Getting a PhD

An Action Plan to Help Manage Your Research, Your Supervisor and Your Project
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-415-34498-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 303 g

Reihe: Routledge Study Guides

This highly practical guide provides information that will help research students avoid needless mistakes. It informs and advises you about many of the important facets of postgraduate research, including:

- what it means to conduct research at doctoral level

- the requirements for independence, contribution to knowledge, originality and suitability for publication

- planning a research project over a period of time

- responsible research practice

- criteria used in the examination of a PhD.

Getting a PhD is an essential handbook for PhD students and provides plenty of useful advice for Masters students or undergraduates conducting a research project.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Finn, John

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. The PhD Research Degree 3. You and Your Supervisor 4. Project Management 5. The Literature Review 6. Writing the Thesis 7. Publishing Your Research 8. Examining the PhD 9. References

Über Autor(innen)

John A.Finn is Research Officer at Teagasc, Ireland,where he manages and supervises PhD students. He is also Visiting Researcher at University College Dublin.