Jerry Wellington & Ann-Marie Bathmaker 
Succeeding with Your Doctorate [EPUB ebook] 

′From page one the appeal of the book is evident in the jargon free, user friendly text. I would not hesitate to recommend it to other students whatever stage of their doctorate they have reached.′ –
Educate Journal  

Whether you undertaking a taught doctorate, or a course of study leading to a Ph D, Succeeding with Your Doctorate offers complete, up-to-date guidance and discussion on all aspects of successful doctoral work. The five experienced authors give advice on every stage in the process of completing a doctorate, from helping you to engage in critical reflection to better understand your own research biases, to useful guidelines on preparing for, and surviving, the viva.

Combining general discussion with practical advice, this book is an essential companion to your research. Topics include:

• Preparing for a doctorate


• Embarking on your Research


• Adapting to life as a student


• Working with a supervisor


• Reading critically


• Conceptualising your research


• Thinking about methodologies and approaches


• Producing a thesis


• Preparing for and taking the viva


• Disseminating your research.
  

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Cuprins

PART ONE: EMBARKING ON A DOCTORATE

What is a Doctorate and Why do People do them?

How Did I Get Here?

An Auto/biographical Approach

Learning on the Doctoral Journey

PART TWO: CONCEPTUALISING AND FOCUSING THE STUDY

Framing the Research

Reviewing the Literature

PART THREE: THINKING ABOUT METHODOLOGIES

Doing Research

Reflecting on Methods, Methodology and Ethics

Approaching Research as Lived Experience

PART FOUR: WRITING THE THESIS

Writing and the Writing Process in a Doctorial Programme

Production Values in the Doctoral Thesis

PART FIVE: PRESENTING AND SHARING RESEARCH

Presenting Your Work at the Viva

Whatever Next?

Spreading the Word and Becoming Part of the Research Community

Despre autor

Pat Sikes is a professor of qualitative inquiry in the School of Education, University of Sheffield. She became interested in narrative auto/biographical approaches in the late 1970s and throughout her career has undertaken research which has used them to investigate topics around teachers’ lives and careers and, from 2014, the perceptions and experiences of children and young people who have a parent with a young onset dementia. Research ethics are another key concern and focus of Pat’s work. In 2018, the British Educational Research Association awarded her the John Nisbet Fellowship for an outstanding contribution to educational research over a career.