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A good dissertation recommendation would first of all require a review of what you have achieved in your research so far. You may have been asked to address a dissertation recommendation based on what has been deduced to be absent from your work thus far and/or requires further examination. This might follow an assessment of ongoing research or a final examination before the award of a higher degree. In either case, you need to make sure you write the best possible dissertation recommendation response in order to impress the examining body and/or research committee. You are reviewing and/or adding dissertation recommendations based on the direction future research might take and questions you have left unanswered – there are bound to be some, even if only due to time and space.
How should I begin my dissertation recommendation?
Begin by reading through carefully what you have written/researched so far and then asking yourself a series of questions:
- Does this dissertation say precisely what I want it to say?
- Is it relevant?
- Is it original?
Of all these, the last is the most important as original thinking is the absolute key to what any dissertation needs to ensure acceptance; we will return to this in more detail later as it needs detailed clarification. However, taking the other points one by one it is easy to see how each is applicable to writing a good dissertation recommendation:
- By asking yourself whether or not you are saying all you want to say, you are, in a sense, trying to apply a fresh pair of eyes to your own work. Read it as if it is new to you and you are actively looking to expose flaws. This is very difficult and it might be worth asking for more advice from your supervisor on this or ask for a peer-reading. You might even consider taking professional advice from one of the excellent custom essay writing services available to gain additional knowledge on how to view your work critically and act upon it.
- Relevance is essential and it is all too easy to be so interested in your research that you have veered from the point too frequently and/or too far. Indeed, one of the reasons you may be writing a dissertation recommendation is precisely because your work reflects this. Your dissertation recommendation is an opportunity to add to what you have said and suggest future directions your research might take. Go back over each chapter carefully and look critically at what you need to keep, what you need to expand and what would be best discarded to hone the thesis. Whilst you are doing this, keep in mind your thesis statement and ask yourself honestly how relevant each piece of information is. Possibly you will have been asked to address specific areas so concentrate on these but also maintain cohesion; your dissertation must not become fragmented as a result of any suggestions you make in your dissertation recommendation.
How should I address the issue of research in my dissertation recommendation?
The best way to do this is to do this is to think of your dissertation recommendation almost as you would a literary review. The methodology is the same, it is just that you are looking critically at how the research you have done connects specifically to your own ideas.
Look at the way you have used textual evidence and again, ask yourself a few critical questions:
- Have I used the evidence effectively?
- Have I established my own place within it?
- What might I add to make it more effective?
The first of these is asking you to examine the relative merits of qualification, support and challenge: consider each of these in relation to the evidence and think all the time about how you can improve upon the way you used evidence in your dissertation recommendation.
Remember that in a dissertation recommendation, you are being asked to consider what specific areas of your work might be expanded or to address areas that have been previously omitted. In relation to the applicability of evidence, keep these thoughts primary as you will need to show how the research you have begun here can be expanded and demonstrate that your knowledge of the subject is sufficiently broad to enable you to facilitate the possibility of future research.
What about originality?
This is vital, as you know from what you have already researched that your dissertation has to add to the body of knowledge in the topic of which you are working. In your dissertation recommendation, you should place this at the forefront of your thinking.
Try to look at ways in which your dissertation might have progressed had you not have been limited by time and/or space keeping originality central at all times. There are bound to be areas you felt needed more discussion, in fact, you probably longed to do it, but a dissertation for a higher degree is precisely designated, as you know, and you cannot always do all you would like to do. Say this in your dissertation recommendation, giving precise references to areas you know need further development. Whatever you do, don’t leave it to your examiner to point out areas of your work that need developing, as this looks as though you have not thoroughly researched and addressed the topic.
Finally, whether you are writing a dissertation recommendation as a response to a critical reading of your original thinking or as an addendum to your dissertation, remember that the key word must be originality, based on displaying a thorough knowledge of your topic and how this might be improved or expanded. Giving a truly positive and textually verifiable indication of what direction your future research might take is a way to leave your examiners with a clear impression not only of your present knowledge and awareness of your subject but how what you are presenting in your dissertation recommendation displays the beginning of your life in academic research, not an end in itself.
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