05353oam 2200805I 450 991045907730332120200520144314.01-136-97513-61-136-97514-41-282-58656-497866125865690-203-85224-910.4324/9780203852248 (CKB)2670000000014961(EBL)515356(OCoLC)609863230(SSID)ssj0000365466(PQKBManifestationID)12152026(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000365466(PQKBWorkID)10403695(PQKB)11586141(MiAaPQ)EBC515356(Au-PeEL)EBL515356(CaPaEBR)ebr10382438(CaONFJC)MIL258656(OCoLC)647917731(EXLCZ)99267000000001496120180706d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Routledge doctoral student's companion getting to grips with research in education and the social sciences /edited by Pat Thomson and Melanie Walker1st ed.London ;New York :Routledge,2010.1 online resource (444 p.)Companions for PhD and DPhil ResearchDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-48412-X 0-415-48411-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on Contributors; Part 1 Introduction: Why The Doctoral Companions?; 1 Doctoral education in context: The changing nature of the doctorate and doctoral students; Part 2 Becoming and being a doctoral student; 2 Ignorance in educational research: How not knowing shapes new knowledge; 3 When qualitative meets quantitative: Conversations about the nature of knowledge; 4 Interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity: Diverse purposes of research: theory-oriented, situation-oriented, policy-oriented5 The necessity and violence of theory6 Bringing theory to doctoral research; 7 Seeking the single thread: The Conceptual Quest; 8 Theory and narrative in the production of knowledge; 9 Making sense of supervision: Deciphering feedback; 10 Entering the gates of the elect: Obtaining the doctorate in education in South Africa; 11 Weaving the threads of doctoral research journeys; Part 3 Coming to terms with research practice; 12 It's been said before and we'll say it again - research is writing; 13 Constructing research questions: Focus, methodology and theorisation14 Research questions: What's worth asking and why?15 'There is no golden key': Overcoming problems with data analysis in qualitative research; 16 Dealing with data analysis; 17 Researching with large datasets: Learning to think big when small is beautiful; 18 Doing data analysis; 19 Argumentation and the doctoral thesis: Theory and practice; 20 Writing research; 21 'Guilty knowledge': The (im)possibility of ethical security in social science research; 22 'Dangerous reflexivity' Rigour, responsibility and reflexivity in qualitative research; 23 Emotions and being a doctoral studentPart 4 Making a contribution to knowledge24 Quality agendas and doctoral work: The tacit, the new agendas, the changing contexts; 25 Generating practitioner knowledge through practitioner action research: Moving from local to public knowledge; 26 Coyote and Raven talk about equivalency of other/ed knowledges in research; 27 Knowledge in context: Whose knowledge and for what context?; 28 Open access and the ongoing transformation of scholarly publishing: A guide for doctoral students; 29 Inner university, knowledge workers and liminality; 30 Global students for global education research?31 The impact of research on education policy: The relevance for doctoral researchers32 Last words: Why doctoral study?; IndexThis volume addresses a set of interlocking and overlapping big questions that 'sit' behind the plethora of doctoral advice texts and run through the practice of knowledge/identity work. This book is a comprehensive guide to the literature surrounding doctorates, bringing together questions, challenges and solutions.Companions for PhD and DPhil ResearchEducationStudy and teaching (Graduate)Handbooks, manuals, etcEducationResearchHandbooks, manuals, etcSocial sciencesResearchHandbooks, manuals, etcSocial sciencesStudy and teaching (Secondary)Handbooks, manuals, etcDoctoral studentsHandbooks, manuals, etcElectronic books.EducationStudy and teaching (Graduate)EducationResearchSocial sciencesResearchSocial sciencesStudy and teaching (Secondary)Doctoral students370.7/2Thomson Pat1948-847707Walker Melanie847708MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459077303321The Routledge doctoral student's companion1893378UNINA