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Author Brubaker, Michael D., 1967-

Title Advancing your career : getting and making the most of your doctorate / Michael D. Brubaker and Dale L. Brubaker
Published Lanham : R & L Education, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (205 pages)
Contents Advancing Your Career; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; STAGE I PREPARING THE WAY; Chapter 1 Following Your Dream: An Assessment of Self and Your Resources; Chapter 2 Applying to a Doctoral Program; STAGE II HOW TO THRIVE IN YOUR DOCTORAL PROGRAM; Chapter 3 Composing Inner Curriculum and Influencing Outer Curriculum in Doctoral Study; Chapter 4 Graduate Assistantships and Internships; Chapter 5 Comprehensive Examinations; Chapter 6 Dissertation Research and Writing; STAGE III GRADUATION AND BEYOND: THE DIFFERENCE YOU CAN MAKE NOW THAT YOU HAVE A DOCTORATE
Chapter 7 Reaching a Wider AudienceAppendixes; Appendix A Bringing Coherence to the Body of Work You've Done in Preparation for Doctoral Study; Appendix B Selecting a Doctoral Program; Appendix C The Power of Critique; Appendix D The "Table Manners" of Doctoral Student Leadership; Appendix E Dealing with Contradictions in a Doctoral Program; Appendix F Working Alone and Working As a Team Member; Appendx G A Personal Leadership Conservation and Change Inventory; Appendix H Identifying the Traits of Outstanding Leaders Encountered During My Doctoral Program
Appendix I How Good and Comfortable are You as a Speaker and Listener?Appendix J A Conversation with Seymour B. Sarason about the Creation and Dynamics of the Dissertation Committee; Appendix K The Dissertation Writer's Tool Box; Appendix L Example of a Traditional Table of Contents for a Dissertation; Appendix M Giving your Dissertation a Title and Subtitle in Relation to the Definitions Section of the Dissertation; Appendix N Trouble Shooting the Dissertation; Appendx O The Case for Reflective Action in Dissertation Writing
Appendix P Note Taking as an Important Part of the Research and Writing ProcessAppendix Q Checklist for Shaping and/or Refining Your Dissertation; References; Index; About the Authors
Summary Advancing Your Career aims to help readers 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Doctor of philosophy degree.
doctoral degrees.
EDUCATION -- Higher.
Doctor of philosophy degree
Form Electronic book
Author Brubaker, Dale L
ISBN 9781610484923
1610484924