Writing a Postgraduate Thesis or Dissertation

Tools for Success
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-367-75281-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 172 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 358 g

Reihe: Routledge Study Skills

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hammond, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

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

Über Autor(innen)

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