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Lessons Learnt About Structuring the Thesis and Implications for Practice
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Kember, D, Lessons Learnt About Structuring the Thesis and Implications for Practice, Structuring the Thesis: Matching Method, Paradigm, Theories and Findings, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd, D Kember, M Corbett (ed), Singapore, pp. 409-427. ISBN 978-981-13-0510-8 (2018) [Research Book Chapter]
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Copyright 2018 Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
DOI: doi:10.1007/978-981-13-0511-5_40
Abstract
This chapter draws out some of the lessons which have been learnt about
structuring the thesis by analysing and synthesising across all the example chapters
in the book. As social science research normally adopts an inductive approach to
deal with a complex ill-defined issue, the conventional thesis structure has been
shown to be generally inappropriate. Many of the research students reported that
their inductive research took the form of a journey of discovery, which was often
accompanied by a personal transformation of research perspective. It seemed
important to include accounts of these voyages in the thesis; and the chronological
timeline often helped to frame the structure. Plans of the structure often germinated
at the time strategies were developed for tackling the analysis. Organisation around
main emerging themes was a common strategy. The traditional comprehensive
literature review as Chapter 2 was regarded as inappropriate for inductive research,
which explored an ill-defined topic. There was a need for a relatively short initial
literature review to frame the study. The bulk of the literature was then dispersed
through the thesis, as findings were presented in an organised framework and
compared to the literature. As the alternative structures were adopted, it was considered important to detail the structure of the thesis and provide an explanation for
its form.
Item Details
Item Type: | Research Book Chapter |
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Research Division: | Education |
Research Group: | Education systems |
Research Field: | Higher education |
Objective Division: | Education and Training |
Objective Group: | Learner and learning |
Objective Field: | Learner and learning not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Kember, D (Professor David Kember) |
ID Code: | 128755 |
Year Published: | 2018 |
Deposited By: | Education |
Deposited On: | 2018-10-10 |
Last Modified: | 2018-11-06 |
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