研究生科研手册

【目录】

List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
What the book does not do
What the book does and how it is structured

PART ONE STARTING RESEARCH

2 Starting Your Postgraduate Research
Why do an MA, MPhil, PhD or other Doctorate?
Planning, key issues and suggestions
Starting to think about developing a hypothesis and/or
research questions
3 Choosing the Right Research Degree
Types of degree
Varieties of research degree
Choosing your university and supervisor
4 Choosing Your Supervisor(s)
Introduction
Choosing your supervisor, and internal regulations
Working with your supervisors: initial contracts and contacts
Managing your supervisor
Things to ask/not to ask your supervisor(s)
Planning to get the most from your supervisor
What research students can expect of supervisors – a brief
summary
Stages of supervisions – what you might expect at different
stages
Planning work and supervisions
5 Research Questions and Hypotheses
Developing research questions or hypotheses for research
proposals and the research
The research process
Stating your title
Research questions
Key stages – developing a hypothesis or research questions
‘Operationalising’ a concept
Boundaries and gaps
What kind of research is yours going to be?
Stages of asking the research question
6 Research Methodologies
Choosing research methodologies
Methodology
Research approaches
Methodology, worldview, methods, data and research
Using qualitative and quantitative research methods together
7 Conceptual Frameworks
Research paradigms and perspectives
Some examples of areas
8 Ethics and Confidentiality
Typical procedures and their history
9 Writing a Research Proposal
What do you want to research? How you can draw up a good proposal

PART TWO GETTING GOING – SUPERVISORS, TIME AND COMMUNITY

10 Managing Your Supervisor(s)
Planning work and supervisions
Learning contracts
11 Managing the Balancing Act
Balancing what?
Varieties of roles and activities – an audit
What kind of balancing act suits you?
12 Managing Your Time and Tasks
Good planning: long-, medium- and short-term management
of time
Overall planning and the cycle of research
13 Learning as a Research Student – Learning Approaches,
Styles and Pitfalls
Learning styles: deep, surface and strategic learning
Disciplines
What kind of learner are you?
14 Developing a Supportive Research Culture Locally and at
a Distance
Group/project team supervisions
Self-managed groups and networks
Peer pairing
Peer support systems over a distance
Using electronic and video links to support research students
in their work
Different modes of contact explored
Other peer-support systems – establishing a research culture

PART THREE CARRYING OUT THE RESEARCH AND STARTING
TO WRITE

15 Carrying out a Literature Review – Developing the
Theoretical Perspectives Chapter
A literature review/theoretical perspectives chapter
International students – some particular issues
Carrying out the literature review
Writing the theoretical perspectives chapter
16 Methods in Brief
Quantitative research methods – designing and using
questionnaires
Qualitative research methods – interviews, focus groups and
observation
Case study 1
Case study 2
17 Using Grounded Theory, Case Studies, Journals and
Synectics
Grounded theory
Case studies
Case study 1
Case study 2
Journals
Synectics
18 Action Research and Practitioner-based Research
Benefits of practitioner-based research
Possible pitfalls or problems
Action research
Phenomenography
19 Problem-based or Enquiry-based Research and Problem
Solving
Stages of problem-based or enquiry-based research
Case study
20 Research Methods for the Arts and Humanities
The documenting, critiquing and creative continuum
The form and shape of arts and humanities theses
Case study 1
Case study 2
Researching your own creative work/using the creative in
your research work

PART FOUR SUPPORT, PROGRESS, ANALYSIS, WRITING UP, THE
VIVA, PRESENTATIONS AND AFTERWARDS

21 Being Organised, Keeping Records, Writing Up, Stage-by-
Stage
Time and task plan – key stages and obvious potentially
difficult moments
22 Writing the Thesis or Dissertation
Developing the framework of different chapters
The shape of the thesis as it develops
Models
Elements of the structure of the thesis explained – and
variants discussed
23 Overcoming Writing Blocks and Learning from Feedback
Writing
Analysis of narratives, interviews, interactions, cases
Some ideas about the writing habit
Developing writing
24 Analysing Data and Thinking about Findings
Making sense of your data – interpretation and findings
Managing data, both quantitative and qualitative
Annotating
Summarising and generalising
Qualitative data activity
Documentary analysis
Findings
25 Learning from Feedback
Working with supervisor and other feedback
26 Writing Transfer Documents and Progress Reports for
MPhil, EdD and PhD Theses
Open University (OU) EdD
Transfer to a PhD
MPhil, PhD and EdD – scope and differences
Presentation issues to bear in mind as you carry on with
your work
27 Writing Up: Definitions and Qualities of a Good MA,
MPhil, EdD and PhD Thesis
The Master’s dissertation or thesis
The EdD
Definitions of a good dissertation or thesis
Positive features in a successful MPhil and PhD
Writing up
28 Preparing Your Thesis and Dissertation – Coherence,
Conclusions and Conceptual Level Work
The proposal – revisited
29 Preparing for and Undertaking Your Viva
Being prepared
Postgraduate viva
Generic questions
Stress management
The viva voce – a brief outline
30 Dealing with Corrections – Life after the Viva . . .
What next?
Celebrate
31 Presentations, Conferences and Publishing
Plan
Prepare
Practise
Presentation
Publications
32 Life After the Research
‘Is there life after the research?’
Bibliography