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A short guide to literature reviews for trainee teachers and any students working on projects
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Debbies ‘how to write Debbies ‘how to write a lit review’ guidea lit review’ guide
Debbies ‘how to write Debbies ‘how to write a lit review’ guidea lit review’ guide
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PowerPoint's!PowerPoint's!
My comments areon each slide in pink
like this!
(a) Research Question
(shortish say 25words)
Then a background paragraph
Why is this of interest to you?
(200 words)Location/context
Of research(300 words)
Literature (1000 words)
‘orrible ‘ologies(200/300)
Possible methods (300/500)
Ethical considerations(300)Timeline/plan/
with short commentary100/200
Word count stops!
References & appendix
Mapped version of your project proposal
Remind yourself of where the lit review
fits in to the whole work
Literature review • This site blogs an emergent
literature review by student Kate
http://litreview.pbworks.com/w/page/18059710/FrontPage
Step 1 see how the
process works
Step 2 Please work through these youtube tutorials
Finding literature
Finding relevant literature can be made easier if you are able to readily access and draw on a wide variety of resources such as:– reference materials– books– journals – newspapers (not tabloids!!) fun exercise here:– http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/LMBS/quickstart/pop
_uknewspapers.htm
– official publications Unistats is a good one http://unistats.direct.gov.uk/
– archives
Step 3Get your literature
Annotating Sources
Annotating your sources provides you with a record of relevant literature. It should include:
– Full bibliographic details– Who is the author and audience – a short summary – critical commentary – notes on relevance that remind you of the
significance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited
Step 4notes
When taking notes on
the reading include:
This is how I start with mine!
Step 5Start to arrange into themesAs you read and make notes
start to map out links
Working with LiteratureWorking with Literature
Find it! Manage it! Use it! Review it!
Types of literature
Available resources
Developing research
skills
Reading critically
Keeping notes
Reflecting on what you read
Choosing topic
Developing RQ
Theory based
Design methods
Ensure depth
Ensure relevance
Ensure range
Or work throughthese stages if you like a
more organisedapprach
Then we start to write!• Map out/plan the paragraphs you think you need to cover eg example headings ***this is not a definitive list!(I write with headings and then take them out!)• introduction (write this last!) • Definitions/ main ideas about my topic paragraph• Who has written already about my topic? (were they any good?)• Paragraph on history of my topic• Contested areas about my topic• More• More• More• More • Concluding comments on my topic• What I would still need to cover on my topic for next year
HINT open academic phrasebank and use to help you start your paragraphshttp://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/
Step 6
Freewriting
Peter Elbow (1998) argues that free-writing encourages students to write at length without fear of censorship. Benefits include:
• Freedom to explore a topic• Demonstrates knowledge• Encourages understandingSpelling & grammar (3 min): http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlL5W2qA0EAOn writing (9min):• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDUn1c4uxUE
19/08/2009 10
Starting to writeMap out your main
paragraphs thenfreewrite one at a time
Step 7
HINT: try working in 30 minute blocks of time
Step 8 After freewriting and redrafting, use a different 30 minute block to polish your paragraph – work though youtube clips above
Finally!
• Draft, edit, proof read, insert into your main document
• Make sure you have used the harvard referencing system (multi – media examples available on the blog) plus Anglia Ruskin library pages have a step-by-step guide
• Write up the full reference list to add to the end of your complete document – it doesn’t count towards the final word count
Step 9
Good luck! And don’t forget – you are all smart students and
can ALL do this!
Resources:• LearnHigher – gateway to lots of online tutorials
http://learnhigher.ac.uk/Students/Information-literacy.html • OU guide to information literacyhttp://www.open.ac.uk/safari/index.phpUniversity of Chichester – more online tutorials
http://www.chiuni.ac.uk/academicskills/online.cfm • Debbies’ research project – developing digital literacy
skills under evaluation – please do let me know what you think!
http://hermes.tvu.ac.uk/learnerjourney
Please select which resources
you need further help with from here….