EDR-8200 - Scholarly Literature Review

Semester Credits: 3 Weeks: 8

Students will develop scholarly literature review writing skills. The course emphasizes how to: (a) conduct a research literature search; (b) develop a scholarly synthesis of research literature; (c) organize research literature around identified required topics, including the problem, purpose, and theoretical perspectives of the study; (d) specify gaps in the existing research knowledge base to support the need for future research; and (e) focus on developing a scholarly narrative supporting all points of view of the study. The overarching goal of this course is for students to understand and model how to create a scholarly literature review that avoids bias, focusing on the topics of the study, and addresses all the required components of a literature review in a dissertation.