Graduate Thesis Writing Workshop: Framework Alignment Approach
- 1. POSTGRADUATE THESIS WRITING A Thesis Editor Perspective By ANUAR B. HUSIN (Ed.) Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia anuarhusin@hotmail.com
- 2. POSTGRADUATE THESIS WRITING A FRAMEWORK ALIGNMENT APPROACH Toward Mitigating SCOPING, STRUCTURING & LANGUAGE Issues in POSTGRADUATE THESIS WRITING.
- 3. NOTE for VIEWERS These are only random samplings of the slides that I use in my thesis writing workshops Sorry, if they don`t appear quite sequential in places.. Anyway, do enjoy them…if they are of any use !
- 4. A FRAMEWORK ALIGMENT APPROACH for THESIS WRITING DISCOURSE FRAMEWORK IDEATIONAL & STRUCTURAL BUILDING BLOCKS CRITERIA for aligning SCOPE, STRUCTURE, & LANGUAGE for GOOD thesis writing
- 5. MAJOR ISSUES PLAGUING THESIS WRITING SCOPING , STRUCTURING & LANGUAGE ISSUES are PERENNIAL ISSUES PLAGUING POSTGRADUATE students` THESIS WRITING. SUCCESS depend on their CAPABILITY to WRITE & RESOLVE These critical WRITING ISSUES.
- 6. THESIS ALIGNMENT APPROACH for SCOPING, STRUCTURING & LANGUAGE FRAMEWORK are UNIVERSAL APPROACH ADAPTABLE to MITIGATE any SCOPING, STRUCTURING & LANGUAGE ISSUES Of RESEARCH WRITING
- 7. A PARADIGM OF THESIS WRITING PROBLEM → SOLUTION PROBLEM → METHOD → DATA SOLUTION PROBLEM → VERIFICATION DATA Collection & Analysis → VALIDATION → DATA Conclusion & Affirmation SOLUTION DATA Recommendation PROBLEM → THEORIES → PRACTICES → SOLUTION
- 8. LEVEL of PROBLEM Conceptual Problem Polity Problem Technical Problem
- 10. LEVEL of SOLUTIONs Conceptual Solution Polity Solution Technical Solution
- 12. SCOPING HOW BIG IS THE THESIS ? PROBLEM SOLUTION PROBLEM → METHOD → SOLUTION PROBLEM → VERIFICATION → VALIDATION → SOLUTION PROBLEM → THEORIES → PRACTICES → SOLUTION
- 13. LANGUAGE HOW TO WRITE OUT THE THESIS ? PROBLEM SOLUTION PROBLEM → METHOD → SOLUTION PROBLEM → VERIFICATION → VALIDATION → SOLUTION PROBLEM → THEORIES → PRACTICES → SOLUTION INTRODUCTION LITERATURE REVIEW /THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK → METHOD Technique/Instrument Data Analysis Findings → DISSCUSSION & CONCLUSION INTRODUCTION ISSUES & DISCUSSION (n) → CONCLUSION → RECOMMENDATI ON (n)
- 14. WHY SCOPING, STRUCTURING & LANGUAGE ISSUES ? SCOPING STRUCTURING LANGUAGE AFFECT ↓ COHESION → (flow) ← COHERENCE → (clarity) ← CONSISTENCY (holistic) ↓ THESIS AS POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH WRITING
- 15. WHY FRAMEWORK ALIGNMENT APPROACH ? ALIGNMENT APPROACH PROVIDES ↓ BOUNDARIES →← →SCOPING← →STRUCTURAL ← →LANGUAGE← Nicely-capped milk bottle WITHIN WHICH →← Spilled milk from a bucket RESEARCH THESIS CAN BE WRITTEN
- 16. SIGNIFICANCE of PROBLEM CONCEPTUAL SIGNIFICANCE POLITY SIGNIFICANCE PROBLEM TECHNICAL SIGNIFICANCE
- 17. MAJOR WRITING ISSUES SCOPE CRITERIA for Postgraduate Thesis CRITERIA of Good Thesis CONTENT STRUCTURE TEMPLATE of Postgraduate Thesis STRUCTURE of Postgraduate Thesis STRUCTURAL ALIGNMENT of Thesis LANGUAGE ENGLISH Language Skills for Postgraduate Thesis PARADIGM of Academic Discourse
- 20. UNDERSTAND F/WORK of DATA ANALYSIS NORMATIVE QUANTITATIVE VERIFICATION & VALIDATIION OF DATA QUALITATIVE
- 21. LEVEL of VERIFICATION & VALIDATION Verification & Validation at Normative/Conceptual Level ↑Verification & Validation at Polity Level← ↑ Verification & Validation at Technical Level←
- 22. LEVEL of ABSTRACTION Concept at Philosophy Level Concept at Polity Level Concept at Technical/ Procedure Level
- 23. LEVEL of EXPLICATION Conceptual Explication Theoretical Explication Literal (Technical) Explication
- 24. UNDERSTAND IDEATIONAL DEPTH PROBLEM LEVEL OF ABSTRACTION LEVEL OF EXPLICATION CONCEPTUAL CORRUPTIION ERROR IN CONCEPTION CONCEPTUAL ABSTRACTION CONCEPTUAL EXPLICATION POLITY CORRUPTIION ERROR IN THEORIZATION POLITY ABSTRACTION POLITY EXPLICATION TECHNICAL CORRUPTIION ERROR IN TECHNICALITY TECHNICAL ABSTRACTION TECHNICAL EXPLICATION
- 25. ALIGNMENT ? ALIGNMENT is a notion of BALANCE, PROPORTION, EQUILIBRIUM & MEANINGFULNESS of a thesis With it`s Scope , Structure & Language In HARMONY within the framework of its component parts.
- 26. FRAMEWORK ALIGNMENT APPROACH BLUEPRINT For ORGANIZING CONTENT of MAJOR THESIS COMPONENTS GUIDELINES For WRITING ORGANIC THESIS PATTERN For HOLISTIC & MEANINGFUL THESIS SOLUTIONS For SCOPING, STRUCTURING & LANGUAGE ISSUES
- 27. WHY FRAMEWORK ALIGNMENT APPROACH? GUIDES the WRITING PROCESS Beginning to End. THESIS WRITING IS... NOT a process of trial & error nor a product of chaos or incidental untutored skills. NOT a boundless creative activity, unplanned, impetuous, whimsical & limitless. both science & arts : structural & creative-driven somewhere between pragmatics and imagination a systematic & creative intellectual effort driven by scientific & artistic creativities. WHAT to PUT IN & What to KEEP OUT
- 28. More WHY FRAMEWORK ALIGNMENT APPROACH? GUIDES the WRITING PROCESS Beginning to End. Thesis writing should be a structured process midway between hands-on and hands-off approach. a structured writing plan with clear boundary and plenty of rooms for creative intellection. a structured process within its own timeframe a structured plan that lessen digressions, irrelevance and redundancies WHAT to PUT IN & What to KEEP OUT WHAT you PUT IN becomes KNOWLEDGE WHAT you LIKE but have to KEEP OUT are SPARE AMMUNITION
- 29. THANK GOD ! WE CAN MANAGE THESE ISSUES. FIRST a thesis draft MUST BE READY ! We can DEMYSTIFY its WRITING by exposing its TEMPLATE. DIAGNOSE & REMEDY its SCOPE & STRUCTURE issues. Resolve LANGUAGE issues by properly WORD the IDEAS.
- 30. PARADIGMS of FRAMEWORK ALIGNMENT APPROACH • THESIS BIG PICTURE • HOLISTIC VIEW of SCOPE & STRUCTURE of THESIS & ITS LANGUAGE THESIS BLUEPRINT • Parallel to RESEARCH PROCESS • SYSTEMATIC SCIENTIFIC APPROACH RESEARCH PROCESS • Parallel to TEACHING PROCESS • SYSTEMATIC SUPERVISION APPROACH TEACHING & SUPERVISION
- 31. SOME MORE PARADIGMS of TEMPLATE ALIGNMENT APPROACH • Parallel to LEARNING PROCESS • SYSTEMATIC LEARNING LEARNING • SYSTEMATIC PROCESS • EPISTEMOLOGICAL/TAXONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION • Parallel to SCHOLARLY THINKING PROCESS • POSITIVE SCHOLARLY TRAIT SCHOLARSHIP
- 32. FRAMEWORK ALIGNMENT & THESIS QUALITY A GOOD THESIS content ORGANIC ALIGNMENT of SCOPE , STRUCTURE & LANGUAGE . A BAD THESIS content INORGANIC & MISALIGNED SCOPE , STRUCTURE & LANGUAGE.
- 33. PRIMARY ELEMENTS OF THESIS ALIGNMENT CONTENT Scope Structure Language
- 34. A GOOD THESIS ALIGNMENT SCOPE STRUCTURE LANGUAGE
- 35. Therefore ...A GOOD THESIS is… A well-aligned thesis content with scope, structure & language in an organic state of equilibrium making it a meaningful & holistic academic research.
- 36. SCOPING SCOPE or COVERAGE of THESIS CONTENT. WHAT to PUT INTO the THESIS ? HOW MUCH DETAILS ?
- 37. SCOPING CRITERIA Scoping is bounded by Quantitative, Qualitative & Normative criteria of the issues under study Normative Qualitative Quantitative
- 38. Qualitative Scope (Content Elements) Topic Problem Statement Objectives & Research Questions
- 39. Quantitative Scope (Empirical Elements) CHAPTER SECTIONS WORDS NUMBERS GRAPHICS APPENDICES TIME FRAME PARAGRAPH
- 40. Normative Scope (Ideational Depth) Philosophy Polity Practices
- 42. BIG PICTURE of FRAMEWORK ALIGNMENT NORMATIVE CRITERIA QUALITATIVE CRITERIA THESIS QUANTITATIVE CRITERIA
- 43. THANK YOU