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What’s the hardest part of grad school? It’s not simply that the workload is heavy and the demands are high. It’s that too many students lack efficient methods to let them do their best. Professor Zachary Shore aims to change this. With humorous, lively prose, Professor Shore teaches you to master the five most crucial skills you need to succeed: how to read, write, speak,
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Paperback, 160 pages
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January 5th 2016
by University of California Press
(first published January 1st 2016)
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One of the better books I've read so far about the research process and graduate school. I think Shore put it perfectly in his own words:
Although many types of people can profit from these skills, I wrote this book with a particular kind of person in mind: someone who loves to learn. Some guidebooks about higher education take a cynical view. They portray your time in school as a game in which you mainly need to manipulate the people around you in order to get ahead. This book does not share th...more
I read this mostly to evaluate it for my future college student, and once again I find myself looking around for a time machine to send it back to my high school or college self. This is a short book with relatively simple methods for fundamental skills for college and grad school. It's an easy and friendly read, and the methods—for reading, writing, speaking, researching, and acting like a successful student—aren't demanding to understand.
That's a good thing; simple methods leave plenty of ment ...more
That's a good thing; simple methods leave plenty of ment ...more
This is a great little book. Just to provide a little background... I have two master’s degrees and am working on a PhD, but for most of my life I was a terrible student. Despite maintaining a high GPA throughout my graduate studies, I’ve dealt with frequent bouts of anxiety about whether I’m really even getting the basics right (exacerbating the impostor syndrome that so many grad students deal with). It turns out there’s a bunch of stuff I’m doing right, a few things I’m doing wrong, and a who
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A must-read for undergraduate and graduate students, especially those pursuing an academic career in the social sciences. There are strategies listed to tackle reading large quantities of material, writing coherent arguments, engaging a public audience, and many more challenges found in graduate programs.
Powerful advice for anyone who reads, writes, and researches, all delivered with chatty charm. I wish I’d read this in high school, then again every year since. I’m especially grateful for Shore’s advice on reading nonfiction texts efficiently. He’s made me much more effective. I’d recommend (no, give) this book to anyone who searches for new truths through research.
An insider's how to/reference book that can be applied to any level of post-secondary education. Teh author addresses how to:
read,
write,
speak,
act, and
research
within an academic setting. There is good, actionable advice in all aspects. There are lots of "I wish I'd known this when I was in school" moments if you haven't had training in how to study. ...more
read,
write,
speak,
act, and
research
within an academic setting. There is good, actionable advice in all aspects. There are lots of "I wish I'd known this when I was in school" moments if you haven't had training in how to study. ...more
Helpful for those entering graduate school
I found this book to be very helpful for those not knowing what to expect from grad school from either too many varying accounts or accounts that are overly simplified. This book was cleanly constructed and pinpointed specifics that one can refer to throughout their studies.
I found this book to be very helpful for those not knowing what to expect from grad school from either too many varying accounts or accounts that are overly simplified. This book was cleanly constructed and pinpointed specifics that one can refer to throughout their studies.
As it suggests, I skimmed it rapidly through (when I could not get to sleep at night). I need some time to figure out to what extent I can apply its principles. But so far I find it pretty practical and useful.
Good, detailed book.
This book is an excellent introduction to the tips and techniques utilized by the efficient graduate student, and is designed to shape every grad student into effective academics.
This book is an excellent introduction to the tips and techniques utilized by the efficient graduate student, and is designed to shape every grad student into effective academics.
I enjoyed how easy it was to read and it did offer some good tips for general success in grad school. However, much of the book did not apply to my field of study (my fault, can't fault the book for that).
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Recommended summer read prior to attending the US Army War college. A quick and easy read that helps you frame the challenges of returning to a graduate level program while offering up solutions and techniques.
Excellenf primer on the big important skills. Wish I'd read it as an undergrad!
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Ready to graduate now
Its funny and instructive.
A must read.
Assigned this gem in my research methods course. I would have had something like this at the start of my graduate career!
Excellent and to the point.
I recommend this easy to read, immensely practical guidebook to any advanced undergraduate considering graduate school, all MA students, and all PhD. So very useful!
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Zachary Shore is Associate Professor of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School, and a Senior Fellow at the Institute of European Studies, University of California, Berkeley. He previously served on the Policy Planning Staff at the U.S. Department of State through an International Affairs Fellowship from the Council on Foreign Relations. He has also worked as a National Security
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“you must train yourself to read for thesis, not just content. In some undergraduate courses, and in most graduate ones, you will be quickly overwhelmed by the amount of reading. If you try to read every word of every book assigned, you will drown. You will not sleep. You will not eat. Instead, you will become one of the many Book Zombies—gaunt, sullen figures who haunt their department hallways. They appear as apparitions, weighed down by the mass of books loaded in their backpacks, creeping from class to class, unable to articulate a coherent thought.”
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