EDU 671 Week 2 discussion 1

EDU671 Discussion 1, Week 2

In Chapter 3 of Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher, the debate over the role of the literature process is discussed.  Mills (2014) remarks,

Some researchers have argued that reviewing the literature curtails inductive analysis—using induction to determine the direction of the research—and should be avoided at the early stages of the research process.  Others suggest that the review of related literature is important early in the action research process because it helps action researchers identify underlying assumptions behind their research questions and helps the researcher refine research questions and embed them in guiding hypotheses that provide possible direction to follow (p.74).

At this early stage of action research as you prepare to search for credible sources of information to help you build an action research proposal, discuss which viewpoint on these two perspectives you lean toward and why.  How do you intend to use what you learned concerning best practices for research from the chapter and the web-based resources to help you search effectively and efficiently?

With literature review it helps to discuss information within a particular subject area, where sometimes information and in a certain subject area are within a certain time frame. It can be a simple list of the sources, where it normally has an organizational pattern and also has a combination of summary and synthesis. It is the recap of important information about the source. Literature reviews supply you with a literature guide to a particular topic. Literature reviews can give an overview or act as a starting point.

The sources that I would use: will be backed up with evidence or research to show what I am saying are valid points. I would only use the most important points from each source. Those points would be highlighted or surrounded by quotations in the review. My focus would be based around ideas and not the sources themselves. I would go into detail about each one of them and not just list sources one at a time. I would consider the themes or issues that connect my sources together.

Reference:

Mills, G. E. (2014). Action research: A guide for the teacher researcher (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.