Titre : | How to Suceed in your Master's and Doctoral Studies : A South African Guide and Resource Book |
Auteurs : | Johann Mouton, Auteur |
Type de document : | texte imprimé |
Editeur : | Pretoria [South Africa] : Van Schaik, 2001 |
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-627-02484-9 |
Format : | xv + 280 p. |
Langues: | Anglais |
Index. décimale : | SB (Méthodes d'étude et de lecture, organisation personnelle du travail) |
Résumé : |
How to succeed in your Master’s and Doctoral Studies is the first comprehensive and specifically South African text and resource book for postgraduate students and supervisors alike. It covers a wide range of topics related to the management of postgraduate research studies, including:
• The development of a successful research proposal (with examples) • Research resource management • How to write a proper literature review • Conducting your fieldwork • The logic and structure of the thesis • A comprehensive map of research designs • Referencing techniques • Research ethics It also has separate chapters on the nature of supervision and the relationship between supervisor and student. A special feature of the book is its extensive references to other sources, including the latest Internet sites and electronic documents. This book is a must for every student who embarks on a master’s or doctorate, irrespective of the field. |
Note de contenu : |
- Preface - Navigating your way through the book PART I: MANAGING YOUR RESEARCH SECTION 1: Preparing your research - 1. Getting started: The motivation for postgraduate studies / Factors associated with non-completion of postgraduate studies/ The first reconnaissance - 2. You and your supervisor: On the nature of supervision / What you can realistically expect of your supervisor / Selecting the right supervisor / What the supervisor can expect of you / The first meeting with the supervisor: laying the ground rules / Research etiquette - 3. Scanning the field of study: The origin of research ideas / Your supervisor as a source of ideas / Scanning South African databases and indices for research ideas / South African indices: NISC SA South African databases: the Nexus database system / South African databases: Healthnet / The South African Data Archive / Using the Internet as a research tool / South African Internet sites for researchers / Some guidelines for the selection of a research topic SECTION 2: Planning your research - 4. The research proposal: What is the research proposal? / The logic of the research process / The structure of the research proposal / Four steps in transforming research ideas into research problems / Selecting the appropriate research design / Formal aspects of the research proposal - 5. Research resource management: Human resources / Time management / Information management / Sources of funding / Computing resources / Drawing up a research resource checklist SECTION 3: The research process - 6. The literature review: The importance of the literature review / Strategies for searching the literature / Towards more effective reading of the literature / The criteria for a good literature review / How to organise your review of the scholarship / The number of references - 7. Conducting fieldwork: Identifying and selecting your data sources / Using existing instrumentation: validity and reliability assessment / Developing new instrumentation: design, construction and piloting / Collecting or gathering data / Fieldwork/data documentation / Data capturing and data editing / Data analysis and interpretation (synthesis) SECTION 4: The research product - 8. The research thesis: The logic of the thesis / The structure of the thesis / The rhetoric of the thesis PART II: RESOURCE CHAPTERS - 9. The Three Worlds framework: World 1: The world of everyday life and lay knowledge / World 2: The world of science and scientific research / World 3: The world of meta-science - 10. Research design map: Empirical studies / Non-empirical studies - 11. Research proposals: examples: Example 1 : A poor proposal / Example 2: A good proposal - 12. Understanding basic computer terminology: How does a computer work? / What is the Internet? / What is the Web? / What are search engines? / What are meta-searchers and web crawlers? - 13. Resources for literature reviews: Arts, humanities and social sciences / Education / Economics, business and management sciences / Law / Medical science and health sciences / Natural sciences and engineering - 14. Referencing; rules and formats: In-text documentation / Reference list / Books (monographs) / Books (edited books, anthologies, published proceedings) / Reference materials (encyclopaedias, dictionaries) / Periodicals (scientific journals) / Research and technical reports and dissertations / Popular magazines and newspapers / Electronic sources (CD-ROMS, websites) / Fieldwork sources (personal interviews) / Multimedia sources (videos, films) / Other - 15. Research ethics: Relationship to the practice of science (professional ethics) / Relationship to society / Relationship to the subjects of science / Relationship to the environment - Bibliography (with selected annotation) - Subject index |
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