The postgraduate research handbook : succeed with your MA, MPhil, EdD and PhD /
Gina Wisker.
- 2nd edition
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2008.
- xi, 428 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Palgrave study guides .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 414-424) and index.
Contents
part. 1. Starting research Starting your postgraduate research Choosing the right research degree Choosing your supervisor(s) Research questions and hypotheses Research methodologies Conceptual frameworks Ethics and confidentially Writing a research proposal
part. 2. Getting going supervisors, time and community Managing your supervisor (s) Managing the balancing act Managing your time and tasks Learning as a research student learning approaches, styles and pitfalls Developing a supportive research culture locally and at a distance
part. 3. Carrying out the research and starting to write Carrying out a literature review developing the theorectical perspectives chapter Methods in brief Using grounded theory, case studies, journals and synectics Action research and practitioner-based research Problem solving or enquiry-based research and problems solving Research methods for the arts and humanities
part. 4. Support, progress, analysis, writing up, the viva, presentations and afterwards Being organised, keeping records, writing up, stage-by-stage Writing the thesis or dissertation Overcoming writing blocks and learning from feedback Analysing data and thinking about findings Learning from feedback Writing transfer documents and progress reports for MPhil, EdD and PhD thesis Writing up: definitions and qualities of a good MA, MPhil, EdD and PhD thesis Preparing your thesis and dissertation - coherence, conclusions and conceptual level work -- Dealing with corrections Life after research
Universities and colleges--Graduate work--Handbooks, manuals, etc Graduate students--Handbooks, manuals, etc. Study skills--Handbooks, manuals, etc. Dissertations, Academic--Handbooks, manuals, etc. Research--Handbooks, manuals, etc.