Complete your thesis or dissertation successfully
Practical guidelines
Published on 1. October 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-0-7021-8916-6 (ISBN)
Description
Complete your thesis or dissertation successfully: Practical guidelines provides fundamentally important information to students of the social sciences completing their master's or doctoral studies, as well as to their supervisors and study leaders. Eminent scholars have contributed to the book and have created a text that is easy to read and use, yet does not water down the conceptual and terminological complexities of the process. For the very first time the most recent and current perspectives on how to complete master's or doctoral studies have been brought together in one publication that will equip relatively inexperienced researchers to write a thesis or dissertation.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Kenwyn
South Africa
Publishing group
Juta & Company Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-7021-8916-6 (9780702189166)
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Person
JG (Kobus) Maree is an education professor at the University of Pretoria and editor of the South African Journal of Psychology. He is internationally acknowledged for his work in career counselling and was recently awarded the Stals Prize for Psychology. He is also the recipient of the 2010 Chancellor's Award for Teaching and Learning and the 2011-2013 Exceptional Academic Achiever Awards.
Content
The quality of doctoral education in South Africa: A question of significance; Planning your thesis: Systemic and personal issues; Choosing a topic; Writing a research proposal; Theoretical-conceptual and structural aspects of thesis writing; Basic issues in thesis writing; Sampling and research paradigms; Research designs and data collection techniques; Conducting qualitative research: Practical guidelines on fieldwork; Writing the quantitative research method chapter; Conducting mixed-methods research; Ensuring quality in scholarly writing; Linking purpose and ethics in thesis writing: South African illustrations of an international perspective; Writing style; Communication between student and supervisor; The role of critical readers in postgraduate studies; Examining a thesis and writing an examiner's report; Choosing examiners for a thesis or dissertation; How to prepare for an oral doctoral examination; The ultimate aim of your studies: Getting a manuscript published; Electronic submissions to journals.