tailieunhanh - Writing your doctoral dissertation - part 19

Tham khảo tài liệu 'writing your doctoral dissertation - part 19', tài liệu phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Developing a productive setting to identify specific faculty interests to get a sense of what a dissertation looks like in general and to note all the components of an accepted dissertation. You might specifically seek to read dissertations of recent graduates from your program or those sponsored by your chair to become informed about what they ve done and perhaps become inspired by their example. You will read widely and deeply on your topic noting a range of methods for data collection and data analysis adopted in these studies. While you are becoming familiar with what has been done you are simultaneously considering how your study will be unique contributing to the scholarship in your area of inquiry. You should also read dissertations from other institutions so that you can recognize the common and unique characteristics of From your readings you may become interested in continuing a specific line of research connecting to your professional responsibilities. It is important to leave yourself open to such occurrences. A frequent concern is When do I stop reading There is no easy response to the inquiry. Probably the most accurate answer is It depends. Let s say you feel as though you have read all there is to know about your topic. You are finding that the documents you are reading are all repeating the same issues you ve discovered earlier in other pieces and the cited references are all familiar to you. Thus you feel as if you are ready to move on to the next step which is probably writing a statement of your projected research problem. As you start to write you may realize that there are gaps in your knowledge. And so you return to do additional but very targeted reading. Thus your reading and your writing become reciprocal processes in some respect. And you can document your progress through reflections on your multiple written drafts. As you read there are several important organizational matters which will facilitate your research and .