WriteDis Info-G Dissertation Writing Seminars
- Used by doctoral students in all disciplines to successfully write their dissertations.
- Facilitate collaboration with universities on doctoral dissertations.
- Accelerate time to completion and graduation for doctoral students.
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WORKSHOP 1: The Workshop Overview
This introduces and describes how the CF Workshops provide valuable tools and guidance to help doctoral students write, excel, and successfully defend their dissertations. It describes how the dissertation writing process is a rewarding experience, but it requires overcoming challenges, significant preparation and commitment, adequate time management and planning, and a healthy balance between academic pursuits, work, and personal life.
WORKSHOP 2: The Workshop Orientation
This provides an orientation to the CogniFlow Workshops on writing a doctoral dissertation. It covers essential topics such as the definition of a doctoral dissertation, ethics in dissertation research, components of a dissertation, working with the dissertation committee, and the importance of following a style manual to simplify the dissertation writing process and help students complete their doctoral degree.
WORKSHOP 3: Writing the Dissertation Plan
The dissertation proposal process involves two stages, the first covering topic selection, concept paper development, and statement of the problem creation, and the second covering more advanced topics such as developing research questions and hypotheses, creating a theoretical framework, justifying the study's rationale and significance, and outlining the research design and methodology.
WORKSHOP 4: Intro to the Dissertation
Chapter One is the Introduction to the Dissertation, and provides a comprehensive and detailed guide for writing Chapter One of a doctoral dissertation, covering topics such as the background of the study, statement of the problem, purpose of the study, theoretical framework, significance and rationale of the study, definition of key terms, research questions and hypotheses, limitations, delimitations, and assumptions, with the ultimate goal of producing a well-structured and coherent first chapter.
WORKSHOP 5: Writing The Literature Review
In Workshop Five, you will learn how to conduct an in-depth literature review for Chapter Two of your dissertation, critically selecting and analyzing academic sources to enhance your understanding of your research topic, establish the foundation for your study, and identify relevant theories, methods, and gaps in existing research.
WORKSHOP 6: Writing the Methodology
This Workshop provides a comprehensive guide for writing the Methodology Chapter of a doctoral dissertation. It covers topics such as research design, selection of participants, instrumentation, data collection and analysis, and reporting procedures. The ultimate goal is to produce a well-structured and coherent chapter that outlines the plan for collecting and analyzing data to answer the research questions or test the hypotheses.
WORKSHOP 7: Writing the Research Results
Chapter Four: Writing the Research Results. Seminar Seven. This workshop provides a thorough guide for writing Chapter Four of a doctoral dissertation. It focuses on analyzing, organizing, summarizing, and presenting data collected in Chapter Three, with specific instructions and tasks for both quantitative and qualitative research designs.
WORKSHOP 8: The Discussion of Results
Writing the Discussion of Results is the focus of this workshop. It provides a detailed guide for writing Chapter Five of a doctoral dissertation. It focuses on interpreting and linking the data in Chapter Four to the theoretical framework, existing literature, and research data and presenting conclusions, implications, and recommendations for future research and practice.
WORKSHOP 9: Defend Your Dissertation
This workshop assists students in preparing for their dissertation defense by providing a comprehensive guide for planning an effective defense. It covers topics such as the problem statement, purpose of the study, literature review, theoretical framework, research questions and hypotheses, methodology, significant findings, and recommendations, culminating in a simulated defense presentation.