Written specifically for students from a range of educational disciplines, including teacher training, early childhood and education studies, Your Dissertation in Education is a straight-forward, plain English guide to doing and writing your project or dissertation.
A tried and tested guide for undergraduate students on how to write a brilliant dissertation.
Essential reading for students at all levels across the social sciences who want a lively, straightforward guide to planning their research project.
A practical step-by-step guide to managing and developing a successful undergraduate project.
Designed for beginners, this guide to research methods offers an encouraging and accessible approach for those with no prior experience. It simplifies complex concepts while fostering confidence in readers, making the learning process enjoyable and engaging.
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The Basics
Research Methods: The Basics is an accessible, user-friendly introduction to the different aspects of research theory, methods and practice. This third edition provides an expanded and fully updated resource suitable for students and practitioners in a wide range of disciplines including the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. It is structured in two parts - the first covers the nature of knowledge and the reasons for doing research, the second explains the specific methods used to conduct an effective research project and how to propose, plan, carry out and write up a research project. This book covers: - Reasons for doing a research project - Structuring and planning a research project - The ethical issues involved in research - Different types of data and how they are measured - Collecting primary and secondary data - Analysing qualitative and quantitative data - Mixed methods and interdisciplinary research - Devising a research proposal and writing up the research - Motivation and quality of work. Complete with student learning tasks at the end of each section, a glossary of key terms and guides to further reading, Research Methods: The Basics is the essential text for anyone coming to research for the first time.
Nicholas Walliman's writing style is well loved and widely read. In this book the authors practically guide health and social care students through the process of doing a dissertation and how to achieve success with such a project.