Succeeding with your doctorate / Jerry Wellington [and others].

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wellington, J. J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, 2005.
Series:Sage study skills.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • 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 via / Maxine Burton
  • 11. Whatever next? Spreading the word and becoming part of the research community
  • Cameo : the doctoral experience - bearing fruit / Marion Jones.
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