Author: Paul Oliver
Publisher: Sage Publications
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 197
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8178293927
Description
Although postgraduate students and researchers are generally able to design their programme of research and collect data, most find it difficult to transform their date into a thesis. Writing your thesis is designed to help students and researchers with the process, preparation, writing and examination of their theses.
In this immensely practical book, Paul Oliver covers all essential elements of writing a thesis. This includes:
The purpose of the thesis and what it should achieve
Strategies for organizing your work as you write your thesis
How to incorporate a theoretical perspective
Sound techniques of academic writing
How to benefit from your supervisor’s experience
What to do about publishing preliminary findings
Tips on preparing for the oral examination
This lucid and reader-friendly volume is essential reading for all M Phil and PhD students and researchers.
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I.THE PROCESS OF ACADEMIC WRITING
THE RESEARCH THESIS
The Intellectual Content of the Thesis
Organizing Your work
The Role of the Supervisor
Grammar, Punctuation and Conventions of Academic Writing
Layout of the Thesis
II.WRITING YOUR THESIS
The Preliminary Pages and the Introduction
The Literature Review
Methodology
The Data Analysis Chapters
The Conclusion
Completing the Thesis
Publishing Findings During Preparation of the Thesis
The Oral Examination
REFERENCE
INDEX