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This practical, research-informed text will provide students across all disciplines with models, tasks and activities to enable them to plan, action, write and present quality research. It will help develop ideas, creative thinking and systematic research practices to enable students to produce high quality dissertations and reports.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction.- PART I: STARTING RESEARCH Getting Started.- Kinds, Forms, Skills and Techniques of Research.- Research for Longer and Larger Outcomes Essays, Projects, Dissertations.- Research Methodology and Methods.- PART II: MANAGING YOUR RESEARCH, YOUR PROGRESS AND INTERACTIONS WITH YOUR SUPERVISOR AND OTHER PEOPLE Good Practical Activities and Habits.- Carrying out the Research Processes.- Developing Good Writing Habits.- Making the Most of Yourself.- Managing and Making the Most of Your Tutor, Lecturer or Supervisor.- PART III: DEVELOPING THE RESEARCH AND MAINTAINING MOMENTUM Collecting, Selecting, Organising and Analysing Data, Interpretation.- Presenting, Interpreting, Articulating and Discussing Findings.- Overcoming Difficulties and Managing Differences with Situations and People.- Writing.- Expressing the Findings and the Final Version.- Editing, Articulation in Different Forms for Different Disciplines, Aims and Outcomes.- What Do Examiners Look For?.- PART IV: RESEARCH CONTINUES Research Approaches and Techniques for Different Purposes.- Presenting and Publishing your Work.- Your Research Successes, Skills, Your CV and Getting a Job.- Glossary of Research Terms.- Bibliography.- Index.
