Michael Hammond is a Reader in the Centre for Education Studies at the University of Warwick, UK.
- Discusses the key challenges masters and doctoral students face when writing a thesis or dissertation
- With the numbers of masters and PhD students continuing to rise, a book that focusses soley on writing is the ideal guide for all those concerned with this step.
- Plenty of books focus on the whole thesis or dissertation process with details about how to go about the project itself, but the USP of this book is tis focus on writing
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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.
Preface
1. About writing
2. Showing knowledge of your field
3. Showing knowledge of methodology
4. Showing you have made a contribution
5. The presentation of a thesis or dissertation
6. Final thoughts
Key terms
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.
Über den Autor
Michael Hammond is a Reader in the Centre for Education Studies at the University of Warwick, UK.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface
1. About writing
2. Showing knowledge of your field
3. Showing knowledge of methodology
4. Showing you have made a contribution
5. The presentation of a thesis or dissertation
6. Final thoughts
Key terms
Klappentext
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.
