Getting the Most Out of the Research Experience : What Every Researcher Needs to Know.
Entering research can be an apprehensive time - even for established researchers. Research is an emotional process that involves the researcher as a person, not just as someone who applies methods. Rather than an obstacle course of difficulties, it should also be enjoyable and exhilarating. Research...
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2007
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Table of Contents:
- PART ONE: THE RESEARCHER<br />The Conduct of Research<br />What is Research? <br />What is a 'Researcher'?<br />Images of Sociology and the Sociologist<br />Research Roles and Researcher Characteristics<br />PART TWO: RESEARCH STYLES, ROLES AND CONTEXTS <br />Styles of Research
- Qualitative and Quantitative Research Experience<br />The Status and Stance of Styles of Research<br />How important is being a researcher to you? <br />Where do research topics come from?<br />Networking
- research as market/research as friendship<br />The Search for Funds<br />Research Relations in Different Social Settings<br />Competing Research Roles <br />PART THREE: THE 'EMOTIONAL' ASPECTS OF RESEARCH <br />Research and 'Emotional Labour'<br />'Reflexivity' and the Research Experience<br />Everyday Life Skills in Research<br />Experiential Distraction<br />Working with Others in Research<br />Subjective Support<br />Overcoming Isolation<br />Dealing with Anxiety and Stress<br />PART FOUR: ENTERING THE RESEARCH
- THE PRESENTATION OF THE RESEARCHER'S SELF<br />The Researcher's Self in Research<br />Sociological Imagination and Research Practice<br />Early Days in Research <br />Reasons to Research<br />The PhD Experience<br />Research 'Hold-ups'<br />PART FIVE:INTERPRETATION IN RESEARCH<br />The Researcher-as-Interpreter/Theorist<br />The Research Diary <br />Data, and yet More Data<br />Organising Interpretations and New Ideas<br />PART SIX: WRITING RESEARCH<br />Academic Writing as a Genre<br />New Writing Practices and Representation <br />Writing and Relations with Others<br />Research Autobiographies and Auto/ethnography. <br />The Researcher Account and 'Confessions'<br />'Writing Up' Research<br />Writing Blockages<br />Writing for an Audience<br />PART SEVEN:DISSEMINATION<br />What is 'Research Dissemination'?<br />Dissemination and Audience Issues<br />The Doctoral Thesis<br />The Research Report and Briefing<br />The Conference Paper<br />Articles in Books and Journals<br />Books
- Proposals and Publishers<br />The Internet<br />Research and Teaching
- the use of research in the classroom<br />PART EIGHT:REACTION TO RESEARCH<br />Reactions to Research Dissemination<br />'Self' and Audience Reactions to Research<br />Feedback on Journal and Article Submission<br />PART NINE: WHAT NEXT IN MY RESEARCH? <br />End of the 'Adventure'
- what next?<br />Academic Labour and its Organisation<br />Professional and Personal Identities in the Conduct of Research<br />Rewriting the CV<br />The Researcher's Life/Life as Research Career
- in Academia?<br />PART TEN: CONCLUSION
- THE RESEARCHER'S EXPERIENCE OF RESEARCH<br />Researcher Experience in Research<br />Researcher Experience and the Emotions<br />Researcher Insights and Reflections<br />Orientations to the Researched Revisited<br />
