The Research Journal: A Reflective Tool for Your First Independent Research Project - Softcover

Bassot, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447352785 ISBN 13: 9781447352785

Publisher: Policy Press, 2020

Synopsis

Are you worried about how to get your research project started and how to keep it on track? Do you wish you had help in gathering your thoughts and developing your ideas?

This brilliant book is a great guide for students undertaking their first piece of independent research. Regular critical reflection is an invaluable tool for helping you gain new insights, deal with practical issues as they arise and develop your understanding. This book gets you started in the habit of using a research journal.

Offering a systematic but flexible framework, the book enables you to:

• reflect at a deeper level about all aspects of your research;

• develop your arguments and ideas;

• process each part of your research project or dissertation;

• consider and confront challenges you may face in your project.

Including key definitions, top tips and helpful exercises, the book will be invaluable to any student undertaking independent research across the social sciences.

About this title

About the Author

Barbara Bassot is an Associate of Canterbury Christ Church University, UK where she worked as a Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Career and Personal Development for a number of years. She lectured on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and regularly supervised students doing their first piece of independent research. She has published a number of books on research methods, reflective practice and career development.

Edition details

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1447352785
• ISBN 13: 9781447352785
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 188