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The postgraduate research handbook : succeed with your MA, MPhil, EdD and PhD /

By: Wisker, Gina, 1951-
Material type: BookSeries: Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2008.Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xi, 428 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780230521308Subject(s): Universities and colleges -- Graduate work -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Graduate students -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Study skills -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Dissertations, Academic -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Research -- Handbooks, manuals, etcDDC classification: 001.4
Summary:
The second edition of this best-selling book will be as lively and accessible as the first edition. As a book, it helps to keep students' momentum going, helps them enjoy the process of research and ultimately ensures they can produce a high quality dissertation or thesis. Advice, support and both active and reflective tasks take the students through the stages of research as well as encouraging them to consider social and cultural issues, such as working with their supervisor and other researchers. It is the ideal companion for postgraduate students studying for an MA, MPhil, EdD or PhD, and will be useful for those supervisors looking for extra support for their students.
Advice, support and both active and reflective tasks take the reader through the main stages of research. These include choosing a university and a topic, writing proposals, developing appropriate methodology, carrying out research, & writing up.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 414-424) and index.

The second edition of this best-selling book will be as lively and accessible as the first edition. As a book, it helps to keep students' momentum going, helps them enjoy the process of research and ultimately ensures they can produce a high quality dissertation or thesis. Advice, support and both active and reflective tasks take the students through the stages of research as well as encouraging them to consider social and cultural issues, such as working with their supervisor and other researchers. It is the ideal companion for postgraduate students studying for an MA, MPhil, EdD or PhD, and will be useful for those supervisors looking for extra support for their students.

Advice, support and both active and reflective tasks take the reader through the main stages of research. These include choosing a university and a topic, writing proposals, developing appropriate methodology, carrying out research, & writing up.

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