tailieunhanh - Writing your doctoral dissertation - part 11

Tham khảo tài liệu 'writing your doctoral dissertation - part 11', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng viết tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Identifying your dissertation topic Intriguing topics issues A different perspective 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 publications written by these faculty. By becoming more knowledge able about the faculty s work you are able to obtain a useful direction for your own research. You do not start by writing your dissertation. You start by identifying a problem. You may write notes as a process towards clarifying your questions. These notes may become useful as you advance to the stage of writing your formal dissertation. You will probably write many pages prior to actually writing text which will become part of your completed dissertation. The crucial issue is not so much where you start as much as that you start. Start by reading or by talking with colleagues or by asking professors about potential topics you are considering. But start The sooner you start the sooner you are likely to get done. Once you have a sense of what you might want to research you are ready to consider forming your dissertation committee. Note 1 This is usually acquired through readingjournal articles and books as well as for example attending lectures and conference presentations. 47 6 Forming Your Dissertation Committee I realized that getting along with people was even more important than being academically talented. I really enjoyed being a student. If I had this attitude during my undergraduate years it would have been a better experience. Perhaps maturity does have its advantages. The process of identifying your dissertation committee is probably the most significant decision you will make in your program. Before suggesting criteria for selecting your committee we need to understand the roles and responsibilities of the committee. The Dissertation Committee Structure The university establishes the doctoral committee structure as a vehicle to guide the student from course work to doctoral orals. The purpose of the dissertation committee is twofold from the university s perspective the faculty are .