Der Weg zur erfolgreichen Promotion erscheint vielfach steinig und schwer. Dieses Buch soll Ihnen helfen, dass Sie alle Schwierigkeiten meistern und Ihr Ziel gut und sicher erreichen. Beantwortet ...werden vor allem Fragen, die nach Erfahrung des Autors Doktoranden am meisten Probleme bereiten und auf die man sonst entweder keine oder kaum befriedigende Antworten findet: Was sind uberhaupt sinnvolle Themen fur eine juristische Doktorarbeit? Wie finde ich solche Themen? Wie hangen Thema und Methode zusammen? Welche Methoden kann man fur welches Thema verwenden? Wie wende ich (m)eine Methode auf (m)ein Thema an, sodass daraus ein Buch wird? Wie schreibe ich uberhaupt ein ganzes Buch? Zudem werden Tipps und Empfehlungen zur Losung der wichtigsten praktischen Probleme (Betreuung, Finanzierung, Verfahren usw.) gegeben, damit Sie moglichst sorgenfrei viel Freude an Ihrer Arbeit haben und am Ende auf eine schone und erfullte Promotionszeit zuruckblicken konnen.
This study is a scientometric analysis of doctoral theses defended in Spain and Portugal during the 1977–2018 period related to the Roma. The search of doctoral theses has been carried out using the ...main databases and repositories of Higher Education institutions, of which 237 doctoral theses have been registered for the study period. Different scientific indicators have been considered related to diachronic productivity, directors, institutions, citation and content. The
Bibliometrix
R package has been used as an analysis tool in both scientometrics and bibliometrics. The findings highlight a growth in productivity of doctoral theses, a production characterized by directors, occasional universities, and a social network formed by the most productive directors in doctoral theses on the Roma.
Research on EFL doctoral thesis writing is booming. The literature indicates a link between doctoral thesis writing and identity formation. Despite the call for scholarly attention on doctoral thesis ...writers, writers of doctoral theses in English as a Foreign language (EFL) settings have not been well represented in the previous studies. Moreover, although writer identity has been proposed as consisting of four aspects, most of the research has mainly adopted a corpus approach to discuss the discoursal self or authorial identity. To bridge these gaps, this study explored how multicultural writers at a university in Thailand constructed identity through EFL doctoral thesis writing and how their multiple aspects of writer identity interplayed. With the data triangulated from a questionnaire, written narratives, and semi-structured interviews, the study revealed that 1) multiple identities are developed through writers’ self-adjustment and social acculturation; 2) passive alignment to institutional conventions leads to an actual distancing from discoursal construction of writer identity; 3) self-marginalization as EFL learners, negative external voices, and the role of student writer most hinder the development and representation of the authorial self. The research recommends EFL learners should be explicitly informed of the notions of constructing an authorial voice in the writing of doctoral theses. Keywords writer identity; identity construction; EFL doctoral thesis writing; novice writer; non-native English-speaking context
Although the majority of medical students in Germany pursue a doctorate, only a portion of them receive a standardized scientific training, which is reflected in the quality issues seen in medical ...doctoral theses. The course Medical Dissertation Basics was conceptualized and scientifically monitored in order to support medical doctoral students on the one hand and to improve the quality of their scientific work on the other.
The course consists of three modules. Module I, which is an introductory module, covers time and writing management and addresses how to approach literature and the principles of scientific work as well as the chapters required in a dissertation and the dissertation presentation and defense. In the practical module II, doctoral students write sections of their dissertation chapters and receive feedback via peer and expert reviews. Module III includes training on dissertation presentations and their defense. For objective analysis purposes, a multiple-choice test was administered before and after module I. Medical students from semesters 2 to 6 served as a control group. Questionnaires were used to subjectively analyze the training and support functions of modules I-III.
High participation rates and the fact that the modules were taught numerous times show that doctoral students accept the courses. The objective analysis of module I showed a highly significant knowledge acquisition of the course group (N=55) in contrast to the control group (N=34). The doctoral students rated the course modules I-III with grades between 1.0 and 1.25 (grade A+/A; N=20-65 SD=0-0.44), felt well supported and estimated their learning success as high.
The study indicates knowledge acquisition in module I and a high doctoral student satisfaction with all modules. For an objective analysis of modules II-III, a comparison of completed doctoral theses (course participants vs. non-participants) would be appropriate but would only make sense in a few years. Based on the results of our study, we recommend that other faculties implement similar courses.
El término “prensa diaria” es un concepto epistemológico básico en las Ciencias de la Información/Comunicación en las universidades españolas. La llegada de Internet y de las redes sociales ha hecho ...que este término parezca estar en desuso. Sin embargo este estudio demuestra que el término sigue estando en vigor como descriptor en las tesis doctorales y en la investigación. Este trabajo revisa la producción bibliográfica de tesis doctorales que usan este término en su título, resumen o descriptores y comprueba como el concepto sigue vivo y sólido a pesar de la crisis real de la prensa diaria. Este trabajo también demuestra que la prensa diaria sigue siendo un excelente instrumento para el estudio de la historia contemporánea tanto por periodistas como por otros investigadores.
This paper examines the rhetorical structure of 20 introductions of applied linguistics PhD theses (AL introductions) produced in Australia, Canada, the UK, and the US. The results are compared with ...previous studies examining thesis introductions produced in other disciplines (OD introductions). The analysis shows that the AL introductions have a greater tendency to include research questions, descriptions of research subjects or material, and reviews of previous literature, while they have a lesser tendency to indicate problems or needs. Unlike the writers of the OD introductions, who were reported not to refer to their studies until in the closing paragraphs, the majority of the writers of the AL introductions do so from the opening paragraphs and at several places. These writers introduce their studies in general terms in the opening paragraphs as the introductory part and then describe or justify specific aspects of the studies in the body part, often followed by previews of the subsequent chapters as the ending part. The AL introductions following this pattern are found to be much longer than the AL introductions following the pattern of the OD introductions.
The aim of this paper is to show the potential value of using the constructivist grounded theory (CGT) methodology in the Urban and Regional Planning discipline. This is done by reflecting on the ...application of the CGT fundamentals defined by Kathy Charmaz, applied in a doctoral thesis in Urban and Regional Planning. The substantive area of research in which the thesis took place was the practical training experience of planners in becoming professionally registered. The thesis collected primary data through interviews with 14 planners who have undergone the process of practical training to record, document, and analyse their experiences as a prerequisite and requirement of professional registration. The use of the CGT methodology provides valuable insight into the registration process of planners in South Africa and encourages doctoral candidates to use CGT methodology with the aim of generating new knowledge and theory in the built environment. This paper recommends that CGT methodology should be encouraged, particularly when contributing to fields that are under-researched, limited, or non-existent.
Este trabajo realiza una radiografía del estado de la investigación sobre ética periodística en España mediante el análisis de las tesis doctorales, artículos científicos, proyectos I+D y grupos ...dedicados a la materia a lo largo de la década comprendida entre 2007 y 2018. Se recurre al análisis de contenido del corpus registrado por el proyecto MapCom y compuesto por 3.518 unidades para encontrar que la ética, a pesar de la posición central que ocupa en la profesión periodística, representa tan solo un 1,4% de la actividad científica. Una producción que está atomizada en torno a muy pocas universidades y a un número limitado de profesores con gran experiencia en la investigación de la deontología periodística. Además, en este campo la cooperación académica entre universidades y la internacionalización resultan residuales. Respecto al objeto de estudio se observa que el entorno digital está falto de un volumen suficiente de producción científica que encare los dilemas y problemas éticos a los que se enfrentan los periodistas en este ámbito protagonista en la comunicación actual. Entre los hallazgos destaca también que la investigación en ética plantea algunas especificidades en el uso de la metodología privilegiando el empleo de métodos discursivos (fundamentalmente entrevistas a profesionales), frente al análisis de contenido que resulta el método dominante.
Esta investigación adopta la metodología del metaanálisis para la compilación y el estudio cuantitativo de un corpus de 95 tesis doctorales en análisis de errores en el ámbito de la ...enseñanza-aprendizaje del español como lengua extranjera, extraídas como datos primarios de las bases de datos Teseo, TDX y Dialnet para el periodo cronológico 1991-2019. El metaanálisis nos permite establecer la trayectoria de esta línea de investigación de acuerdo con unos criterios descriptivos, así como perfilar posibles áreas de investigación futura.
Writing a thesis differently Honan, Eileen; Bright, David
International journal of qualitative studies in education,
05/2016, Letnik:
29, Številka:
5
Journal Article
Recenzirano
In this paper we explore the contributions that Deleuze and Guattari have made to thinking/writing language and how these ideas can be put to work in producing a doctoral thesis. We contribute to the ...field of work within what Patti Lather and Elizabeth St Pierre have called the "post-qualitative" movement, where researchers attempt to "imagine and accomplish an inquiry that might produce different knowledge and produce knowledge differently". We attempt to rethink the thesis text, using a language where language always falls apart, a way of talking/writing/reading about presentation of research within a doctoral thesis that will provide the writermachine a space to "pass". The paper will provide some ideas and ways forward for writers who are attempting to deterritorialize research, who are attempting to experiment with new representational forms.
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