A 12,000 word final dissertation for Master's in Education project. A UK L7 writing.  Submitting the dissertation The dissertation will be submitted online via blackboard. Presentation Style Your research project needs to be clearly presented: · The front page should include your name, project title (around 15 words), your supervisor’s name, the date it was completed; · Work should be presented single sided, in Arial, minimum font size 11 and be one and a half spaced; · A contents page detailing the section and any tables/charts should be included; · Any quotes of less than 12 words should be identified by quotation marks and kept as part of the paragraph text; · Quotes of 12 words and above should be separated out from the text, indented on the left and right and be displayed in italics (no quotation marks required); · All tables and charts should be numbered appropriately and have a title; · Each section of your project should be started on a new page; · All pages should be numbered; · Each section should be numbered (e.g. 1. Introduction) and any charts/graphs within the section should be numbered accordingly. For example if you are writing about something in section 4.1 (the first sub-section) then the first chart or graph would be 4.11. So charts and graphs (if included) are numbered according to the section/sub-section. Word limit The project should be written up in no more than 12,000 words . This includes everything except the reference list, any appendices and acknowledgements. A final checklist: 1. Does your abstract say succinctly what the project set out to do and what has been found? 2. Does your contents page signpost chapter subheadings as well as chapter headings? 3. Has your introduction made clear the sub questions/objectives you are addressing in this enquiry 4. Is a framework presented in your lit review chapter and a methodological approach presented in your methodology chapter, and is it clear how this framework and methodology inform your data collection, presentation of findings and discussion and reflections? Have you discussed your positionality? 5. Does your discussion chapter relate closely to the data in your results chapter and tie back to the literature in your literature review? 6. Have you answered your research questions? 7. Have you carefully considered any ethical implications of your research? 8. Have you included a signed, anonymised ethics form in the appendix? 9. Does your conclusion summarise what has been found out about the questions you set yourself in your introduction? 10. Have you kept to the 12,000 word limit? 11. Have you met all the assessment criteria? M odule Bibliogr a p h y Compulsory reading: B r y m an , A . ( 20 1 6 ) . S o ci a l r e s ea r ch m e t h o d s ( 5 t h e d . ) .O x f o rd : O x f o r d U n i v e r sity P r e ss. Further optional reading : A l de r s o n , P . & M o rr o w , V . (2 011 ) . T h .

1. A 12,000 word final dissertation for Master's in Education
project. A UK L7 writing.
Submitting the dissertation
The dissertation will be submitted online via
blackboard.
Presentation Style
Your research project needs to be clearly presented:
·
The front page should include your
name, project title (around 15 words), your supervisor’s name,
the date it
was completed;
·
Work should be presented single
sided, in Arial, minimum font size 11 and be one and a half
spaced;
·
A contents page detailing the section
and any tables/charts should be included;
·
Any quotes of less than 12 words

2. should be identified by quotation marks and kept as part of the
paragraph text;
·
Quotes of 12 words and above should
be separated out from the text, indented on the left and right and
be displayed
in italics (no quotation marks required);
·
All tables and charts should be
numbered appropriately and have a title;
·
Each section of your project should
be started on a new page;
·
All pages should be numbered;
·
Each section should be numbered (e.g.
1. Introduction) and any charts/graphs within the section should
be numbered
accordingly. For example if you are writing about something in
section 4.1 (the
first sub-section) then the first chart or graph would be 4.11. So
charts and
graphs (if included) are numbered according to the section/sub-
section.

3. Word limit
The project should be written up in
no more than 12,000
words
. This includes everything except the reference list, any
appendices
and acknowledgements.
A
final checklist:
1.
Does
your abstract say succinctly what the project set out to do and
what has been
found?
2.
Does
your contents page signpost chapter subheadings as well as
chapter headings?
3.
Has
your introduction made clear the sub questions/objectives you
are addressing in
this enquiry
4.
Is
a framework presented in your lit review chapter and a

4. methodological approach
presented in your methodology chapter, and is it clear how this
framework and
methodology inform your data collection, presentation of
findings and
discussion and reflections? Have you discussed your
positionality?
5.
Does
your discussion chapter relate closely to the data in your results
chapter and
tie back to the literature in your literature review?
6.
Have
you answered your research questions?
7.
Have
you carefully considered any ethical implications of your
research?
8.
Have
you included a signed, anonymised ethics form in the appendix?
9.
Does
your conclusion summarise what has been found out about the
questions you set

5. yourself in your introduction?
10.
Have you kept to the 12,000 word
limit?
11.
Have you met
all
the assessment criteria?
M
odule
Bibliogr
a
p
h
y
Compulsory
reading:
B
r
y
m
an
,
A

6. .
(
20
1
6
)
.
S
o
ci
a
l
r
e
s
ea
r
ch
m
e
t
h
o
d
s
(
5
t
h
e
d

7. .
)
.O
x
f
o
rd
:
O
x
f
o
r
d
U
n
i
v
e
r
sity
P
r
e
ss.
Further optional reading
:
A
l

8. de
r
s
o
n
,
P
.
&
M
o
rr
o
w
,
V
.
(2
011
)
.
T
h
e
e
t
h
ics
o
f

9. r
e
s
e
a
r
ch
w
ith
c
h
il
d
r
e
n
a
n
d
y
ou
n
g
pe
o
p
l
e
:
a

10. p
r
a
cti
c
a
l
h
an
db
o
o
k
(
2
n
d
e
d
)
.
L
on
do
n
:
Sa
g
e
.

11. A
l
v
e
ss
on
,
M
.
(
2
0
11
)
.
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n
t
e
r
p
r
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t
i
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r

12. vi
e
w
s
.
Lo
n
don
:
Sa
g
e
.
G
r
e
i
g
,
A
.,
T
a
y
l
o
r
,
J.

13. &
M
a
ck
a
y
,
T
.
(
2
0
13
)
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o
i
n
g
r
e
s
e
a
r
ch
w
ith

14. c
h
il
d
r
en
:
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p
r
a
cti
c
al gu
i
d
e
(
3
r
d
e
d
.
)
.
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s
A
ng
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l

15. e
s:
Sa
g
e
.
A
r
g
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r
ou
s,
G.
(
2
0
11
)
.
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t
a
tistics f
o
r
r
e
s

16. ea
r
c
h
:
with
a
gu
i
d
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to
SP
S
S
(
3
r
d
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.
)
.
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n
d
o
n: Sa

17. g
e
.
A
tki
n
s
o
n
,
P
.
(
20
0
1
)
.
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an
d
boo
k
o
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t
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rap
h

18. y
.
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on
d
on
:
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g
e
.
Be
ll,
J.
(2
014
)
.
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o
i
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g
y
ou
r
r

19. e
s
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r
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f
o
r
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c
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r
s
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th
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r
ks
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pe
n
U
n
i
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P
r

21. e
ss.
C
ohe
n
,
L
.
,
M
an
i
o
n
,
L
.
&
M
o
rr
is
on
,
K
.
(2
0
1
1

22. )
.
R
e
s
ea
r
ch
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s in
e
d
u
c
a
ti
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(
7
th
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.
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23. L
o
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e.
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onno
ll
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,
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.
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2
0
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uan
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a

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da
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c
a
ti
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n
:
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c
r
itic
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l
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ct
i

25. on u
si
n
g
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PS
S
.
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on
d
on
:
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ou
tl
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g
e.
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en
sc
o
m
b
e
,
M
.

26. (
2
0
14
)
.
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h
e
go
o
d
r
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s
ea
r
ch
g
u
i
de
:
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o
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s
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ll
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sc

27. a
le
s
o
ci
a
l
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s
ea
r
ch
p
r
o
j
e
cts.
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a
i
d
e
n
he
a
d
:
O
pe
n

28. U
n
i
v
e
r
sity
P
r
e
ss.