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Getting to grips with doctoral research / Margaret Walshaw.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Palgrave research skillsPublisher: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012Description: vi, 170 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0230369553
  • 9780230369559
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.155 23
Contents:
1 Getting Started 9 -- What's different about a doctorate? 9 -- What's research? 13 -- Setting up for success 19 -- Personal learning plan 23 -- Working on and off campus 24 -- Looking ahead towards the process 25 -- 2 Getting a Handle on the Topic, Questions and the literature 28 -- Deciding on and then refining the topic 28 -- Developing the research questions 32 -- Reading widely and critically 35 -- Writing the literature review 38 -- Referencing 42 -- 3 Getting Close to Theory 44 -- Where theory fits into a thesis 44 -- Different world views 47 -- Postmodern frames 50 -- A range of theoretical approaches 50 -- The place of theory in your work 56 -- 4 Getting Designs on Methods 59 -- Research designs 59 -- Research design purposes 60 -- Research methodology 62 -- A range of designs 64 -- Data collection methods 69 -- Data analysis methods 73 -- Plain sailing? 76 -- 5 Getting Underway with the Research Proposal 78 -- What is a research proposal? 78 -- What needs to be included in a research proposal? 79 -- Writing the research proposal 86 -- Defending the research proposal 88 -- Ethical research 89 -- 6 Getting Alongside Support 97 -- Support from the university 97 -- Support from the library 98 -- Support from peers and colleagues 98 -- Supervisor selection 100 -- Roles and responsibilities around supervision 102 -- Making the supervision arrangement work 105 -- Resolving supervision issues 110 -- 7 Getting on with Writing 114 -- The importance of writing 114 -- Structures and conventions 117 -- The thesis argument 120 -- The purposes of the main sections within a thesis 122 -- Enhancing the communication between writer and reader 126 -- Preparing for thesis submission 128 -- 8 Getting Examined 132 -- The examination process 132 -- The written thesis examination 134 -- The viva or defence (oral examination) 139 -- Preparing for the viva or defence 142 -- Your role in the viva or defence 144 -- 9 Getting Your Research 'Out There' 149 -- Beyond the thesis 149 -- Publishing journal articles 151 -- Submission and reviewing processes 155 -- Books 161 -- Presentations 162 -- Future orientation 164.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 Getting Started 9 -- What's different about a doctorate? 9 -- What's research? 13 -- Setting up for success 19 -- Personal learning plan 23 -- Working on and off campus 24 -- Looking ahead towards the process 25 -- 2 Getting a Handle on the Topic, Questions and the literature 28 -- Deciding on and then refining the topic 28 -- Developing the research questions 32 -- Reading widely and critically 35 -- Writing the literature review 38 -- Referencing 42 -- 3 Getting Close to Theory 44 -- Where theory fits into a thesis 44 -- Different world views 47 -- Postmodern frames 50 -- A range of theoretical approaches 50 -- The place of theory in your work 56 -- 4 Getting Designs on Methods 59 -- Research designs 59 -- Research design purposes 60 -- Research methodology 62 -- A range of designs 64 -- Data collection methods 69 -- Data analysis methods 73 -- Plain sailing? 76 -- 5 Getting Underway with the Research Proposal 78 -- What is a research proposal? 78 -- What needs to be included in a research proposal? 79 -- Writing the research proposal 86 -- Defending the research proposal 88 -- Ethical research 89 -- 6 Getting Alongside Support 97 -- Support from the university 97 -- Support from the library 98 -- Support from peers and colleagues 98 -- Supervisor selection 100 -- Roles and responsibilities around supervision 102 -- Making the supervision arrangement work 105 -- Resolving supervision issues 110 -- 7 Getting on with Writing 114 -- The importance of writing 114 -- Structures and conventions 117 -- The thesis argument 120 -- The purposes of the main sections within a thesis 122 -- Enhancing the communication between writer and reader 126 -- Preparing for thesis submission 128 -- 8 Getting Examined 132 -- The examination process 132 -- The written thesis examination 134 -- The viva or defence (oral examination) 139 -- Preparing for the viva or defence 142 -- Your role in the viva or defence 144 -- 9 Getting Your Research 'Out There' 149 -- Beyond the thesis 149 -- Publishing journal articles 151 -- Submission and reviewing processes 155 -- Books 161 -- Presentations 162 -- Future orientation 164.

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