Expanding dissertation proposal

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Expanding dissertation proposal
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Source McEvedy, R, 1984, Analysis and Synthesis
Developing Report Writing Skills in Tertiary
Students, in part1 of the Proceedings of the
Australasian Fifth Annual Study Skills Conference
Deakin University (15-18 May)
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Write brief proposal on

• What is your central question or problem?
• Why is this problem important and worthy of
  study?
• How will you go about it (research methods and
  underlying assumptions)?

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Introduction

• Use this section to provide a setting for your
  area of research
• Introduce your area of research, without going
  into specific details, touching upon the nuances
  of your work and the problems at hand
• The theoretical and conceptual framework may not
  directly relate to your work but it shall provide
  an element of the foundation of your final work.

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Background

• This section shall provide the space for an
  extensive literature review
• It is STRONGLY recommended you avoid journalistic
  pieces when writing on your topic. You may use it
  to supplement your knowledge but it cannot be
  used in a literature review
• Ideally a review should provide a broad spectrum
  of literature of your area of research

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Background

• The purpose of this review is to provide the
  theoretical and conceptual framework of your
  work it will also provide a better understanding
  of the discourse and help you to come to a
  conclusion on your research topic.
• If you choose to follow one school of thought
  over another, you must outline your
  interpretation and reasons for selecting it.
• If you fail to carry out solid literature review,
  you may end up writing several dissertations!
  This means one dissertation with several
  disjointed arguments, each one failing to fully
  support your research