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Book SynopsisMargaret Walshaw is Coordinator of the Professional Doctoral programme and Co-Director of the Centre for Research in Mathematics Education at Massey University, New Zealand. She is the author of Getting to Grips with Doctoral Research.
Trade Review'Planning Your Postgraduate Research provides readers with constructive and helpful guidance on the crucial early stages of undertaking research. Margaret Walshaw's book hits all the right notes in covering how to select a question, conduct a literature review, choose a research methodology, and provides useful guidance on how to manage one's time effectively.' - Kristen Williams, Clark University, USA 'A most welcome book, which explores and explains all of the different elements, theoretical and empirical, academic and personal, that are necessary for the successful completion of postgraduate research.' - Suzanne McDonald-Walker, Northampton University, UK
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface 1. Introducing Research 2. Selecting a Topic, Formulating a Research Question, and Developing a Conceptual Framework 3. Gathering and Evaluating Relevant Literature 4. Writing the Literature Review 5. Defining a Research Methodology 6. Creating a Research Proposal 7. Looking Ahead to Next Steps References Index.
