The sonata form of musical composition as a framework for thesis writing

Maurice C Drake
Associate Head of School, Nursing, School of Health Science, UNITEC Insititute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand

PP: 252 - 258

Abstract

In response to Watson's challenge to view the usual in new ways, this article introduces an innovation in writing Master's research and suggests that other structures may offer new and different frameworks for reporting nursing research.

This is exemplified by reference to an example of nursing research which adopted the sonata-form of musical composition as the framework for presentation of the thesis.

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Keywords

research; framework; thesis; sonata-form

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