Organising your research project


Stella Cottrel - Critical thinking skills

Deadline - Thursday 14th January 2016, 2-4pm 
                  15 weeks!

Aim -  Draft before christmas
Lecture 1: Organising your research project
Lecture 2: Methodologies + Critical Analysis
Lecture 3: Resolving your research project + Academic Corrections

Planning the project

- Write down all questions that you want to investigate
- Consider each on their merits and focus on two (primary and secondary)
- What is the purpose of the study?
- Is your question researchable?
-Working title
- This can be revised before submission but shouldn't be radically different to your ideas at this stage.

Project Outline

- Consider timings
- Consider holidays/work/life
- Think about your working title and the different component parts that need researching

Literature search

- Books
- Websites
- Surveys
- Triangulation
- Journals (www.Jstor.org)

- Separated in chapters
- Each chapter should ideally evidence a different theoretical/methodological approach
- Into/conclusion
- Move from the general to specific