FREEWRITE What is a literature review What questions or concerns do you have about writing a literature review WORKSHOP OVERVIEW Design Purpose Process LITERATURE REVIEWS ARE EVERYWHERE In the New Yorker Apathetic Children article ID: 783047
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THE LITERATURE REVIEW: DESIGN, PURPOSE, PROCESS
Slide2FREEWRITEWhat is a literature review?What questions (or concerns) do you have about writing a literature review?
Slide3WORKSHOP OVERVIEW
Design
Purpose
Process
Slide4LITERATURE REVIEWS ARE EVERYWHERE!
In the New Yorker, “Apathetic Children” article
Slide5TWO KINDS OF LITERATURE REVIEWS
Lit. reviews that are a section of a larger project (Capstone)
Stand-alone lit. reviews
Slide6FIVE APPROACHES TO LITERATURE REVIEWS
Argumentative
Integrative
Historical
Methodological
Theoretical
Slide7TWO FACETS OF THE LITERATURE REVIEW PROCESS
1. Conducting a literature review (during the
research process
)
2.
Writing
a literature review (as part of a paper)
Slide8RESEARCH PROCESS
Helps you identify what we already know based on existing
research.
W
hat
are the
debates?
What gaps remain?Helps you develop your research question and research design.What is missing from the research?
Slide9BEGINNING RESEARCH AND LIT. REVIEWS
Brainstorm key terms
Try out key terms in scholarly databases
Look for knowledge
clusters
Cluster: Home care and labor unions.
Example: Many scholars of home care work focus on the major wave of unionization that swept through this workforce after the 1980s (Boris and Klein 2012;
Delp
and
Quan
2002;
Mareschal
2006, 2007; Ness 1999; Rhee and
Zabin
2009)
Slide10CHOOSE A LITERATURE REVIEW
What are the clusters in this literature review?
What are some of the key terms?
Slide11CHINATOWN LITERATURE REVIEW: CLUSTERS
Intergenerational conflicts and differences in Asian American culture
Role of Chinatown (as ethnic enclave)
Vancouver’s Chinatown
Gentrification and resistance in Chinatown
Gentrification in NY
Slide12CHARACTERISTICS OF LITERATURE REVIEW
Does not look like standard “English paper”
Combines summary and synthesis
Example of synthesis:
Both Smith (2003) and Johnson (2011) believe that adult day care programs serve important social functions for older adults, but they differ in their assessment of their weaknesses.
Include
s
salient information about design and methodology research studies (if applicable)
Identif
ies
debates and/or gaps in research
Slide13TRANSMILENIO LITERATURE REVIEW: THREE CLUSTERS
Problems with BRT systems worldwide
Methodology of passenger satisfaction studies
Existing research on TransMilenio
Slide14WHAT ARE YOUR CLUSTERS?
Slide15SOLIDIFYING YOUR CLUSTERS
Which clusters do you need to discuss in order to situate your research in the field or in the conversation?
What
will your research contribute?
What is your critical analysis of the research?
Slide16TIPS FOR CLUSTERING
Be selective in your articles
Too much information: focus on recent studies, leading authorities, most relevant studies to your research.
Too
little information: widen your clusters, find a
related topic.
Slide17BEGINNING TO WRITE
For articles you are committed to, read and take notes
Use notes organizer:
Do you agree? Disagree? Is the research inconclusive? Anything missing?
Group similar ideas. Highlight debates.
Three to five articles per cluster?
Slide18WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE PROCESS
Combine clusters
ID a need for new articles
Subtract clusters
Abandon an article
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