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Achieving Your Professional Doctorate.
Offers an analysis of the issues that could be encountered when developing research in a professional practice setting. This work is suitable for professional practitioners wishing to integrate their expertise with the acquisition of advanced research knowledge and skill to directly inform and influ...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Maidenhead :
McGraw-Hill International (UK) Ltd.,
2008.
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| Colección: | Open UP study skills.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front cover; Half title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: Appraising professional doctorates: what, who and why?; Introduction; What is a professional doctorate?; The history of doctoral study and professional doctorates; What does a professional doctorate involve?; Who would study a professional doctorate?; Why study a professional doctorate?; Professional self-assessment exercise; Conclusion; Chapter 2: Developing a personal toolkit for professional doctorate study; Introduction.
- Identifying your personal expectations and personal development planningConsidering the requirements for originality and critical thinking in professional doctorate research; Developing peer support: communities of practice; Developing writing strategies: reflection and reflexivity; Managing time, information and resources effectively; Managing information; Conclusion; Useful websites; Chapter 3: The practitioner- researcher: a critical and reflexive approach to professional practice; Introduction; Reading for professional practice and research; Critical reading.
- Being a reflexive practitioner-researcherEvidence based practice; Learning from qualitative enquiry; Practising reflexivity; Becoming a reflexive practitioner-researcher; Choosing a topic; Theories and methods; Writing a research proposal; Conducting research: generating and analysing data; Developing your writing; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 4: Making the most of research supervision; Introduction; The characteristics and scope of research supervision; Choosing a supervisor; Exploring professional doctorate supervision; Professional doctorate supervision and professional practice synergy.
- Ethical issues in professional doctorate supervisionStrengths and opportunities within professional doctorate supervision; Weaknesses and threats within professional doctorate supervision; Case studies of professional doctorate supervision; Conclusion; Chapter 5: Developing a professional toolkit: leading research in professional practice Ray Stansfield and Nancy Lee; Introduction; Why lead research in professional practice?; What is leadership?; Diversity and leadership: gender; Diversity and leadership: culture and ethnicity; Is leadership an extension of good management?
- Leadership theories and conceptsLiving leadership; The relationships between leadership, practitioner research and professional doctorate studies; Conclusion; Chapter 6: Professional practice, knowledge and ethics; Introduction; The nature of professions and professional practice; The changing nature of professions and their practice; The changing nature of professional knowledge; Changing approaches to professional knowledge: the professional doctorate; Ethics, professional practice and research; Contemporary issues and ethical research.