Learning outcome from workshop : Research Writing & Dissertation Writing
On 4th January 2020 we had a workshop on Research and Writing a Dissertation at the Department of English, mkbu. This workshop helps us in selecting our dissertation topic and how we will write our further topic. Our resource persons were Dilip Barad sir and Ndoricimpa Clement sir. This are the objectives of the workshop :
1) Understand what is involved in research :-
Before understanding what is involved in research, we have to see what is research. Research should be scientific and systematic. It is scientific because it uses scientific methods by making an integrated use of inductive-deductive reasoning and it is systematic because it follows certain steps that are logically connected.
There are different types of research. Like, historical, descriptive, correlation, Cultural etc.
2) Select an appropriate research topic :-
Selecting a topic is not an easy task. And the most confusing part is how to select a topic and which topic I should select ? You can select a topic that is closely connected to your intellectual interests, personal experiences, and favorite research areas. It is not like someone has chosen this topic so I'm also choosing this. Also we have to see our ability to complete our research on that topic.
3) Select and define a research problem :-
After selecting the topic you have to see what research has done in that area. What are the problems in this area? Then you can connect it with your research area, that this has done, this hasn't done and this is what I want to do research on.
4) Select appropriate research methods and design :-
A good research defines the research problem with the appropriate arguments. It involves the literature review, and with the use of seminal writers. From that the research came to her/his main argument of the topic. This is how the researchers prove their points.
The research design is the blueprint for meeting the objectives and answering the research questions. It involves asking questions such as: what type of research will it be? Quantitative? Or Qualitative? Survey? Exploratory? Comparative? Experimental? Correlative? Etc.
Considering these questions will guide the researcher to the types of data she/he will collect, the participants and sampling techniques and the methods s/he will follow in the analysis of the data.
5) Organize and write a dissertation, and understand the style of argumentation :-
The structure of a dissertation,
Introduction
Literature review
Research methods/theoretical framework for literary studies.
Interpretation and discussion of the findings
Conclusion.
In this way we can write our dissertation. This workshop makes things clear in our mind about our dissertation topic and how we are going to put questions in it and how we will give answers to these questions. Here you can see some glimpses of workshop,
