LEADER 05353oam 2200805I 450 001 9910459077303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-97513-6 010 $a1-136-97514-4 010 $a1-282-58656-4 010 $a9786612586569 010 $a0-203-85224-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203852248 035 $a(CKB)2670000000014961 035 $a(EBL)515356 035 $a(OCoLC)609863230 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000365466 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12152026 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000365466 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10403695 035 $a(PQKB)11586141 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC515356 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL515356 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10382438 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL258656 035 $a(OCoLC)647917731 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000014961 100 $a20180706d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe Routledge doctoral student's companion $egetting to grips with research in education and the social sciences /$fedited by Pat Thomson and Melanie Walker 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (444 p.) 225 1 $aCompanions for PhD and DPhil Research 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-48412-X 311 $a0-415-48411-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook 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-oriented 327 $a5 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 theorisation 327 $a14 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 student 327 $aPart 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? 327 $a31 The impact of research on education policy: The relevance for doctoral researchers32 Last words: Why doctoral study?; Index 330 8 $aThis volume addresses a set of interlocking and overlapping big questions that 'sit' behind the plethora of doctoral advice texts and run through the practice of knowledge/identity work. This book is a comprehensive guide to the literature surrounding doctorates, bringing together questions, challenges and solutions. 410 0$aCompanions for PhD and DPhil Research 606 $aEducation$xStudy and teaching (Graduate)$vHandbooks, manuals, etc 606 $aEducation$xResearch$vHandbooks, manuals, etc 606 $aSocial sciences$xResearch$vHandbooks, manuals, etc 606 $aSocial sciences$xStudy and teaching (Secondary)$vHandbooks, manuals, etc 606 $aDoctoral students$vHandbooks, manuals, etc 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEducation$xStudy and teaching (Graduate) 615 0$aEducation$xResearch 615 0$aSocial sciences$xResearch 615 0$aSocial sciences$xStudy and teaching (Secondary) 615 0$aDoctoral students 676 $a370.7/2 701 $aThomson$b Pat$f1948-$0847707 701 $aWalker$b Melanie$0847708 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459077303321 996 $aThe Routledge doctoral student's companion$91893378 997 $aUNINA