Doing Your Master's Dissertation
From Start to Finish
- Inger Furseth - KIFO Centre for Church Research, Norway
- Euris Larry Everett
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Just starting your Master's? Worried about your dissertation? This book is an indispensible guide to writing a successful Master's dissertation. The book begins by addressing issues you'll face in the early stages of writing a dissertation, such as deciding on what to research, planning your project and searching for literature online. It then guides you through different aspects of carrying out your research and writing up, helping you to:
- Write a research proposal
- Choose one or more methods
- Write the introduction and conclusion
- Discuss the literature
- Analyse your findings
- Edit and reference
- Formulate research questions
- Build your argument
The book offers guidance that other books often miss, from dealing with emotional blocks, to ways of identifying your strengths and weaknesses, and improving your writing. It addresses the social aspects of the writing process, such as choosing and working with an advisor, using social media and forming student work groups for added help and inspiration. Each chapter ends with an action plan, which is a resource section that features exercises and reflection questions designed to help you apply what you've read to your own work.
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This book is a well structured, easy to follow guide but more basic and less informative than Chris Hart's more comprehensive book on the same topic which is our recommended choice for this module.
A useful textbook for anyone feeling stuck - provides helpful, accessible tips. This is a clear guide to steer your way through what can be a challenging process.
useful, practical, clear and helpful
An important text for master's level dissertation. Complete with relevant learning/research tools.
Extremely useful book to 'dip into' as a reference for those students involved in Masters modules. Very accessible to all students with clear advice and supporting information.
Excellent book - clear and full of information which will help any students starting their master's dissertation.
A clear and practical guide to support students when they are working independently and need reassurance.
Excellent! A very thorough guide to completing a dissertation - at any level.
A clear and accessible guide explaining some of the processes that might get taken for granted. The practical ‘Action Plan’ at the end of each chapter is useful for student and supervisor alike.
This is a very accessible text for students, written in simple language with many practical points to assist them with their dissertations. I liked the summaries and in particular the action plans at the end of each chapter. The text would also be valuable to supervisors and advisors of students.
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