Writing a Postgraduate Thesis Or Dissertation Tools for Success

Writing a Postgraduate Thesis or Dissertation discusses the challenges that students encounter in their writing and provides thoughtful advice on how to address those challenges. It provides guidance on writing about literature, methodology and methods and shows the importance of stating a contribution to knowledge.



Providing key insight into the process of writing a dissertation or thesis, this book:





explains the process of writing and provides insight into strategies that support good writing





considers the audience and purpose of a report as well as the voice of the writer





discusses the structure and organisational features of theses and dissertations, highlighting the central role of the research question





Writing a Postgraduate Thesis or Dissertation is an ideal guide for doctoral and masters students in the social sciences.

About the author

Michael Hammond is a Reader in the Centre for Education Studies at the University of Warwick, UK.

Summary

Writing a Postgraduate Dissertation or Thesis provides key advice on how to write about a field of research, the tradition of methodology and methods undertaken, and the contribution to knowledge that is being made.

Product details

• Authors: Hammond Michael, Michael Hammond
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 29.07.2022
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9780367752811
• ISBN: 978-0-367-75281-1
• Pages: 160
• Series: Routledge Study Skills
• Subjects: EDUCATION / General, Study & learning skills: general, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Study and learning skills: general, academic writing strategies, postgraduate research skills, literature synthesis techniques, thesis structure guidance, effective dissertation composition, research question formulation, methodology discussion