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Literature and Consent
Sally St. George, PhD
Taos-Tilburg Research Topic Call
November 4, 2009
Contact: [email protected]
Incorporating the
Literature into Your
Dissertation
In the traditional way?
or
By weaving literature throughout?
Traditional Literature Review
• to offer a synopsis of the current
knowledge on your chosen topic in terms
of content and research processes used
• to demonstrate what gap exists in our
knowledge, both in terms of content and
research methods, and
• to explain how your study is intended to fill
that gap.
A traditional literature review…
usually leads into the question(s) that drive
the study and an explicit statement of the
unique contribution that this study will
provide in terms of literature and
qualitative methods.
A good literature review…
• is a research project in its own right
• should tell a compelling story of
knowledge and how that knowledge was
generated
• demonstrates the need for your study
Weaving the literature into your
work….
• to give credit to the ideas you are
borrowing and modifying
• to support your ideas, logic, premises
• to support your methodological decisions
• to make links and distinctions between
your findings and the work others have
done in your area and in other disciplines
The weaving
• is throughout your manuscript
• shows you have “done your academic
homework”
• is best done with some system, electronic
or manual, for easy retrieval and
identification
This link might help:
• http://library.edgewood.edu/help/literaturereviews.pdf
Consent is
• about making sure that all
constituents/stakeholders involved are OK
with your research
• about protection for those who are joining
with you
• assurance that it is OK to make public and
or publish what you find
Parts of a good consent form
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an explanation of the project
the purpose of the project
who you are and your contact information
what participants are expected to do and
how much time might be involved
• that participation is voluntary
• what will happen if anyone declines the
offer to join in or chooses to drop out
Who Consents?
• Any organization from which participants
are recruited
• The participants themselves