Excellent Dissertations!
Peter Levin

ISBN: 0335218229,
Division: Open University Press,
Price: £8.99,
Pub Date: APR-05,

Pages: 136
Edition: 01
Format: Paperback

Availability: In Stock

Description

This will be the fourth of our Student-Friendly Guides. They are short books providing accessible information on core topics for students. The guides can be used as counterparts to weightier study skills texts and will be ideal for students who are experiencing last minute panics or those who simply want guidance on one element of study.

Excellent Dissertations focuses on planning and writing up an extended piece of work for undergraduates and postgraduates. It starts from the recognition that producing a dissertation is a twin-track enterprise, involving both undertaking a project and presenting findings - doing the work and writing it up - and offers help with both these activities. As with the other Student-Friendly Guides, the emphasis is on sound, practical advice with lots of memos, boxes and tables to liven up the text.

Author Biography

  • Peter Levin
    Dr Peter Levin is an educational developer at LSE. One of his roles is that of `teamwork tutor? for students working on group projects. Prior to taking up his present position he lectured in social policy at LSE. He is author of Making Social Policy (Open University Press, 1997).

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    Table of Contents

    Producing a dissertation. READ THIS FIRST!

    Introduction

    Part One: Preliminaries

    Formal requirements and arrangements

    Pleasing the examiners

    You and your supervisor

    Part Two: Getting started

    The `twin-track?: your project and your dissertation

    Project and dissertation: Exploring the literature

    Project: Making a shortlist of possible subjects

    Project: Selecting your preferred subject

    Project: Methodology

    Project: Materials

    Project and dissertation: Time management and planning

    Part Three: The `middle period?

    Keeping everything under control

    Project: Being your own manager

    Dissertation: Creating your literature review

    Dissertation: Developing your outline

    Part Four: The `end-game?

    The challenge to complete

    Project: Concluding your work

    Dissertation: Improving your draft

    Dissertation: Conforming to good academic practice

    Dissertation: Final editing

    Notes and references

    Acknowledgments



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