Michael Brubaker, Dale Brubaker

Advancing Your Career (eBook, PDF)

Getting and Making the Most of Your Doctorate

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216329213
• Artikelnr.: 75138952

Autorenporträt

Michael D. Brubaker is assistant professor and academic coordinator of the Substance Abuse Counseling Program in the School of Human Services in the College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services at the University of Cincinnati.

Dale L. Brubaker is emeritus professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Stage I: Preparing the Way
Chapter 2 1.Following Your Dream: An Assessment of Self and Your Resources
Chapter 3 2.Applying to a Doctoral Program
Part 4 Stage II: How to Thrive in Your Doctoral Program
Chapter 5 3.Composing Inner Curriculum and Influencing Outer Curriculum in
Doctoral Study
Chapter 6 4. Graduate Assistantships, Internships, and Fellowships
Chapter 7 5. Comprehensive Examinations
Chapter 8 6. Dissertation Research and Writing
Part 9 Stage III: Graduation and Beyond: The Difference You Can Make Now
That You Have a Doctorate
Chapter 10 7.Reaching a Wider Audience
Part 11 Appendixes
Chapter 12 Appendix ABringing Coherence to the Body of Work You've Done in
Preparation for Doctoral Study
Chapter 13 Appendix BSelecting a Doctoral Program
Chapter 14 Appendix CThe Power of Critique
Chapter 15 Appendix DThe "Table Manners" of Doctoral Student Leadership
Chapter 16 Appendix EDealing with Contradictions in a Doctoral Program
Chapter 17 Appendix FWorking Alone and Working As a Team Member
Chapter 18 Appendix GA Personal Leadership Conservation and Change
Inventory
Chapter 19 Appendix HIdentifying the Traits of Outstanding Leaders
Encountered During My Doctoral Program
Chapter 20 Appendix IHow Good and Comfortable Are You As a Speaker and
Listener?
Chapter 21 Appendix JA Conversation with Seymour B. Sarason About the
Creation and Dynamics of the Dissertation Committee
Chapter 22 Appendix KThe Dissertation Writer's Tool Box
Chapter 23 Appendix LExample of a Traditional Table of Contents for a
Dissertation
Chapter 24 Appendix MGiving Your Dissertation a Title and Subtitle in
Relation to the Definitions Section of the Dissertation
Chapter 25 Appendix NTrouble Shooting the Dissertation
Chapter 26 Appendix OThe Case for Reflective Action in Dissertation Writing
Chapter 27 Appendix PNote Taking as an Important Part of the Research and
Writing Process
Chapter 28 Appendix QChecklist for Shaping and/or Refining Your
Dissertation