Introduction to Educational Research

1. Introduction to Educational Research Teaching Logs 7 ( October 15-19, 2018)

2. Teaching Log seven ( 7) Objectives: Students should be able to: • Analyse the elements in the literature review process. • Create a literature map to guide chapter two. • Prepare an annotated bibliography to support their literature review. • Source and analyse information from secondary sources. • Reference their work using the APA format.

3. The Review of LiteratureChapter Two A critical discussion/analysis of literature related to the problem you are investigating. (Leacock, Warrican and Rose, 2009)

4. The Review of Literature A literature review surveys books, scholarly articles, and any other sources relevant to a particular issue, area of research, or theory, and by so doing, provides a description, summary, and critical evaluation of these works in relation to the research problem being investigated.

5. The Review of Literature Literature reviews are designed to provide an overview of sources you have explored while researching a particular topic and to demonstrate to your readers how your research fits within a larger field of study. (Fink, 2014.)

6. The Review of Literature • Focuses on a specific topic of interest • Includes a critical analysis of the relationship among different works • Relates research to your work (Mongan-Rallis, 2006)

7. The Review of Literature • Presents what is so far known about the problem under investigation • Concentrates on studies conducted in the area of interest

8. The Review of Literature Benefits: • .Helps students to identify trends • Enables students to display their knowledge of a chosen field (Hart, 1998; Saunders, Lewis, & Thornhill, 2007)

9. The Review of Literature Benefits: • Develops students’ search abilities and critical thinking skills • Hones intellectual as well as writing skills

10. The Review of Literature Benefits: According to Knopf (1998). • Gives you a general overview of a body of research with which you may be unfamiliar. • Prevents “reinvention of the wheel.”

11. The Review of Literature Benefits: • Provides new ideas for research. • Assists in determining flaws in existing research.

12. The Review of Literature Benefits: • Enables the placement of your research in a larger context showing what new conclusions might result from your Study

13. Review of Literature: Contents • Introductory overview of chapter • Inclusion of all relevant areas of focus • Critical analysis of divergent perspectives • Coherence and contextual relevance • Inclusion of at least ten (10) sources

14. Points on chapter two • Introductory paragraph states the purpose of the review and highlights the areas relevant subheadings. • Analysis (of diverse perspectives) in relation to each of the areas reviewed.

15. Review of Literature: A Guide • What do I need to know in order to address the problem? • Which areas must I focus on in order to better understand the problem and possible solutions?

16. Creating Your Literature Map Purpose is to outline and guide the literature review ( chapter two) Sections: • Introductory paragraph • Theoretical underpinnings ( at least one) relevant to study • Factors causing the problem • Impact of problem ( optional) • Possible strategies to solve the problem ( three)

17. Creating Your Literature Map • Students to write their research questions and topic on a blank sheet of paper and tape in the center of a section of the classroom wall. • Research • Questions. • Topic

18. Creating Your Literature Map • Students to write the name of each sub-section ( one at a time) of chapter two and tape them around the research questions and topic to complete the literature map. As shown in next slide.

19. Creating Your Literature Map

20. Creating the Annotated Bibliography • Develop your sub areas for The Review of Literature • Begin to find and organize your sources

21. Creating the Annotated Bibliography Use chart format to create your Annotated Bibliography showing the following based on the subsections/areas: • Title and author(s) of each source • Date of publication for each source • Summary of each source stating usefulness to particular subsection/area. N.B. Work will have to be continued outside of class. Completed document must be see by facilitator.

22. Creating the Annotated Bibliography Consider the following: • Which areas to focus on relating to solution and problem? • Which theory and philosophy relates to topic? • Which current work will help me to understand and research my problem? • Which sources have similar and divergent views?

23. Creating the Annotated Bibliography • Which theories will help me to address the problem (context, participants and possible solution/s)? • Which current or seminal works will help me to understand and address my research problem?

24. Video-Writing the Literature Review • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70n2-gAp7J0

25. Writing the Literature Review Chapter two TIPS • Introduction should state the purpose and contents of the chapter. Restate the purpose of the study. • Sources for each section/area should be analyzed. Divergent views should be presented • Relevance of sources to particular section should be discussed. • Connection of selected theory must be made to the study. • One of the three strategies presented must be selected and justified as the intervention. • At least two ( 2) sources per section/ area.

26. Writing the Literature Review Chapter two Consider the following: • What were the strengths and limitations of these studies? • How relevant are these methodologies, findings and recommendations for my research?

27. Writing the Literature Review Chapter two • Who has done similar studies? • Where were these studies done? • Who were the participants? • How were these studies done? • What were the findings? • Which sources share similar and divergent views in relation to an area of focus/ subtopic?

28. Writing the Literature Review Chapter two • What were the strengths and limitations of these studies? • How relevant are these methodologies, findings and recommendations for my research? NB- You will need to devote out of class time to complete chapter two. HAPPY READING AND WRITING!