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Dissertation Solutions: A Concise Guide to Planning, Implementing, and Surviving the Dissertation Process

Autor Bradley Axelrod, James Windell
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 oct 2012
New graduate students are often unaware of the many hazards and pitfalls that occur during the dissertation process: intensive schedules, dwindling motivation, difficult or unavailable mentors, and research and publication complications. Lacking the experience and wherewithal to successfully overcome or avoid these impetuses for derailment, many students are unable to complete the dissertation process, losing sight somewhere in between reading, studying, collecting data, and writing a thesis.
Based on the authors' inside knowledge and extensive experience, Dissertation Solutions provides graduate students with the basic tools and skills to help them navigate the whole process with minimal damage, making the whole process of planning, researching, and writing more manageable. This thorough, but concise guide will help even the most naïve graduate student become experts in navigating and surviving their graduate experiences. Outlining the dissertation process, explaining the key players involved, and offering advice to help complete any research project, this book will also provide overwhelmed, intimidated, or just reluctant students with the motivation required to complete this arduous project.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781610488679
ISBN-10: 1610488679
Pagini: 173
Dimensiuni: 150 x 224 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția R&L Education
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Acknowledgments
Introduction

Part I: Background
Chapter One. It Isn't Simply Hazing
Chapter Two. The Dissertation Process

Part II: Before, During, and After the Dissertation
Chapter Three. Don't Fear Starting
Chapter Four. Get it Out of the Box -- Work on it Early and Often
Chapter Five. Work Ahead
Chapter Six. Back it Up

Part III: Selecting Your Topic or Research Study
Chapter Seven. Use Coursework Strategically
Chapter Eight. Read Journals and Attend Conferences Aggressively
Chapter Nine. Investigating Faculty Members' Research
Chapter Ten. Save the Nobel Prize for Later
Chapter Eleven. Pitfalls of Concurrent and Absentee Data Collection
Chapter Twelve. Pitfalls of Archival Data Collection
Chapter Thirteen. Maximizing Flexibility
Chapter Fourteen. Locale and Availability of Data Collection
Chapter Fifteen. The Financial Pain of Research

Part IV: Selecting Your Committee
Chapter Sixteen. Selecting Your Advisor
Chapter Seventeen. Selecting Other Committee Members (Part I).Choose Who You Know
Chapter Eighteen. Selecting Other Committee Members (Part II).Know Who You Choose

Part V: Preparing to Begin
Chapter Nineteen. Marriages Are For People, Not Work Products
Chapter Twenty. The Runaround and Getting your Ducks in a Row
Chapter Twenty-One. The Human Investigating Committee and the Institutional Review Board
Hurdle

Part VI: The Project: Ins and Outs of the Process
Chapter Twenty-Two. Managing Anxiety
Chapter Twenty-Three. Managing Indifference
Chapter Twenty-Four. Managing Lunacy

Part VII: Approaching the Defense
Chapter Twenty-Five. No Surprises -- Certainly Not During the Proposal or Defense Meetings
Chapter Twenty-Six. Preparing for the Defense
Chapter Twenty-Seven. You Know More Than You Believe You Know
Chapter Twenty-Eight. The Ruler Lady

Part VIII: Publishing
Chapter Twenty-Nine. Authorship
Chapter Thirty. Finding a Journal
Chapter Thirty-One. The Reviewers Said What?
Chapter Thirty-Two. Editors and Reviewers are People, Too

Part IX: Collaborating
Chapter Thirty-Three. Making a Team
Chapter Thirty-Four. Who is Doing What on the Project?

Part X: Wrapping It Up
Chapter Thirty-Five. Congratulations! You Did It! Now, Where do You Go from Here?

Appendices
Appendix A. Recommended Resources
Appendix B. References

Recenzii

Dissertation Solutions gives the broad strokes and fine points of how the dissertation actually works, on stage and behind the scenes, by using student accounts of dissertation successes, tragedies, and sagas. For those students who are stuck, fear getting delayed, or need to obsess about the dissertation constructively while anticipating it or procrastinating on it, this is a must read. Dissertation Solutions is a very practical guide that will tell students some of what you already know and some of what you don't want to hear, it will help you hear it, and help you navigate the real-world messiness of the dissertation process. There's something for every student. Give it a read for its ability to motivate you, provide useful information, and convey wisdom.
Dissertation Solutions is a gold mine of sound advice for students planning to undertake a master's thesis or doctoral dissertation. With an engaging writing style and interesting anecdotes, the authors provide a road map of the most practical paths to success. The tasks that must be completed are discussed in considerable detail and the most common land mines and dead ends to avoid are clearly presented. This is a must read for graduate students in psychology and the behavioral sciences.
Dissertation Solutions promises to be a very helpful guide for graduate students in clinical, counseling, and school psychology. Even for those few students who have published as an undergraduate and no longer aspire to a Nobel Prize type of dissertation, the sections on preparing for a dissertation defense and the sections on selecting one's advisor and committee members add to the strengths of this book. In addition, the section on approaching the defense of one's thesis or dissertation adds relevant information. I think graduate students will like this book!
Dissertation Solutions is an excellent resource for students . . . who are working on their dissertation, a major milestone in graduate education. This book takes the complexity of undertaking a dissertation and helps students breakdown the process into manageable steps. . . . This book can aid students in flourishing with their dissertation project. Moreover, Dissertation Studies not only deals with the dissertation research and writing, but deals with some of the problems that may arise from working on such a major project. It offers practical advice and provides motivation and support. . . . Students will benefit from this book. While the primary audience is for doctoral students, I would recommend the book for students working on Master essays and theses. There is no such thing as having too much information when undertaking the capstone event for a graduate degree.