Researching the stereotypes of people around me : an introductory thesis writing course for international students / by Stephanie Ann Houghton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Houghton, Stephanie Ann, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dissertations, Academic.

Stereotypes (Social psychology)--Research.

Stereotypes (Social psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (159 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Castle Upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Summary:

This textbook will help students to develop thesis-writing skills through experiential learning by conducting a research project based on questionnaire- and interview-based research focusing on stereotypes, and reporting on it in a mini-thesis. It was developed for the benefit of international students who, in their penultimate year of study, are planning to write a graduation thesis in English related to stereotypes in their final year with little or no prior knowledge of the subject, or of ...

Contents:

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTE TO THE TEACHER; 1. WHAT IS RESEARCH?; 2. DEFINING STEREOTYPES ACROSS DISCIPLINES; 3. DEFINING AND REFLECTING UPON STEREOTYPES; 4. EXPLORING AND ILLUSTRATING STEREOTYPES; 5. THE TRANSMISSION OF STEREOTYPES AND CRITICAL INCIDENTANALYSIS; 6. INTRODUCTION; 7. LITERATURE REVIEW; 8. RESEARCH METHODS 1; 9. RESEARCH METHODS 2; 10. DATA ANALYSIS; 11. DATA PRESENTATION; 12. DISCUSSION; 13. CONCLUSION; 14. REFERENCES AND APPENDICES; REFERENCES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 2, 2017).

ISBN:

1-4438-7037-4

OCLC:

893741100