Writing a Postgraduate Thesis or Dissertation

Writing a Postgraduate Dissertation or Thesis provides key advice on how to write about a field of research, the tradition of methodology and methods undertaken, and the contribution to knowledge that is being made.

Auteur

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

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Writing a Postgraduate Dissertation or Thesis discusses the challenges that students encounter in their writing and provides thoughtful advice on how to address those challenges. It provides key advice on how to write about a field of research, the tradition of methodology and methods undertaken, and the contribution to knowledge that is being made.

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 Dissertation or Thesis is an ideal guide for doctoral and masters students in the social sciences.

Contenu

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

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