Completing a professional practice dissertation : a guide for doctoral students and faculty

• Main Authors: Willis, Jerry (Author), Valenti, Ron (Author), Inman, Deborah (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, [2010]
• Subjects: Dissertations, Academic > Authorship.; Academic writing.; Doctoral students > Psychology.; Education > Schools > Levels > Higher.; For graduate, post-graduate and equivalents.; Higher education, tertiary education.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806617517
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-60752-441-0
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 408 pages) : illustrations

A growing number of both established and newly developed doctoral programs are focusing on the preparation of practitioners rather than career researchers. Professional doctorates such as the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), Doctor of Education (EdD), Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD), Doctor of Professi...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. A bit of history and lore about doctoral programs and dissertations
• Chapter 2. The professional practice doctorate
• Chapter 3. Selecting your topic and purpose
• Chapter 4. Constructing your dissertation team
• Chapter 5. Sources of knowledge and perspective
• Chapter 6. Selecting the methods for your dissertation
• Chapter 7. Traditional qualitative research methods
• Chapter 8. Emergent and innovative qualitative research methods for professional practice dissertations
• Chapter 9. Methods of scholarship from the humanities and philosophy
• Chapter 10. A procedural guide to navigating the dissertation process
• Chapter 11. The data collection and analysis process
• Chapter 12. The dissertation writing process
• Chapter 13. The technical aspects of your written dissertation
• Chapter 14. The structure of the dissertation
• References.