1st Edition

Dissertation Practice A Journal for Learning

By Diane Bennett Durkin Copyright 2025
198 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

Dissertation Practice: A Journal for Learning is an interactive resource that promotes journaling to engender key dissertation practices, through activities and exercises. It is rooted in the view that students can use journaling to promote thought, and that the privacy of journal entries ensures comfort and familiarity. This personal context, along with the book’s open prompts, allows students... Read more

1. Writing as a Convergence of Thinking, Talking, and Reading

2. Practices for the Problem Statement

3. Writing the Literature Review

4. Writing the Methodology

5. Writing up Findings

6. Writing the Discussion

7. Reader-Based Writing: Reviewing, Revising, Sharpening, and Editing

Biography

Diane Bennett Durkin is an Adjunct Professor at UCLA, USA. She has taught on UCLA’s Educational Leadership Program (ELP) since 2000, and has guided up to 600 students through the dissertation process.