Advancing Your Career
Getting and Making the Most of Your Doctorate- Authors:
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- Publisher:
- 2011
Summary
Entering a doctoral program can be an important first step in advancing your career. You will create a network of support that will include professors, intern advisors, and others who will have a vested interest in your success. From this support group will emerge one or more mentors who will guide you to successful completion of your program and get you on track in meeting new challenges in your career and life. The purpose of this book is to help you look more broadly at the doctoral experience from choosing a program to coursework to passing your comprehensive exams to doing dissertation research and writing to graduation and beyond. The authors take you backstage in a conversational way to avoid pitfalls and ensure success each step of the way.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2011
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-61048-490-9
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-61048-492-3
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 188
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Preface No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- Chapter 1 Following Your Dream: An Assessment of Self and Your Resources No access
- Chapter 2 Applying to a Doctoral Program No access
- Chapter 3 Composing Inner Curriculum and Influencing Outer Curriculum in Doctoral Study No access
- Chapter 4 Graduate Assistantships and Internships No access
- Chapter 5 Comprehensive Examinations No access
- Chapter 6 Dissertation Research and Writing No access
- Chapter 7 Reaching a Wider Audience No access
- Appendix A Bringing Coherence to the Body of Work You’ve Done in Preparation for Doctoral Study No access
- Appendix B Selecting a Doctoral Program No access
- Appendix C The Power of Critique No access
- Appendix D The “Table Manners” of Doctoral Student Leadership No access
- Appendix E Dealing with Contradictions in a Doctoral Program No access
- Appendix F Working Alone and Working As a Team Member No access
- Appendx G A Personal Leadership Conservation and Change Inventory No access
- Appendix H Identifying the Traits of Outstanding Leaders Encountered During My Doctoral Program No access
- Appendix I How Good and Comfortable are You as a Speaker and Listener? No access
- Appendix J A Conversation with Seymour B. Sarason about the Creation and Dynamics of the Dissertation Committee No access
- Appendix K The Dissertation Writer’s Tool Box No access
- Appendix L Example of a Traditional Table of Contents for a Dissertation No access
- Appendix M Giving your Dissertation a Title and Subtitle in Relation to the Definitions Section of the Dissertation No access
- Appendix N Trouble Shooting the Dissertation No access
- Appendx O The Case for Reflective Action in Dissertation Writing No access
- Appendix P Note Taking as an Important Part of the Research and Writing Process No access
- Appendix Q Checklist for Shaping and/or Refining Your Dissertation No access
- References No access Pages 179 - 182
- Index No access Pages 183 - 186
- About the Authors No access Pages 187 - 188





