Pass Your Thesis, Dissertation Or Postgraduate Final Report
What you'll learn
- A complete overview of all the main sections that you will need to write in your thesis and what goes in each one
- How to stay on track by structuring your document effectively and working in parallel on the sections
- Planning your postgraduate degree to maximise the time and effort you put into your dissertation
- How the final report brings your whole study together and presents it to your examiners with your supervisor's approval
- The main sections: Introduction, Literature Review, Methodology, Results / Findings, Discussion / Conclusion
- Front matter (table of contents, figures, abstract) and back matter (list of references, appendices)
- What goes into an introduction to bridge the world of the reader with your detailed research
- Key concepts, problem statement, research questions, hypothesis, motivation and objectives of a postgraduate study
- How the literature review section describes the landscape of relevant research and how you must show you've engaged it
- Intersecting lines of inquiry which overlap like a Venn diagram in your literature review to show the gap you are studying
- The methodology section and how you must position yourself philosophically before entering the field
- Research philosophies using the famous Saunder's onion model and how they impact your approach to choosing a methodology
- The difference between inductive, abductive and deductive theory development and how this affects your results section
- Methodological choices such as mixed methods, quantitative, qualitative, action research, ethnography etc
- Research strategies such as experimental, action research, ethnography and case study
- Your results chapter and how to approach it depending on your methodological choice
- The importance of a framework to help present your results in a meaningful way for your reader
- Moving from "what?" in your results section to "so what?" and "now what?" in your discussion and conclusion
- How to approach the implications, application, limitations and contribution of your study
- The importance of recommending future work that can build on your own study and drive further contributions
Requirements
- There are no course requirements or prerequisites
Description
Get instant access to a stunning new workbook, PLUS worksheets, follow along, and keep for reference
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Over 10 hours of clear and concise step-by-step instructions, lessons, and engagement
What others are saying:
"Thanks, Peter, this is excellent. I have just completed my MBA, I so wish I had this lesson when I started my research project. I am contemplating a Ph.D., your lessons will definitely help me to decide whether or not I give it a go." - Daisy M.
"I am getting an overall much broader picture of what is required in writing a Thesis/Dissertation. I am gaining more confidence with each lesson!" - Teresa S.
"This is such a great course. I am glad that I got to do it this early in my thesis (I am now doing my literature review chapter). I have enough time to start implementing all that Peter has taught. This course is suitable for everyone doing their master's or Ph.D. irrespective of their stage in their research. Thanks Peter!" - Sindi Amunga
"This course is just 'what the doctor ordered for me at this point. A perfect match for my needs. I just got a clear picture of how I can knit up and shape the piles of material I had all over the show. The simple and clear explanations, illustrations, and demonstrations cleared up my understanding of thesis report writing. I clearly understand how to place myself as a researcher in my study, and I feel confident to justify my own choices of research methodology. I would recommend this course any day to both novice and veteran researchers for a simplified, easy to understand, and practical approach to thesis research writing." - Aretha Maposa
In this course, you will learn everything you need to know to write and complete the final document of your postgraduate level, research study. It is often called a thesis, dissertation, or final report and although there might be variations across faculties, the main structure is always the same. Each section of this course corresponds to a section in your thesis, in which you learn how to approach it, what goes in it and what's important about completing it to achieve success. Each section also contains a demonstration lesson of each section from my own Ph.D., which shows you the application of the lessons. There are worksheets for you to download as reference guides for each section as well as quizzes and whiteboard lessons. Regardless of what phase you are in, this course will give you the overview and guidance that you need to gain confidence that you can complete your dissertation without stress, on time, and achieve a pass mark. What I teach you in this course is exactly what I learned doing my own Ph.D., often the hard way; this is the course I wish I could have done when I was doing my document. I've created and packaged it in precisely the way that I would have found the most valuable - it truly takes a successful postgraduate student to teach another one about what they need to do.
Exactly what is in this course:
An introductory lesson and "whiteboard webinar" teaching you about doing your final report, thesis, or dissertation
Worksheets for the introduction, literature review, and methodology section. results, conclusion / discussion and front / back matter
Lessons and demonstration lessons from my own Ph.D. for each section, explaining what goes into them and how to write them successfully
Quizzes for each section of your document to test your learning about what goes in each and how you should approach them
A demonstration lesson of the front and back matter from my own Ph.D. showing exactly how I laid them out and made extensive use of appendices
A whiteboard lesson about how to plan the last six months of your postgraduate degree during which you will write and complete your report
I guarantee you will learn something in this course that will improve your final report and boost your confidence in writing it, submitting it, and ultimately getting a pass mark and finishing your degree
Contents and Overview
You'll start with All About The Introduction Chapter; Demonstration Lesson Of Peter Alkema's Introduction Chapter; Learn What You Need To Know About How To Write The Literature Review; Demonstration Lesson Of Peter Alkema's Literature Review Section In His Ph.D.; Whiteboard Lesson Showing You How To Approach Your Literature Review Section; How To Write A Methodology Section That Your Examiners Will Rate Highly; Demonstration Of Peter's Methodology Section Showing The Onion Model Approach; Learn What Needs To Be In Your Results / Findings Section Of Your Thesis; Demonstration Lesson Of Peter Alkema's Results Section In His Ph.D. Final Report; A Successful Approach To What Goes Into The Discussion And Conclusion Section; A Walkthrough Of Peter Alkema's Ph.D. Discussion And Conclusion Sections;
We will also cover The Front Matter And Back Matter In Peter Alkema's Thesis: A Walk Through; How to solve issues of language, referencing, and formatting; Touching languaging and preferencing; How would get past mental blocks due to emotional depression; Questions about keeping progress on activities from masters; Advice on literature review; Advice and encouragement for becoming a Ph.D.; Question and answer portion about the research paper and thesis; Advice and encouragement about finishing thesis; Pass your thesis, dissertation, or final report with Gabi Nudelman; Pass your thesis, dissertation, and final report topic with Gabi Nudelman; Questions about keeping progress on activities from masters; How you would get past mental block due to emotional depress; Advice and encouragement about thesis; Advice on literature review; Advice and encouragement for becoming a PhD;
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Peter
Who this course is for:
- Diploma, under-graduate and postgraduate students
- Anyone who has to write a thesis or dissertation / final report
Instructor
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