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The Postgraduate Research Handbook: Succeed with Your MA, MPhil, EdD and PhD (Palgrave Study Guides) (Paperback)

by Gina Wisker (Author) "Postgraduate study is an opportunity for personal skills development and for professional recognition and status ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (30 Aug 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0333747771
  • ISBN-13: 978-0333747773
  • Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.8 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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An accessible, rigorous guide through research for all postgraduate students including international students, largely involved in MA, MPhil, EdD and PhD study. Advice, support and both active and reflective tasks take readers through the stages of research. These range from choosing a university and a topic, writing proposals, developing appropriate methodology and methods, carrying out the research, to dealing with the findings and writing up. It also considers such social and cultural issues as working with your supervisor and with other researchers, giving presentations and writing for publication, and being prepared for a successful viva.


About the Author

GINA WISKER is Director of Learning and Teaching Development, and MA Women's Studies course leader at Anglia Polytechnic University. She is author of a number of books and articles, and is co-editor and committee chair of the SEDA journal Innovations in Education and Teaching International.
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3.0 out of 5 stars For Master's students only, 17 Feb 2004
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I bought this book because it is one of the few of its kind that outlines the key elements of a PhD proposal. Despite the fact that most UK universities require a proposal with applications for a doctorate, virtually no PhD guides give you any perspectives on how to write it. I was pretty happy to see "writing your proposal" on the table of contents. But I was pretty sorry to see the author doesn't tell you much more than a good few university prospectuses I have seen.

This book is great for those without postgraduate experience, who are embarking on their Master's degree, particularly if it is an MPhil or another research degree. It outlines the key issues you need to consider as you think about how to conceptualise and structure your research, and what direction to give it. It also provides helpful thinking on the 'intangibles' of research: getting on with your supervisor, overcoming cultural barriers, etc.

However, if you have completed a Master's degree and, like me, are embarking on a PhD, you are better off looking elsewhere for guidance about your methods. This book poses far more questions than it provides answers or guidance. Most of these questions are ones which any doctoral candidate who looks for this type of book has already asked themselves. The chapters on choosing your methodology are hopeless - very, very basic. I was surprised to see this was published by Palgrave.

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