In the last decade, there has been much interest in the process of doing a PhD. Much of this has focused on policy issues that have been raised by the research councils and the British Academy. This text offers a guide to the state-of-the-art in postgraduate education and training in the social sciences. It covers the concept of quality in the PhD; examines styles and strategies of supervision with a view to improving completion rates; discusses the process of supervision in years one, two and three; and considers the motives of supervisors and students and their relationship.
Postgraduate Education and Training in the Social Sciences
Postgraduate Education and Training in the Social Sciences
Summary
A guide to postgraduate education and training in the social sciences. It covers the concept of quality in the PhD; styles and strategies of supervision; the process of supervision in years 1-3; and the motives of supervisors and students, and their relationship.
Postgraduate Education and Training in the Social Sciences Summary
Table of Contents
Introduction, Robert C. Burgess. Part 1 The process of supervision: "a necessary duty?" Motives and meanings amongst PhD supervisors, John Hockey, Christopher Pole and Robert Burgess; Free range or battery laid - doing a PhD in three social sciences, Odette Parry, Paul Atkinson and Sara Delamont; for better or for worse - research students and their supervisors, Sandra Acker, Edith Black and Tim Hill. Part 2 Issues of quality: supervisors and students perceptions of social science research courses, Michael Youngman; the development of writing skills in doctoral research students, M. Torrance, G.V. Thomas, and E.J. Robinson; quality in the PhD - points at which quality may be assessed, Estelle M. Phillips. Part 3 Completion and employment: social science research degrees - completion times and rates, David Dunkerly and Jeffrey Weeks; the labour market for doctoral social scientists, Richard Pearson, Ian Seccombe, Geoffrey Pike and Helen Connor; training in quantitative methods for postgraduate social scientists - the view for the other side of the fence, Martin Bulmer, Aubrey McKennell and Cheryl Shconhardt-Bailey.
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GOR005492096
9781853025334
185302533X
Postgraduate Education and Training in the Social Sciences: Processes and Products by
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
1994-03-01
240
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