Editors: Roisin Donnelly , John Dallat , Marian Fitzmaurice

Supervising and Writing a Good Undergraduate Dissertation

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ISBN: 978-1-60805-179-3 (Print)
ISBN: 978-1-60805-176-2 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2013
DOI: 10.2174/97816080517621130101

Introduction

The considerable increase in numbers of students required to complete undergraduate dissertations as part of their curricula demonstrates a clear need for supporting academic staff from a wide variety of disciplines in this area. There has been limited research published in the realm of undergraduate supervision. Therefore, supervision of academic dissertations in an undergraduate setting still remains to be addressed in a comprehensive manner. The overarching theme of this reference work is the convergence of shared understandings, strategies and reflections of undergraduate supervisors from around the world, from many different subject disciplines. There is also a need today for a mapping of the current landscape of undergraduate supervision.

This text is presented through a series of case studies from a wide variety of subject disciplines in the sciences and arts and is enlightened by research perspectives; it comprises of a focus on development needs for supervisors of undergraduate students, using updated information, modeling exercises and interaction in the form of a series of individual activities, along with a selection geared at programme team development in preparing supervisors for their role, choice key readings, and exploration of online resources. This eBook is intended as a guide for academic staff across various disciplines who are involved with dissertation supervision. It is valuable to those in the early stages of their career who may be supervising for the first time; equally, it provides support, guidance and affirmation to those who have supervised over a number of years.

Contributors

Editor(s):
Roisin Donnelly
Dublin Institute of Technology
Ireland


John Dallat
Dundalk Institute of Technology
Ireland


Marian Fitzmaurice
Dublin Institute of Technology
Ireland




Contributor(s):
Gina Wisker
University of Brighton
UK


Neil Haigh
AUT University
New Zealand


Amanda Dillon
University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)
UK


Richard L. Miller
University of Nebraska, ,
NE , 68508
USA


Moira Maguire
Dundalk Institute of Technology
Ireland


Brid Delahunt
Dundalk Institute of Technology
Ireland


Ann Everitt-Reynolds
Dundalk Institute of Technology
Ireland


Charles Buckley
University of Bangor
Wales
UK


Vicky Gunn
University of Glasgow
UK


Nancy H. Hensel
Council on Undergraduate Research
Washington
DC , 20005
USA


Lindsay Currie
Council on Undergraduate Research
Washington
DC , 20005
USA


Linda Clarke
University of Ulster
UK


Ziene Mottiar
Dublin Institute of Technology
Ireland


Brendan M. Ryder
Dundalk Institute of Technology
Ireland




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