Complete Your Thesis or Dissertation Successfully
Print ISBN: 9780702189166
Print ISBN: 9780702189166
Product Details:
Author(s):
Year Published:
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Type:
Print | Soft Cover
Language:
English
About this publication
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.
Current, practical, South African, up-to-date, cross-disciplinary, the book includes numerous examples of best practice, provides research sites to consult and includes a chapter on article writing.
Content
Chapter 1: The quality of doctoral education in South Africa: A question of significance
by Jonathan D Jansen
Chapter 2: Planning your thesis: Systemic and personal issues
by Mark Watson and Mary McMahon
Chapter 3: Choosing a topic
by Gertie Pretorius and Brandon Morgan
Chapter 4: Writing a research proposal
by Ronél Ferreira
Chapter 5: Theoretical-conceptual and structural aspects of thesis writing
by James A Athanasou, Elias Mpofu, W Dent Gitchel and Maurice J Elias
Chapter 6: Basic issues in thesis writing
by W Dent Gitchel and Elias Mpofu
Chapter 7: Sampling and research paradigms
by Brandon Morgan and Rony H Sklar
Chapter 8: Research designs and data collection techniques
by Joseph Seabi
Chapter 9: Conducting qualitative research: Practical guidelines on fieldwork
by Linda C Theron and Macalane J Malindi
Chapter 10: Writing the quantitative research method chapter
by Brandon Morgan and Rony H Sklar
Chapter 11: Conducting mixed-methods research
by Justin C Perry
Chapter 12: Ensuring quality in scholarly writing
by Annamaria Di Fabio and JG (Kobus) Maree
Chapter 13: Linking purpose and ethics in thesis writing: South African illustrations of an international perspective
by Maurice J Elias and Linda C Theron
Chapter 14: Writing style
by JG (Kobus) Maree
Chapter 15: Communication between student and supervisor
by Gertie Pretorius
Chapter 16: The role of critical readers in postgraduate studies
by Jan Nieuwenhuis
Chapter 17: Examining a thesis and writing an examiner’s report
by JG (Kobus) Maree
Chapter 18: Choosing examiners for a thesis or dissertation
by JG (Kobus) Maree
Chapter 19: How to prepare for an oral doctoral examination
by JG (Kobus) Maree
Chapter 20: The ultimate aim of your studies: Getting a manuscript published
by JG (Kobus) Maree
Chapter 21: Electronic submissions to journals
by JG (Kobus) Maree and Sharon Panulla
Interest / Benefit to
Students of the social sciences completing their master’s or doctoral studies, as well as to their supervisors and study leaders.