Binding: Paperback
Description: The Authentic Dissertation is a road map for students who want to make their dissertation more than a series of hoop - jumping machinations that cause them to lose the vitality and meaningfulness of their research. Students and tutors are presented with practical guidance for the kind of alternative dissertations that many educators believe are needed to move Doctoral and Master's level work beyond the limitations that currently stifle authentic contributions for a better world. Drawing on his Cherokee/ Creek ancestry and the Raramuri shamans of Mexico the author explores how research can regain its humanist core and find its true place in the natural order once more. Four Arrows provides a degree of "credibility" that will help graduate students legitimize their ideas in the eyes of more conservative university committees. This inspiring book will also help academics who sincerely want to see these alternative forms but are concerned about the rigor of "alternative" dissertation research and presentation. The featured dissertation stories tap into more diverse perspectives more authentic experience and reflection and more creative abilities. They are in essence spiritual undertakings that Honour the centrality of the researcher's voice experience creativity and authority Focus more on important questions than on research methodologies per se Reveal virtues (generosity patience courage respect humility fortitude etc.) Regard the people's version of reality The goal of this book is not to replace the historical values of academic research in the western tradition but to challenge some of these values and offer alternative ideas that stem from different sometimes opposing values.
Title: The Authentic Dissertation Alternative Ways Of Knowing Research And Representation
Author(s): Jacobs Donald Trent
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780415442237
Pages: 262 Pages
Publication Date: 6/25/2008
Category: Higher & Further Education, Tertiary Education