《Getting Started on Research》
This book will be especially useful for you if you are in any of the
following categories. Someone who:
• Is a research student of some sort.
• Has had an academic job for a while but who has not yet managed
to get going on research.
• Is in their first academic job (with or without a research degree).
• Has made a career change and has recently become an academic.
• Is a casual (sessionally or hourly paid) teacher in a university who
would like to develop an academic career in the fuller sense.
• Has already done some research but who is not entirely confident
that they have got the hang of things yet.
• Is a more experienced academic who is mentoring someone in one
or more of these categories.
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Introducing the Academic’s Support Kit 1
1 Who should Use this Book and How? 7
2 Getting Going: Developing Research Ideas 11
What do you mean, ‘research’? 11
What can I research then? 12
How do I define what I’m going to research? 14
What should I read? 17
How big should a project be? 21
Where are the pitfalls? 22
A little bit of exercise … 25
Framing research questions 26
3 The Research Process 36
What is a research proposal? 36
Writing research proposals 37
And finally … 49
4 Doing your Project 50
Now that my proposal is done, what next? 50
Practical points for budding researchers 51
5 Moving on: Developing Yourself as a Researcher 72
What is a professional researcher? 72
Getting help but not being helpless 73
Why don’t people get the help they need? 74
Can I really ask for help? 76
How do I avoid bad advice and how do
I know it when I get it? 79
What are my potential sources of advice and support? 80
Ethical practice in research 93
And finally … 97
Further Reading 99
Index 103
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