In this Book
- Academic Skills for Interdisciplinary Studies: Revised Edition
- Book
- 2019
- Published by: Amsterdam University Press
summary
What’s a theoretical framework for? How do you effectively present your data in a figure? What’s the secret to a good presentation?As an interdisciplinary student, you delve into theories and research methodsfrom a whole range of disciplines. Academic skills are the tools that you can use to take in, develop, integrate and question knowledge. This guide provides specific instructions, tips and examples to help students develop these skills, both during and after their studies.As academic education focuses on research, the empirical cycle forms a keytheme of the book, including when discussing the following skills:- Searching for, critically reading and analysing scholarly texts- Formulating research questions- Making concepts measurable, qualitatively and quantitatively- Organizing literature and data- Analysing and formulating an argument- Academic writing- Collaborating- Reflecting- Presenting
Table of Contents

- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- Acknowledgements
- p. 10
- Introduction
- pp. 11-13
- PART 1. Orientation and reading
- 1. Preparatory reading and searching
- pp. 15-28
- PART 2. Making your research measurable
- 4. From your topic to your question
- pp. 49-54
- 5. Formulating a good question
- pp. 55-58
- 6. A testable concept
- pp. 59-63
- 7. Making a research instrument
- pp. 64-75
- PART 3. Doing and writing up research
- 8. Research practice
- pp. 77-87
- 9. The structure of your article
- pp. 88-103
- 11. Citing sources and the bibliography
- pp. 109-119
- PART 4. Reflecting and communicating
- 12. Preventing fraud and plagiarism
- pp. 121-123
- 13. Collaboration, feedback, and peer review
- pp. 124-132
- 14. Presenting
- pp. 133-145
- Appendices
- Appendix A. Sample literature review
- pp. 148-157
- Appendix B. Sample research article
- pp. 158-168
Additional Information
ISBN
9789048550067
MARC Record
OCLC
1112465881
Pages
176
Launched on MUSE
2019-08-19
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2019