The active writing of the literature review: Analysis of gaps in research knowledge,Professor YI XIEJiangxi Normal University,How do you undertake a literature review?,librRYBOOKSHOPINTERNETReferences in journal article- key readings & key authors,How many references are appropriate to include in a paper?,30 references?Depend on material, paper, length5000 words, have 10 articlesYou have to pay to have articles published,How & why to record citations (cited in) and references?,Believable cite sources of evidence ideas study leaders in the fieldThank you accumulation building on the work of otherLakoff. G. (2004), Dont Think about the Eelephant. Melbourne: Scribe.In-text citation -Whejhwejkdwbjhvgqui (Lakoff, 2004: 24)“Wewjhegbrrhr” (Rizvi cited in Lakoff, 2004: 24),An example,review the national and international Research literature, (with later refinement), to define motivation and engagement of boys within early and middle schooling, focus on the potential for role models, literacy acquisition and models of learning particularly relating to use of ICT. The review will identify a range of factors and causal relationships regarding boys academic and other performance.,narrative review, best-evidence synthesis and analysis Review national & international research generated over the past 5 years rigour (comprehensive) and objectivity (neural in tone) Reviewing: identifying, coding, collecting, interpreting definitions of key concepts and drawing evidence-based conclusions,Goals of a literature review,Find previous research findings that are relevant: what is know - knowledgeWhat has been done (how has it been done?), what has not been done (identify gaps in the research knowledge) & what you might do (narrow focus, doable, feasible) -originality,Goals of literature review,to understand what knowledge researchers have been able to establish (e.g. about the education of boys in the early and middle years of school in relation to their motivation, engagement and achievement of academic and social outcomes)to explore interrelationships between these four dimensions and educational factors (e.g. curriculum, pedagogies, assessment, the nature of the school experience, issues of culture and socio-economic status, relationship capital, home-school congruence, transitions, and the gendered construction of identities) to ask what was said and what was not said (i.e. investigate what was and what was not included in the literature?)to identify ways of refining the research question/s, the key concepts, the research methodology and checking ones own research findings against the research literature,There are no lock-step procedures for conducting the research literature, but you need a plan for conducting your particular literature review,How do you initiate a search for the literature?,Step 1- establishing key search concepts,Identify, select & define record a range of key terms used for conducting e-searches (why?)identify various synonyms for keywords by concept mapping or selecting keywords from e-searches (e.g. motivation, engagement, social outcomes, academic outcomes,) Record in an appendix the key search words, highlighting those that produced useful results, i.e. assisted in identify existing research studies Generate a concept map of key e-search concepts to lay the groundwork for an in-depth and focused examination of the research literature & to generate of questions to be addressed to the literature.,What criteria do you use to select literature for review?,Step 2- Identify criteria for selecting literature to be reviewed,issues relevant to research topic (e.g. engagement, motivation, achievement of academic outcomes, achievement of social outcomes)a focus on particular research subjects (e.g. education of Indigenous students, students from low SES backgrounds, students from rural & regional areas)Other particular emphases (e.g. early & middle schooling)Reviews of related researchpresentation as a research study quantitative & qualitative publication in scholarly books, refereed journals & funded research reportpublication within the last five years (find very recent research, -accumulation of knowledge)frequently cited seminal works i.e leaders in the field,Criteria for the inclusion of research in the literature research,focus (e.g. boys education, including Indigenous boys & boys from low SES, regional & rural areas) research dealing with specific issues (e.g. engagement, motivation, social outcomes & academic outcomes for boys) scholarly books, refereed journals and funded research reports include both quantitative & qualitative studies (e.g. statistical data, case studies, program descriptions, narrative reports. Statistical analysis useful for identifying effects across studiesqualitative analysis necessary to explain the effect & decide if it matters for policy or pedagogy. Initially cast the net as widely as possible to increase the chance of turning up relevant research,