By fixing the PhD, we can benefit the entire educational system and the life of our society along with it.

The Improvement Science Dissertation in Practice provides a narrative and illustration about the purpose and features comprising the Dissertation in Practice and how this culminating experience is well suited to using Improvement Science as a signature methodology for preparing professional practitioners. This methodology, when combined with the Dissertation in Practice experience in EdD programs, reinforces practitioner learning about and skills for leadership and change. As a guide, the book is an extremely valuable resource that supports faculty, students, and practitioners in the application of Improvement Science to pressing educational problems in a structured, disciplined way. Perfect for courses such as: Educational Leadership, Research Methods, The Dissertation Process, Dissertation Writing and Research, and Thesis and Dissertation

Academia is a whole new word - literature reviews, journal papers, conference presentations, coming up with a question for your PhD research, interacting with your supervisors.Learning how to navigate all of these aspects of your PhD will ensure your successful completion, and the better life you're working towards.This manual teaches you how to write great literature reviews and journal papers, how to give confident and memorable conference presentations, how to come up with an exciting and worthwhile question for your PhD, and how best to interact with your supervisors.As a result, you'll become a leader in your field, get higher citations and become well known in your field, you'll get your papers accepted in journals much easier (which takes away the headaches you might otherwise get), you'll get nicer comments on your work, your PhD will get completed quicker, you'll get more papers published, and you're chances of successfully completing your PhD will dramatically increase.All of this plus, you'll be happier because your work is going well. You'll be less stressed because you'll be on top of things. You'll also get more free time to rest and keep up a healthy lifestyle away from the office, including being able to socialize with your friends on the weekends, and continuing to play your favorite sport.Dr. John Hockey and Dr. Sandeep Gupta put their 29 years of experience into this one manual to give you all of those benefits. The instructions are distilled to give the most effective tips and how-to guides.Get your copy and Enjoy Your PhD!

How to transform a thesis into a publishable work that can engage audiences beyond the academic committee. When a dissertation crosses my desk, I usually want to grab it by its metaphorical lapels and give it a good shake. “You know something!” I would say if it could hear me. “Now tell it to us in language we can understand!” Since its publication in 2005, From Dissertation to Book has helped thousands of young academic authors get their books beyond the thesis committee and into the hands of interested publishers and general readers. Now revised and updated to reflect the evolution of scholarly publishing, this edition includes a new chapter arguing that the future of academic writing is in the hands of young scholars who must create work that meets the broader expectations of readers rather than the narrow requirements of academic committees. At the heart of From Dissertation to Book is the idea that revising the dissertation is fundamentally a process of shifting its focus from the concerns of a narrow audience—a committee or advisors—to those of a broader scholarly audience that wants writing to be both informative and engaging. William Germano offers clear guidance on how to do this, with advice on such topics as rethinking the table of contents, taming runaway footnotes, shaping chapter length, and confronting the limitations of jargon, alongside helpful timetables for light or heavy revision. Germano draws on his years of experience in both academia and publishing to show writers how to turn a dissertation into a book that an audience will actually enjoy, whether reading on a page or a screen. He also acknowledges that not all dissertations can or even should become books and explores other, often overlooked, options, such as turning them into journal articles or chapters in an edited work. With clear directions, engaging examples, and an eye for the idiosyncrasies of academic writing, he reveals to recent PhDs the secrets of careful and thoughtful revision—a skill that will be truly invaluable as they add “author” to their curriculum vitae.

Through the use of group therapy sessions, conducted within a cognitive-behavioural framework, the author explores the cultural, social and parentual influences on women's lives. In-depth case studies and transcripts from the sessions illustrate women's actual step-by step process in examining issues as: motherhood, divorce, self-determination, etc. The focus is on the individual woman and her situation.

D.--Debra W. Stewart, President, Council of Graduate Schools "Educational Review"

Assembling Consumption marks a definitive step in the institutionalisation of qualitative business research. By gathering leading scholars and educators who study markets, marketing and consumption through the lenses of philosophy, sociology and anthropology, this book clarifies and applies the investigative tools offered by assemblage theory, actor-network theory and non-representational theory. Clear theoretical explanation and methodological innovation, alongside empirical applications of these emerging frameworks will offer readers new and refreshing perspectives on consumer culture and market societies. This is an essential reading for both seasoned scholars and advanced students of markets, economies and social forms of consumption.