I’ve been reading Hart’s book, Doing a Literature Review, for class and he mentioned interesting points that I wanted to share. He stresses the importance of scholarship in writing. According to Hart, “There is, however, a difference between producing a piece of competent research and a piece of research that demonstrates scholarship,” (p. 8). Integration, [...]
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MyNetResearch Doctoral Awards has been established to provide support to
doctoral students. In 2008, the award will recognize three (3)
outstanding doctoral students from any discipline and from any country.
These international awards will be awarded for the three most outstanding
and innovative research ideas with the potential to lead to advancements
in their respective fields of study. The submitted [...]
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How do you manage the transition from doctoral student to becoming a colleague? Does it occur gradually as you move through the doctoral program, or do automatically become a colleague only after you are conferred your degree?
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It might be interesting to open up a discussion about the research methods we use. This way we can share our experiences.
To start off… i do interpretive research. Most of my research so far has been case-study based. In my most recent study, I took an ethnographic approach looking into gaming virtual environments, which I’ve [...]
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Some of us are taking comprehensive exams this summer…and we are under the pressure.
Does anyone want to share how to keep peace of mind..or how to effectively prepare for the exams?
Thanks,
Yukika
P.S. Here is the Origins’ on-the-Spot stress relief…at least a picture might help.
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As I (hopefully) approach my dissertation proposal defense, I find that managing my dissertation committee is quite challenging, especially in the summer. Faculty tend to scatter at the end of spring term, so scheduling one-on-one appointments and, even worse, the entire committee at one time for a proposal defense is difficult.
Has anyone attempted to or [...]
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