Your dissertation in education / Scott Buckler & Nicholas Walliman

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: What is a dissertation? -- Chapter 3: What is educational research? -- Chapter 4: What’s all this about ethics? -- Chapter 5: What will it be about? -- Chapter 6: How do I get started? -- Chapter 7: How do I write a proposal? -- Chapter 8: How do I write an introduction? -- Chapter 9: Where do I get hold of all the necessary background information -- Chapter 10: How can I manage all the notes? -- Chapter 11: What about referencing? -- Chapter 12: How do I argue my point effectively? -- Chapter 13: How do I write a literature review? -- Chapter 14: Methodology and methods: what’s the difference? -- Chapter 15: What is meant by mixing methodologies? -- Chapter 16: What sorts of data will I find and how much do I need? -- Chapter 17: Methods: How do I conduct effective interviews? -- Chapter 18: Methods: How do I structure effective questionnaires? -- Chapter 19: Methods: How do I undertake effective observations? -- Chapter 20: Methods: How do I conduct documentary analysis? -- Chapter 21: Why is reliability and validity so important? -- Chapter 22: How do I write a methodology chapter? -- Chapter 23: How do I analyse qualitative data? -- Chapter 24: How do I analyse quantitative data? -- Chapter 25: How do I combine different data sets? -- Chapter 26: How do I write a discussion chapter? -- Chapter 27: How can I work effectively with my supervisor? -- Chapter 28: What about working and planning my time? -- Chapter 29: How can I manage a long piece of writing? -- Chapter 30: Who else might be interested in my writing?

An approachable and student-friendly guide written specifically for students from a range of education courses, including teacher training, early years, early childhood and education studies to support them throughout the often overwhelming process of preparing and writing a dissertation. It provides a complete overview of the dissertation process with relevant examples based on research done by students or published in the field. -- Provided by publisher