Аннотация
This article explores the extent to which published
advice on the organisation and structure of theses and
dissertations concurs with what happens in actual
practice. The study examines guides and handbooks which
focus on thesis and dissertation writing and
postgraduate research. The sample texts examined were
master's and doctoral theses written in a number of
different study areas at a major research university.
The study found that only a few of the books examined
devoted a substantial amount of space to this topic. It
also found a wider range of thesis types than the
guides and handbooks would suggest occurs. The study
identified four main kinds of thesis: ‘traditional:
simple’, ‘traditional: complex’,
‘topic-based’ and ‘compilations of research
articles’. The article argues for teaching materials
which show students the range of thesis options they
might have, highlight the kind of variation that occurs
in actual texts, and consider the rationale for the
various choices they might make.
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