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Stepping stones to achieving your doctorate : focusing on your viva from the start / Vernon Trafford and Shosh Leshem.

By:

Trafford, Vernon [author.]

Contributor(s):

Leshem, Shosh [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Open UP study skillsPublisher: Maidenhead : New York : Open University Press ; McGraw-Hill, 2008Description: xii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

033522542X
9780335225422
0335225438
9780335225439

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

378.242 22

LOC classification:

LB2386 .T73 2008

Contents:

1. Introduction -- 4. Architecture of the doctoral thesis -- 5. Exploiting the literature -- 6. Thinking about research design -- 7. What's in a word? -- 8. How to conclude your thesis in one chapter -- 9. The abstract -- 10. The magic circle -- 11. Preparing for the viva -- Epilogue: arriving back where we started.

Summary: "The starting point to achieving your doctorate is to appreciate how your thesis will be examined. The criteria that examiners use, the questions they ask in vivas and their reports provide templates against which theses are judged. So, why not start from this endpoint as you plan, undertake, write and defend your research? This book focuses specifically on how you, as a doctoral candidate, can raise your level of thinking about your chosen topic. Doing so will improve the quality of your research and ultimately contribute to knowledge. It also explores the nature of conceptualization which is sought by examiners in theses. As a candidate, the book provides those essential characteristics of doctorateness that examiners expect to find in your thesis. The book will also appeal to supervisors, examiners and those who conduct workshops for doctoral candidates and supervisors. This practical book includes extracts from theses, examiner reports and cameo accounts from doctoral examiners, supervisors and candidates. It also contains numerous visual models that explain relationships and processes for you to apply and use in your doctoral journey. Based upon contemporary practice, Stepping Stones to Achieving your Doctorate is an essential tool for doctoral candidates, supervisors and examiners."--Publisher's website.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The starting point to achieving your doctorate is to appreciate how your thesis will be examined. The criteria that examiners use, the questions they ask in vivas and their reports provide templates against which theses are judged. So, why not start from this endpoint as you plan, undertake, write and defend your research? This book focuses specifically on how you, as a doctoral candidate, can raise your level of thinking about your chosen topic. Doing so will improve the quality of your research and ultimately contribute to knowledge. It also explores the nature of conceptualization which is sought by examiners in theses. As a candidate, the book provides those essential characteristics of doctorateness that examiners expect to find in your thesis. The book will also appeal to supervisors, examiners and those who conduct workshops for doctoral candidates and supervisors. This practical book includes extracts from theses, examiner reports and cameo accounts from doctoral examiners, supervisors and candidates. It also contains numerous visual models that explain relationships and processes for you to apply and use in your doctoral journey. Based upon contemporary practice, Stepping Stones to Achieving your Doctorate is an essential tool for doctoral candidates, supervisors and examiners."--Publisher's website.

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