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Category Archives: questions
starting the PhD – finding the literatures you need
There is no one way to find the literatures that you need to read. There are many different strategies to use. One that I find helpful is based around the questions that are generated from the topic that you are … Continue reading
Posted in literature review, literature reviews, questions
Tagged finding the literature, literature review, Pat Thomson
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starting the PhD – don’t panic
I was sitting in my office the other day talking with a beginning PhDer. A nearly-finished doctor popped her head around the door. I asked her what advice she would give someone just starting out on their doctorate, and her … Continue reading
Posted in data, doctoral research, literature review, panic, questions, research question, thesis
Tagged data analysis, literature review, Pat Thomson, PhD, research question, thesis text
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a different approach to research questions: a useful holiday read
We don’t talk enough about research questions. Well, that’s according to the authors of a book I’ve just read. They are Mats Alvesson and Jorgen Sandberg, and the book is Constructing research questions: Doing interesting research (Sage 2013). Alvesson and … Continue reading
a questions approach to the literature review
There are various ways to approach literature reviewing. The most common is to start by scoping the field. (See the post on Inger and my blogging paper for an example of what scoping looks like.) Once you’ve scoped, you then … Continue reading
Posted in literature review, literature themes, questions
Tagged literature review, Pat Thomson, questions approach
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problem, problematisation – what’s the difference?
I’ve been thinking recently about problems. It’s probably because I edit an action research journal* where people very often begin their paper by outlining a problem that has arisen in their practice, and then go on to report an action … Continue reading
Posted in problem, problematisation, questions
Tagged Jem Bloomfield, Pat Thomson, problem, problematisation, research questions
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preparing for the academic job interview
This very helpful post is written by Sean Matthews, Director of Studies at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. So, you’ve polished your cv, sent in the (many, many) applications, run the gauntlet of the hiring committees, and finally you’ve … Continue reading
Posted in cv, job interview, questions, reference
Tagged cv, interview questions, job interview, reference, Sean Matthews
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