REFERENCING STYLE APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR DISCIPLINE

Mastery of the literature is essential in research, and examiners devote considerable time and attention to the reading the Literature Review section. In their investigation on doctoral examination reports, Bourke et al. (cited in Denholm & Evans, 2007) found that 89% of examiner comments are devoted to the Literature Review.

You will examine the literature on your theoretical framework, with a focus on how it has been applied in your context (school, workplace, community or training organisation). You may ask yourself: How has it been used? What are its advantages? What are its advantages? How useful/effective is it?

Your literature review should include:

•a number of research articles relevant to your investigation and/or argument

•an evaluation or analysis of how each of the selected articles reflect the major debates or ideas about your theoretical framework

•??a clear explanation of the way/s in which your work relates to the studies of others – identify the gap – your contribution to knowledge and research

•analyse how the theoretical framework you have selected has been applied in the research literature i.e. evidence of theory into practice.

•appropriate use of language to construct an argument, express position or perspective, analyse gaps, strengths and weaknesses, and an assessment of the quality of evidence to support claims

•a referencing style appropriate for your discipline when you reference and cite sources. Please specify the referencing style used i.e. Harvard or APA

(equivalent to 2000 words and word count should be provided at the end)

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Assessed by the unit lecturer

Assessment Task 3: Literature Review Criteria