The Undergraduate Research Handbook

2009
ISBN: 978-0-230-52097-4
Verlag: Macmillan Education

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Palgrave Study Skills

This practical, research-informed text will provide students across all disciplines with models, tasks and activities to enable them to plan, action, write and present quality research. It will help develop ideas, creative thinking and systematic research practices to enable students to produce high quality dissertations and reports.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wisker, Gina

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- PART I: STARTING RESEARCH Getting Started.- Kinds, Forms, Skills and Techniques of Research.- Research for Longer and Larger Outcomes Essays, Projects, Dissertations.- Research Methodology and Methods.- PART II: MANAGING YOUR RESEARCH, YOUR PROGRESS AND INTERACTIONS WITH YOUR SUPERVISOR AND OTHER PEOPLE Good Practical Activities and Habits.- Carrying out the Research Processes.- Developing Good Writing Habits.- Making the Most of Yourself.- Managing and Making the Most of Your Tutor, Lecturer or Supervisor.- PART III: DEVELOPING THE RESEARCH AND MAINTAINING MOMENTUM Collecting, Selecting, Organising and Analysing Data, Interpretation.- Presenting, Interpreting, Articulating and Discussing Findings.- Overcoming Difficulties and Managing Differences with Situations and People.- Writing.- Expressing the Findings and the Final Version.- Editing, Articulation in Different Forms for Different Disciplines, Aims and Outcomes.- What Do Examiners Look For?.- PART IV: RESEARCH CONTINUES Research Approaches and Techniques for Different Purposes.- Presenting and Publishing your Work.- Your Research Successes, Skills, Your CV and Getting a Job.- Glossary of Research Terms.- Bibliography.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

GINA WISKER is the Head of Centre for Learning and Teaching at the University of Brighton, UK moving from Anglia Ruskin University. She has worked in educational development for over 25 years, and in 2005 was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship for her work in learning support. She is the author of The Postgraduate Research Handbook and The Good Supervisor.