Peter Woods, Pat Sikes

Successful Writing for Qualitative Researchers

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The fully updated third edition of Successful Writing for Qualitative Researchers includes new material on the nature of qualitative research and the significance of contemporary circumstances in which academic writers have to work, as well as ethical considerations and authorial responsibilities. It provides a wealth of information and practical tips required to successfully translate qualitative research into writing.

Using a wide range of examples, the authors provide tried and tested methods that explore the mindsets, strategies and techniques involved in successful qualitative writing, and the opportunities and rewards that are available. Considering the continuing pressure on researchers to produce high-quality writing in difficult circumstances, this book provides guidance on:

The nature of qualitative research

The conditions for successful writing

The responsibilities of the author

Getting started and keeping going

Organising your work

Traditional and arts-based modes of writing

Styles of writing

Editing your work

Preparing for publication

Clear, concise, and engaging, this must-read guide is suitable for all those in the social sciences seeking to formulate their qualitative research into writing with maximum effectiveness, including undergraduates, postgraduates, and academics, whether in dissertations, theses, research reports, journal and magazine articles, conference papers or books.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• 3. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 154mm x 233mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 420g
• ISBN-13: 9780367698232
• ISBN-10: 0367698234
• Artikelnr.: 62714996

Autorenporträt

Peter Woods is Emeritus Professor at The Open University, UK. He has published widely in the areas of the sociology of education, educational ethnography, and qualitative research methods. Pat Sikes is Emeritus Professor of Qualitative Inquiry at the University of Sheffield, UK. She is particularly interested in auto/biographical narrative approaches and research ethics and has published widely in these areas.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

2. Conditions for Successful Writing

3. Authorial Responsibility

4. Getting started and keeping going

5. A standard approach to organisation

6. Creative and arts based inquiry

7. Style

8. Editing

9. Writing for publication

Name Index

Subject Index