Description
The graduate course introduces students to the method of literature review in education with an emphasis on traditional/narrative literature review, scoping review, rapid review, and systematized review. The aim of the course is for the participants to independently plan and complete a literature review to discover the forefront of knowledge in their own research field, such as knowledge gaps, contradictions, and trends.
Through the course, participants are familiarized with various literature review methods, multi-disciplinary and subject disciplinary scientific databases, other sources, and reference management software to locate and retrieve references. Participants will design search strategies for systematic database searches and limit search results through developing inclusion/exclusion criteria. In addition, the participants will utilize various methods, frameworks, and digital tools to interpret and analyze collected data as well as assess the quality of gathered references.