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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460228403321

Autore

Houghton Stephanie Ann

Titolo

Researching the stereotypes of people around me : an introductory thesis writing course for international students / / by Stephanie Ann Houghton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Castle Upon Tyne : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

ISBN

1-4438-7037-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (159 p.)

Disciplina

378.242

Soggetti

Dissertations, Academic

Stereotypes (Social psychology) - Research

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTE TO THE TEACHER; 1. WHAT IS RESEARCH?; 2. DEFINING STEREOTYPES ACROSS DISCIPLINES; 3. DEFINING AND REFLECTING UPON STEREOTYPES; 4. EXPLORING AND ILLUSTRATING STEREOTYPES; 5. THE TRANSMISSION OF STEREOTYPES AND CRITICAL INCIDENTANALYSIS; 6. INTRODUCTION; 7. LITERATURE REVIEW; 8. RESEARCH METHODS 1; 9. RESEARCH METHODS 2; 10. DATA ANALYSIS; 11. DATA PRESENTATION; 12. DISCUSSION; 13. CONCLUSION; 14. REFERENCES AND APPENDICES; REFERENCES

Sommario/riassunto

This textbook will help students to develop thesis-writing skills through experiential learning by conducting a research project based on questionnaire- and interview-based research focusing on stereotypes, and reporting on it in a mini-thesis. It was developed for the benefit of international students who, in their penultimate year of study, are planning to write a graduation thesis in English related to stereotypes in their final year with little or no prior knowledge of the subject, or of ...