Succeeding with your doctorate
This work offers guidance and discussion on all aspects of successful doctoral work. The authors advise on every stage in the process of completing a doctorate, from helping to engage in critical reflection to useful guidelines on preparing for, and surviving, the viva
dissertations
xi, 228 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
9781412901154, 9781412901161, 1412901154, 1412901162
57484043
1. What is a doctorate and why do people do them?
2. How did I get here? : an auto/biographical approach
Cameo 1. The long and winding road that led me to an EdD course / Jean Clarkson
Cameo 2. How our experiences influence the research topics we choose / Alan Hearsum
3. Learning on the doctoral journey
Cameo. Spiralling into control : a research journey / Tracy Marshall
4. Framing the research
Cameo. How I theorised my thesis
my story / Carolyn Mason
5. Reviewing the literature
Cameo. Reviewing the literature / John O'Neill
6. Doing research reflecting on methods : methodology and ethics
Cameo. Methodology and methods / Bernard Longden
7. Approaching research as lived experience
Cameo. Queer matters in methodology / Mark Vicars
8. Writing and the writing process in a doctoral programme
Cameo. Me and my writing process / Kathryn Roberts
9. Production values in the doctoral thesis
Cameo. Writing the thesis
a personal account from which it might be hard to generalise much / Paul Machon
10. Presenting your work at the viva
Cameo. Surviving the viva / Maxine Burton
11. Whatever next? Spreading the word and becoming part of the research community
Cameo. The doctoral experience
bearing fruit /Marion Jones