Turn Your Literature Review Into An Argument
Little Quick Fix
- Robert Thomas - Aston Business School, UK
Little Quick Fix
- What is the purpose of a literature review?
- How can I tell the difference between an argument and an academic argument?
- What do I need to create my argument?
- What do I need from an article to support my argument?
- How do I create a counterargument?
- How can I make sure I’m creating a strong argument and plausible counterargument?
- How can I win my argument?
Students need help over hurdles at every stage of their research project. They want simple, powerful, accessible tools that deliver results fast. They need to meet interim assessment deadlines and prove that they have successfully passed through multiple stages of their project, or need to master a stage of understanding in a learning cascade before they can proceed to the next week in their methods module.
Their supervisors are increasingly unable to help, but will still be assessing results. Students need more than YouTube.
Titles in the Little Quick Fix series offer:
· Visual, design-led learning
· Clear, structured, useful pedagogy
· A hand-holding, step-by-step approach for students who are less able, or less academically prepared by school so far
· Effective self-directed learning with DIY progress tracking
· A stand-in for the busy/unavailable supervisor
ADOPTED AS PART OF DISSERTATION SKILLS MODULE
great little go to book full of hits and tips
This is perfect for my level 7 module which involves writing a critical literature review.
In their literature review students often present one theme after the other and one theory or study after the other. Contradicting theories are seldom included. Robert Thomas really puts it in the nutshell: What are the essentials and the methods for a good literature review? How to find the right sources, how to formulate, how to argument.
The book is easy to read and to understand. It contains the essentials of coding qualitative data. For that I like it. Maybe students would like to use it additionally to other sources for qualitative data analysis. It can be used to get a quick overview at the beginning. Maybe it could also be helpful to remember the essential facts for getting started after reading other sources. So it might be helpful for some students at different stages of their studies depending on the individual learning styles.
This is an accessible guide for student researchers on writing a literature review. It is simply written, but artfully so, and is excellent in articulating the meaning and purpose of literature reviews and in advising authors on writing for impact using clear, thoughtful, well-evidenced arguments.
An excellent introduction to writing a convincing literature review for all levels of education courses.
Nice little guide that focuses on specific issues and are explained in an appealing way for undergraduate students struggling with academic writing and research methods.
Sage College Publishing
