The Education Dissertation; A Guide for Practitioner Scholars
by Butin, Dan W.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-11-18
Publisher(s): Corwin Pr
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Summary
Written for practicing educators, this resource provides a step-by-step process, organizational templates, and tips throughout for completing an academically rigorous dissertation.
Table of Contents
| List of Figures | p. ix |
| Preface | p. xi |
| Who Should Read This Book and Why | p. xii |
| Key Features and How to Use Them | p. xiii |
| Organizational Templates | p. xiv |
| Synthesis of Research | p. xiv |
| Key Milestones and Procedures | p. xiv |
| ôHintsö Along the Way | p. xiv |
| Relevant Activities | p. xv |
| Examples of Student Work | p. xv |
| Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
| About the Author | p. xix |
| Dedication | p. xx |
| A Guide for Practitioner Scholars | p. 1 |
| Questioning the Doctorate | p. 2 |
| Seeing the Doctoral Process Through Doctoral Students' Eyes | p. 5 |
| This Book as Guidelines and Guardrails | p. 9 |
| Strategies for Success | p. 12 |
| Hint! What Exactly Does a Quality Dissertation Look Like? | p. 14 |
| A Roadmap From Start to Finish | p. 19 |
| The Big Picture: An Outline of the Process | p. 20 |
| The Dissertation Timeline | p. 23 |
| Your Own Timeline and Benchmarks | p. 27 |
| Use This! Dissertation Research Timeline Template | p. 28 |
| Hint! Roles and Responsibilities of Your Dissertation Chair | p. 30 |
| Embracing Technology: The Table of Contents and Reference List | p. 32 |
| Hint! Creating an Automated Table of Contents | p. 33 |
| Use This! Table of Contents Template | p. 34 |
| Structuring Your Life as a Doctoral Student | p. 37 |
| Focusing Your Research | p. 39 |
| Articulating a Topic in ôAcademic-Speakö | p. 42 |
| Try This! Developing Your Academic Word Bank | p. 43 |
| Narrowing Your Topic | p. 45 |
| Hint! Writing Your Other Dissertation Next Time | p. 46 |
| Try This! Disaggregate This! | p. 50 |
| Your First Success at Focusing: Creating a Title and Research Question | p. 50 |
| A Final Thought: Focusing Your Research at a Cocktail Party | p. 55 |
| Structuring Your Research | p. 57 |
| Choosing a Theoretical Framework | p. 58 |
| Doing a Literature Review | p. 63 |
| Hint! Differentiating Between a Reference List and a Bibliography | p. 67 |
| Hint! Knowing When Your Dissertation Idea Is Focused Enough | p. 68 |
| Understanding Research Methodology | p. 69 |
| Try This! ôCan You Operationalize That?ö | p. 70 |
| Choosing a Research Method | p. 71 |
| Empirical Methodologies | p. 74 |
| Linking Research Purpose to Research Method | p. 77 |
| Conducting Your Research | p. 83 |
| Linking Research Methods to Research Tools | p. 83 |
| Quasi-Experimental Research | p. 85 |
| Try This! Understanding Dependent and Independent Variables | p. 88 |
| Analysis of Existing Statistical Data | p. 89 |
| Surveys | p. 91 |
| Interviews | p. 96 |
| Document Analysis | p. 99 |
| Field Observations | p. 100 |
| Institutional Review Board (IRB) | p. 103 |
| Some Final Thoughts Before ôABD-Landö | p. 108 |
| Putting It All Together: Completing Your Dissertation | p. 111 |
| The Dissertation as a ôMachineö | p. 112 |
| Reverse Engineering Your Dissertation | p. 116 |
| What Are the Remaining Key Issues? | p. 120 |
| Triangulating Data | p. 120 |
| Using Your Own Voice | p. 121 |
| Answering Your Research Questions | p. 122 |
| Finding No Finding | p. 122 |
| Remembering the Big Picture | p. 123 |
| Formatting the Dissertation | p. 123 |
| Use This! Key Formatting Guidelines for the Dissertation Final Submission | p. 124 |
| Citation Style | p. 125 |
| Chapter Length | p. 125 |
| Hint! How to Write a Good Abstract | p. 127 |
| Front Matter | p. 127 |
| Defending and Moving On | p. 129 |
| The Dissertation Defense | p. 130 |
| Hint! Key Points About Your Dissertation Defense | p. 131 |
| Hint! How to Handle Conflict and Difficult Situations at Your Dissertation Defense | p. 135 |
| Publish Your Findings | p. 136 |
| Hint! Tips for Academic Journal Publishing | p. 138 |
| Apply Your Research: Impacting K-12 Education | p. 141 |
| Teach the Next Generation: Teaching in Higher Education | p. 143 |
| Hint! Tips for Finding a Full-Time Job in Higher Education | p. 144 |
| The Beginning of Your Journey as a Practitioner Scholar | p. 147 |
| Key Resources by Topic | p. 149 |
| References | p. 151 |
| Index | p. 157 |
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