Assessment 1 – Guidance
Module weighting
70%
What is Assessment 1?
A literature review
Learning outcomes
LO1: Conduct a small scale literature review and identify key studies and contemporary issues in your specific discipline (EY, HSC, CDYS)
LO2: Critically evaluate a range of relevant research journals and draw valid conclusions
LO3: Synthesise complex theories and practices in a complex way
Different ways to write a literature review
· Chronologically – you need to write critically, not just descriptively or present information in a list
· Thematically – this is useful if there are several strands within your topic that can logically be considered separately before being brought together
· By sector – political background, practice background, methodological background, geographical background, literary background
· By idea – this could be useful if there are identifiable stages of idea development that can be looked at in turn
· A combination of the above or by any other relevant structure.
(University of Leicester, 2019)
What to do and what to not do
· Critically evaluate the articles and books read
· Write the literature review as an integrated whole – synthesise ideas
· What to not do
· Just describe a series of studies
· Do not include irrelevant or adjacent research in the literature review – keep your information focused and relevant to your topic
(Kaminstein, 2017)
Elements of a literature review – A guide
· Introduction – provide a roadmap for the reader about the focus of the review and what is covered in the literature review.
· Background – provide context, background information or statistics that will help the reader understand what follows. For example, if the research is focused on leadership development, provide statistics on the estimated total amount spent on leadership efforts in a year, the number of schools, consulting firms, who specialises in this area
· Definitions – define the terms being used in the research question
· Main Body of the Literature Review – a review of relevant literature, organised in a way that tells a coherent story related to the research question.
· Gaps in the Literature – identify gaps in the literature that are related to the topic.
· Conclusion – summarise key points of the literature review that the reader needs to keep in mind. This will help provide the rationale for your research.
(Kaminstein, 2017)
References
Kaminstein, Dana Ph.D., “Writing A Literature Review For An Applied Master’s Degree” (2017). University of Pennsylvania. Organizational Dynamics Working Papers. 23. http://repository.upenn.edu/od_working_papers/23 (Accessed 10th October 2019).
University of Leicester (2019) Doing a literature review
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