is significant at 0.01 or 0.05. The findings indicate that students often struggle with critical thinking skills, data analysis, and the ability to synthesize information. They also express a need for more structured support from supervisors, highlighting a gap between student expectations and supervisor availability. .