Have spent most of today working on a book proposal. As it is still at the (very) pre-contractual stage I can't say more as to what it's about, but in the mean time I have been cheering myself up with another nice review of our previous book, in this month's Psychologist (Bulletin of The British Psychological Society).
Your Psychology Project Handbook: Becoming A Researcher
Clare Wood, David Giles & Carol Percy
Your Psychology Project Handbook: Becoming A Researcher does exactly what it says on the tin! Wood, Giles and Percy have developed this insightful text to guide all those students approaching their dissertation. Through years of their own extensive experience, in-depth research knowledge and broad academic backgrounds the authors achieve a highly accessible and resourceful book.
Historically ‘dissertation time’ is filled with much excitement, stress and procrastination. This text provides a calming, highly focused and structured step-by-step approach for every aspect of developing a research project. The reader finds themselves on a journey from generating ideas of research to completion and dissemination of findings, whilst also being pointed towards any potential problems (and resolutions!) along the way. At the same time, the authors have helpfully provided labelled subsections of text, chapter summaries and highlighted font as reference features as well as highlighting other literature and web-based resources to access.
I wish this text had been around when I was doing my undergraduate degree it would have saved a lot of time, questions and anxiety!
Pearson Education; 2009; Pb £17.99
Reviewed by Hannah Butler, who is an assistant psychologist for Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Psychology Service for Children, Young People and Their Families
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