The Research Journal. Bassot, Barbara

The Research Journal - Bassot, Barbara


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href="#uabdce503-6bb4-5191-bcbc-8262183889b8">10.2 Presenting your work to others 146

       10.3 What would you do differently? 148

       10.4 What have you learned about yourself? 150

       10.5 How have your skills developed? 152

       Alex’s journal 10 154

       Case study – A fresh pair of eyes 155

       Part 2 My research project 157

       1. The research process 158

       2. The introduction 160

       Top tip – A strong structure 161

       3. Literature review 162

       Top tip – Using annotated bibliographies 163

       4. Methodology 164

       Top tip – ‘Put yourself in my shoes’ 167

       5. Data analysis 168

       Case study – Selecting the most significant data 169

       6. Discussion 170

       Case study – From data description to data analysis 171

       7. Conclusions 172

       Case study – Time to celebrate together 173

       References 174

       Index 177

      Acknowledgements

      I would like to express my sincere thanks to my family and friends for all

      their support in the process of bringing The Research Journal to fruition.

      In particular I would like to thank Martin Bassot for his careful work on

      the diagrams and Marc Bassot for his proofreading and constructive

      comments. I would also like to thank the reviewers of the proposal and

      typescript whose positive and helpful comments helped me to develop

      the work into the book it has become. I would especially like to thank

      my Commissioning Editor, Catherine Gray, for her belief in the project

      and for her support, and to the publisher for being prepared to take a

      risk with a new kind of publication.

      1

      Introduction

      Welcome to The Research Journal. You are

      probably reading this because you are about

      to start or have recently started your first piece

      of independent research. You might well be

      studying at undergraduate level. However,

      if you are doing a Master’s programme and

      you didn’t undertake a research element

      at undergraduate level, you may well find

      this book useful too. Whatever your current

      situation, The Research Journal is designed

      as a practical tool to help you to succeed in

      each aspect of your research project through

      the process of critical reflection. Any first

      piece of independent research is a very big

      and challenging undertaking; this journal will

      help you to see the whole picture (often very

      difficult to visualise in the early stages) and

      the individual parts that make up the whole.

      This means you will be able to manage your

      research project well; no one else will be

      able to do this for you, and it will ensure your

      success. The journal will also help you to reflect

      on your learning and progress throughout your

      research project and will enable you to write a

      dissertation you can be proud of.

      Who this journal is for

      The Research Journal is designed for all students

      who are doing their first piece of independent

      research. This is often a key piece of assessed

      work that needs to be submitted towards the

      end of a programme of study. Because of

      its size and the number of credits it carries, it

      can have a significant impact on your overall

      grade or degree classification. Because of

      this, many students recognise its importance

      and want to do well in it. Independent

      research often gives you the opportunity to

      focus on a subject or topic you are interested

      in and enables you to delve deeper and

      learn more about it. A discussion of your

      dissertation is common at interviews for

      jobs and graduate schemes because of

      the variety of skills you develop during the

      process. Critical reflection lies at the heart of

      a high-quality dissertation and this book’s

      journal format enables you to engage with

      the necessary metaprocesses (thinking about

      thinking) to critically evaluate your growing

      knowledge and understanding. As a result, it

      puts


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