Milestone moments in getting your PhD in qualitative research

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Milestone Moments in Getting your PhDin Qualitative Research is a guide for research students completing higher degrees with a focus on the importance of language and terminology of the theoretical and practical requirements of a given research program. The book responds to a lack of preparedness among many entrants into higher-degrees in contemporary higher education. The need among non-traditional entrants into higher-degrees for a strong background in core academic principles is made pressin…

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Full title :Milestone moments in getting your PhD in qualitative research / Margaret Zeegers, Deirdre Barron.

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Publication Date:2015.

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Publisher(s):Chandos Publishing
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015.

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Description:1 online resource

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ISBN:9780081002582, 0081002580, 9780081002315, 0081002319
oclc:ocn935667703
LC Classification:LB2369
Dewey Decimal:378.24

Front Cover; Milestone Moments in Getting your PhD in Qualitative Research; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the authors; Introduction ; The purpose of this book; Level; Organization; How to use this book; Part One: Establishing the basis for the PhD ; Chapter 1: Milestone 1: Clearing the decks; Reasons for not doing your PhD; What research is; What your thesis is; Putting the proposal together; Getting the question; Concepts to be engaged; Theory; Data; Information; Knowledge; Positioning yourself as the researcher; Negotiating the supervisor; The words used.

Suggested readingConclusion; Chapter 2: Milestone 2: The confirmation or defense of candidature; Designing the research; Paradigm; Qualitative researcher; Taking up the qualitative; Literature review; Methodology; Method; Validity; Technique; Ethics requirements; Timetable; Budget; Oral presentation; Support groups; The words used; Words not to be used; Suggested reading; Research methodology (general); Research methodology (specific); Research method; Handling the minutiae; Conventions of writing; Inappropriate expressions; Word use; Paragraphing; Signposting.

Structuring the program of studyConclus…