Planning Your Postgraduate Research

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

This comprehensive and easy-to-use book supports postgraduate researchers in the early stages of their project. Written in an engaging and accessible style, it helps readers to clarify what they want to research and how to conduct that research. Each chapter covers a key stage in the process, from selecting an appropriate research topic and developing a working research question through to assimilating and evaluating relevant literature. It then guides researchers through the process of writing a literature review, selecting a research methodology and creating a research proposal. This invaluable guide is ideal for PhD and Masters students alike and will equip them with the skills needed to get their research project underway

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-04-21
Mått:138 x 216 x 8 mm
Vikt:181 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Bloomsbury Research Skills
Antal sidor:144
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781137427342

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Pedagogik inom Psykologi och pedagogik

Mer om författaren

Margaret Walshaw is Coordinator of the Professional Doctoral programme and Co-Director of the Centre for Research in Mathematics Education at Massey University, New Zealand. She is the author of Getting to Grips with Doctoral Research.

Recensioner i media

'Planning Your Postgraduate Research provides readers with constructive and helpful guidance on the crucial early stages of undertaking research. Margaret Walshaw's book hits all the right notes in covering how to select a question, conduct a literature review, choose a research methodology, and provides useful guidance on how to manage one's time effectively.' - Kristen Williams, Clark University, USA 'A most welcome book, which explores and explains all of the different elements, theoretical and empirical, academic and personal, that are necessary for the successful completion of postgraduate research.' - Suzanne McDonald-Walker, Northampton University, UK

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsPreface1. Introducing Research2. Selecting a Topic, Formulating a Research Question, and Developing a Conceptual Framework3. Gathering and Evaluating Relevant Literature4. Writing the Literature Review5. Defining a Research Methodology6. Creating a Research Proposal7. Looking Ahead to Next StepsReferencesIndex.