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  • Research Methods Week 6: Moving Along The Research Journey

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    The document provides guidance on conducting a literature review. It outlines the steps to take which include: [1] selecting a topic and research question; [2] checking existing literature on the topic; [3] conducting an overview of literature themes through bibliographies, indexes, and search engines; [4] "honing in" on key sources like peer-reviewed journals; [5] presenting literature findings through tables, narratives, or other structured formats; [6] concluding with a synthesis of key ideas and gaps.]

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    The document provides guidance on conducting a literature review. It outlines the steps to take which include: [1] selecting a topic and research question; [2] checking existing literature on the topic; [3] conducting an overview of literature themes through bibliographies, indexes, and search engines; [4] "honing in" on key sources like peer-reviewed journals; [5] presenting literature findings through tables, narratives, or other structured formats; [6] concluding with a synthesis of key ideas and gaps.]

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    Research Methods Week 6: Moving Along The Research Journey

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    The document provides guidance on conducting a literature review. It outlines the steps to take which include: [1] selecting a topic and research question; [2] checking existing literature on the topic; [3] conducting an overview of literature themes through bibliographies, indexes, and search engines; [4] "honing in" on key sources like peer-reviewed journals; [5] presenting literature findings through tables, narratives, or other structured formats; [6] concluding with a synthesis of key ideas and gaps.]

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    Movingalongtheresearchjourney

    ResearchMethodsWeek6

    TheLiteratureReview

    Checkfirsttoseeifyourproblem researchable...
    Isyourproblemclear? Isyourresearchquestionexpressedinclear words? Whatarethestatedconceptsintheproblem? Whatarethespecificvariables(components) oftheproblem?

    So,ifyouhave..
    1. Selectedthetopic 2. Brainstormedalistofthingsyouwanttoknow aboutthetopic 3. Selectedafocusfortheproblem 4. Statedaresearchquestion 5. Identifiedtheconceptsandvariablesinthe researchproblemthen.... 6. Checkonexistingknowledge thatis,the literaturereview

    ReasonsfortheLit.Review
    Youhavetodoit! Yourhunchesarentworthmuch!!Sorry. Isanythingreallynew? Ignoranceoftheworkofothersisnoexcuse Riskanderroravoidance Broadeningyourworldview Gainingideasfromthegurus andothers Givesyouafirmstartforproceeding.

    Thebasicsoftheliteraturereview startwithanoverview
    Athoroughassessmentofwhatothershave done.Firstusethefollowing
    Bibliographiesandindexessuchasonlinesearch engines(referLibrarylectureweek1) Handbooks,dictionariesanddirectories Policystatementsandpublicrecords BroadsearchenginessuchasGoogle

    Buildalistofthemesorrelatedtopicsfromthis overview

    Honing inonthetopic common sourcesofknowledge


    Serials thejournalsare(usually)thesourceofpeerreviewed
    informationandconsideredtobetopofthelistforvalidandreliable information(checkalsotheirreferencelist).Afasttracklike..
    http://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/category/publications/ http://www.aera.net/

    Indexes checktheabstractsviathelibrary Publicdocumentseg:


    OECDProgrammeforInternationalStudentAssessment(PISA) http://www.deewr.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx http://www.ed.gov/about/pubs/intro/innovations.html http://www.nfer.ac.uk/researchareas/educationpolicy/ http://www.becta.org.uk/

    Possibleliteraturethemes..
    ExampleResearchProblem: Childrenfrompoorfamilieslesslikelytoimprove throughschool (seeTheAge,18th April,2009)

    Isthisahunchorbasedonevidence? Whatevidence? Whataretheissues? Howmightaresearcherseektounderstandthis problem?

    Parentalviewsoneducation Lifestylegoalsandaspirations Accesstoresources Motivationandengagement Teacher/schoolresponsetotheissues Curriculumrelevance Pedagogy .. ..

    Stepstotakenext..
    Gatherthematerial,readandcodeit Crosschecktoseethatyouhaveincludedallkey sources(internationalinfocus) Checkforaccuracyallreferencingaspects(see nextslide) Interpretinaninterestingandcoherentway Presentittobesteffect Keepaddingtoit(appliestothesiswriting)and updating

    Avoidsecondarysources!!
    Whatdoesthismean?Ifyoureadan interestingarticlethatcitesastudyoropinion ofanotherauthoryoushouldgotheoriginal source whereverpossible. Ifabsolutelynecessarytoyourargumentand youcannotaccesstheoriginalsourcethen pleaseobservethefollowingprotocolfor referencing..

    Referencingsecondarysources
    WRONG:Dewey(1916)inRobertson(2007) statesthatthelivedexperiencesofthechildare paramounttounderstand (p.154). WRONG:Dewey(1916)maintainedthatthe childslivedexperiencesareveryimportant(in Robertson,2007) RIGHT:Robertson(2007)citesDeweyasstating thatthelivedexperiencesofthechildare paramounttounderstand.

    Presentingliteraturefromempiricalstudiesormainly quantitativeapproaches tryusingtables


    Authorsand Theme/rese sample Method/research Results/ full arch design/instrume keyfindings reference question nts details Brown,M. (2008)etc Data analysis

    Asimilaroverviewcanbeusedto presentqualitativeoverviews,eg
    Authordetails Brown,J. (2008)etc Smith,G. (2004)etc Research question Approachand sample Methodology Keyfindings Conclusionsetc

    ANarrativeReview canbeusedtogainabetteridea oftheissues(seeBryman,2008,p.93)

    Tablescanstillbeusedandmayincludethe following:
    Yearofpublication,contextofthestudy,research methodsused,summaryofkeyfindings Theoutcomemayhelpyoutodecidehowto approachyourtopicandresearchquestion

    Writingstyle
    Refer:TheonlinearticlebyBritzman.Thishas goodexamplesofpoorandgoodwriting(see LMSWeek5materials) Journalarticlessuchasinthefollowing
    AustralianEducationResearcher AmericanEducationResearcher BritishJournalofEducation LearningandInstruction

    StructureoftheLitReview
    1. Introductionandoverviewoftheproblem,its dimensionsandcontext. 2. Structuredreportingofinformationunderkey headings criticalanalysisandavoidanceof description(Tablescanprovidethefacts). 3. Conclusionwithasynthesisofthekeyideasand perceivedgapsintheliterature ie leadinto yourquestion. 4. Summarystatement. 5. Fullreferencelist.

    Generaladvice keepsentencesshort,crispand focussed.

    Moreadviceonwritingstyle
    Avoidlongquotationsandrememberto referenceincludingpagenumbers. Avoidverylongsentencesandverybrief paragraphsofoneortwosentence.Planthe paragraphthemes. Avoidpersonalstorytelling(thereare exceptionswhichwewilldealwithlater). Sticktothefacts!

    Wordlimits

    For30creditpointunit approximately3000 words For20creditpointunit approximately1500 words.

    Inbrief,trytomakeyourwriting..
    Interestingandfactual Insightful Challenging Gripping Storytellingorlogicalandwellsequenced Tothepoint!!
    (allthisandmiracleswillhappen!!)

    Goodluck!!

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