Achieving Your Doctorate in Education
- Hilary Burgess - The Open University
- Sandy Sieminski - The Open University
- Lore Arthur - The Open University
This book is designed to help students to achieve an understanding of the practical and theoretical issues involved in a doctorate in education, and how to link their studies with their professional experience.
The chapters provide a detailed examination of all aspects of completing a doctorate in education: from research methodologies, to the analysis of data, reflection on the student's own experience, and the critical issues involved in writing a thesis. Detailed case study material is used throughout.
The editors are experienced supervisors of EdD courses and have created an essential companion for all education students pursuing a doctorate.
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A very informative textbook, all the key areas are suitably documented. However it is anchored in the English context and may not be fully applicable to the Irish context.
Good resource for those taking their research to another level.
Very helpful text that you can dip into for supporting references.
For anyone studying a Education Doctorate this will book will be a great asset in understanding how to achieve EdD status including the skills needed to step up to a level 8 course. So useful and easy to dip in and out of.
a very useful book for this specific topic which will be reccommended for the course
The authors have taken a straightforward, guiding approach to a highly complex process. This has proven to be significantly beneficial in demystifying and navigating the world of EdD programmes. Therefore this text has become a welcome & friendly scholarly travelling companion.
One of the best PhD guides i have come across, even more so because it focuses on the field of education. This book is highly recommended.
A very useful text for students on the EdD programme, to enable them to consider key developments in their progress towards doctorate.
I found this book to be extremely useful. It helps students on this particular course to understand many of the confusiong aspects related to level 8 research. The book provides sound advice on completing a literature search and provides extended advice on data collection.
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