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Autor/in | Hampton, John J. |
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Titel | The malaise of academic scholarship. Why it starts with the doctoral dissertation as a baptism of fire. |
Quelle | Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield (2018), XV, 175 S. |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Monographie |
ISBN | 9781475840254; 9781475840261 |
Schlagwörter | Dissertations, Academic; Doctoral students; Graduate work; Learning and scholarship; Bildungstheorie; Bildungspraxis Thesis; Dissertation; Dissertations; Doctoral studies; Doctorate studies; Student; Students; Doctoral candidate; Doktorandenprogramm; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Doktorand; Doktorandin; Graduate Study; Work; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Werk; Learning; Scholarship; Scholarships; Lernen; Stipendium |
Abstract | Who is affected by the misdirection of academic scholarship? How are Harvard, Fordham, Southern New Hampshire, and the University of Phoenix doing we might ask? -- What are contingent faculty? Do they have anything to do with scholarly research? -- What is scholarly research anyway?: professors do it but what are they doing? -- When does scholarly research achieve its highest satisfaction? Do i really want to keep on doing this stuff? -- Is scholarly research an affliction weakening the academy? perhaps an as-of-yet unclassified disease? -- Why are dissertations the tipping point for scholarly research? Is this really where it all starts? -- Do you have the smarts to do scholarly research? Are weaklings allowed in this club? -- Why is a dissertation the starting point of academic scholarship? Do you need to know a about validity, reliability, and that other stuff? -- Why are we fussing about data, information, and knowledge? Is it worth our time and trouble? -- Where can you find hints and tips for writing a dissertation? Don't you want to do it right the first time? -- Do scholarly researchers have their own language? Where is a translator when we need one? -- Does a quantitative or qualitative dissertation make more sense? Do you want to know the answer now or after you attempt it? -- How does sampling produce valid findings? Does anybody believe what we just learned? -- Why are limitations as important as findings? Do we need to explain that which we didn't learn? -- Why is a dissertation like flying a fighter jet? Is it enough to take off or do want to be sure you can land? -- What is the dilemma of the dissertation topic? Why is it so important to resolve it? -- How can an advisor help create a workable proposal? Do we have any tips or tricks to share with the candidates? -- We know corruption is bad but is it a suitable topic for a doctoral dissertation? How should we decide? -- Have you heard any good dissertation stories lately? Would you like one to finish this journey? -- How should you structure a dissertation? Is it important to know where you are going?. "This book tackles the task of improving academic scholarship generally and dissertation expectations specifically"--Provided by publisher. |
Erfasst von | Library of Congress, Washington, DC |
Update | 2018/2/06 |