Undergraduate Research Handbook

GINA WISKER is the Head of Centre for Learning and Teaching at the University of Brighton, UK moving from Anglia Ruskin University. She has worked in educational development for over 25 years, and in 2005 was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship for her work in learning support. She is the author of The Postgraduate Research Handbook and The Good Supervisor and Getting Published.

By demystifying the terminology and culture of research, this book gives the reader the belief that they are capable of undertaking research at university.

• GlossaryAcknowledgementsIntroductionPART I: GETTING STARTEDThe Enquiring Mind in ActionStarting ResearchGood Research: The EssentialsInternational Students and Those New to Research Learning in Higher EducationCarrying Out Research for a Project or DissertationPutting Ethics into PracticeResearch Paradigms, Theorising and Conceptual FrameworksWriting a Research ProposalCarrying Out a Literature Review: Engaging with the LiteratureResearch Methodology and MethodsFinding and Using SourcesUsing the Internet for Research and Some Introductory Digital TechnologyQuantitative Methods in Action: Questionnaires, ObservationQualitative Methods in ActionVarieties of Research: Practitioner-Based and Action Research, Phenomenography and Ethnography, and Other Real-World ResearchPART II: MANAGING PEOPLE AND PROCESSESCollecting, Selecting, Organising and Analysing Data, InterpretationManaging Your Lecturer or Supervisor/AdvisorManaging Your Time, Life, Paid Work and ResearchPART III: WRITING AND MOVING ONResearching and Writing in Different DisciplinesDeveloping Good Writing HabitsWriting Well, in the Right Shapes and Forms: the Authority of Your Research and Your WritingMaintaining Momentum and Overcoming Difficulties with Time, Writing, Theorising the Project and the Research ProcessWhat Do Examiners Look For? What Do Employers Look For? And How to Ensure Your Work Matches Their ExpectationsBibliographyIndex.