Writing a Systematic Literature Review

Objetivos

LO 1: To provide basic guidance for a systematic review of the literature;

LO 2: To appraise the quality of the research evidence;

LO 3: To identify research gaps and priorities;

LO 4: To shape the Ph.D. research project and inform the research plan.

Caracterização geral

Código

300022

Créditos

2.0

Professor responsável

Christy Cheung

Horas

Semanais - A disponibilizar brevemente

Totais - A disponibilizar brevemente

Idioma de ensino

Português. No caso de existirem alunos de Erasmus, as aulas serão leccionadas em Inglês

Pré-requisitos

NA

Bibliografia

  • Cooper, H., & Hedges, L. V. (2009). Research synthesis as a scientific process. In H. Cooper, L. V. Hedges, & J. C. Valentine (Eds.) The handbook of research synthesis and meta-analysis (pp. 3-17). New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
  • Fink, A. (2010). Conducting research literature reviews: From the Internet to paper (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Other readings will be provided by the lecturer

Método de ensino

The curricular unit is based mainly on theoretical lectures. The instructional strategies include slide show presentation of concepts and step-by-step demonstration, supplemented with in-class discussions and exercises.

Método de avaliação

Evaluation:

In-class exercises (30%)

Final write-up (70%)

Conteúdo

The curricular unit is organized in seven Learning Units (LU):

LU1 Different types of literature review

LU2 Steps in doing literature search and review

LU3 Conducting in-depth article analyses

LU4 Writing a literature review article