Posted: April 21st, 2015
Identify an issue (I have chosen Poverty) that relates to Social Justice in education. Locate and review contemporary research that is pertinent to the issue. Organize a literature matrix that provides you with a mental map of what you are reading and what the studies share in common. This may include research papers, journal articles, book chapters, and/or conference papers.
Step 1: Immersing Yourself in the Professional Literature
After determining your area of interest, you will need to immerse yourself in the professional literature. You should read widely about your area of interest while also attempting to discover ‘promising’ practices developed and implemented by teacher researchers. I have chosen Poverty as the main issue
Step 2: Literature Matrix (1000 word equivalent)
The literature matrix must fit on one A4 piece of paper (landscape) and include the details of a minimum of ten sources (any issues related to poverty). The tabulated matrix should include the details of the article and 4-6 categories, themes, or issues that you have developed. Under each of these categories a short summary of how that category is evident in the article should be included. Categories can include the focus of the study, areas of the findings or research attribute categories. I only come up with 3 categories (social justice issue, implications for classroom practice, research methods), I need one more at least.
Article details (following Harvard guidelines) ** to be arranged in alphabetical order by author’s last name |
Poverty |
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Social justice Issue |
Implications for Classroom practice |
Research methods |
??? |
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For example: Education, Health, Hunger, Housing, Violence etc |
For example: Case study, data analysis, statistics |
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Step 3: Critical Discussion (500 words)
After completing your literature matrix, a discussion about your categories is required. You need to include the following:
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