Overview
- Is suitable for a classroom setting as well as for self-study
- Offers advice, anecdotes and exercises to teach junior PhD students in STEM how to succeed
- Provides information and suggested methods for all steps of the PhD trajectory
- Contains an extensive glossary of terms
Part of the book series: Springer Texts in Education (SPTE)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Steps of the PhD Trajectory
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About this book
This textbook is a guide to success during the PhD trajectory. The first part of this book takes the reader through all steps of the PhD trajectory, and the second part contains a unique glossary of terms and explanation relevant for PhD candidates. Written in the accessible language of the PhD Talk blogs, the book contains a great deal of practical advice for carrying out research, and presenting one’s work. It includes tips and advice from current and former PhD candidates, thus representing a broad range of opinions. The book includes exercises that help PhD candidates get their work kick-started. It covers all steps of a doctoral journey in STEM: getting started in a program, planning the work, the literature review, the research question, experimental work, writing, presenting, online tools, presenting at one’s first conference, writing the first journal paper, writing and defending the thesis, and the career after the PhD. Since a PhD trajectory is a deeply personal journey, this book suggests methods PhD candidates can try out, and teaches them how to figure out for themselves which proposed methods work for them, and how to find their own way of doing things.
Reviews
“The personal insight and practical tips and exercises make an original contribution here.” (Alex Hope, Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom)
“The review is incredibly comprehensive and relatively thorough. It’s also very easy to navigate. In this sense I can imagine it sitting on the shelf of any PhD student as a reference guide. This book has broad appeal. It is comprehensive and easy to navigate and I can see this being a reference manual for any PhD student.” (Ben Libberton, MAX IV Laboratory, Lund, Sweden)Authors and Affiliations
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The A-Z of the PhD Trajectory
Book Subtitle: A Practical Guide for a Successful Journey
Authors: Eva O. L. Lantsoght
Series Title: Springer Texts in Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77425-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-77424-4Published: 05 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-77425-1Published: 25 May 2018
Series ISSN: 2366-7672
Series E-ISSN: 2366-7680
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 393
Number of Illustrations: 53 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Research Skills, Thesis and Dissertation, Higher Education, Personal Development, Writing Skills