Unit Title : Topic Literature And Critical Analysis
Word count: Approximately 3,000-4,000
Section 1: Developed description of the research able topic that is suitable for being addressed through the collection and analysis of data (rather than just literature)
Section 2: Clear and coherent outline of the aims and objectives of the research that are going to be addressed through the collection and analysis of data. You are required to specify what it is you want to find out and why. You will need to consider the question; what will we know once you have completed the research that we do not know now? You need to explicitly address the following items:
• Provide a comprehensive background to the research objectives, identifying the relevant issues underlying the research you intend to undertake;
• A developed justification for the doing the research that needs to be embedded in the literature and not just based on personal motivation;
• Place the research focus in the relevant business discipline(s) and academic area(s) that relate to the research to indicate where you will access relevant theories and frameworks that you can use to operationalize the research.
Topic, Literature And Critical Analysis Assignment 1 – Griffith College Dublin Ireland.
Section 3: Provide a critical, rather than just descriptive, review of the peer reviewed literature pertinent to the focus of the research objectives. It is important that this is more a critical review than a summary of relevant literature. The literature review should address the following:
1.A review of the relevant contextual literature for your topic (covering the development of ideas central to your research focus, recent developments, etc.)
2.Identification, description and review of the relevant conceptual literature (theory / models / frameworks related to the research objectives;
3.Relevant empirical literature (data based) completed on the research focus;
4.Identification and review of the debates within the literature;
5.A commentary on the nature of the literature; theory, research, policy, prescriptive;
6.An indication of the implications of the literature you have reviewed for your research objectives.
Section 4: Critical Analysis of ONE peer reviewed, scholarly text to be completed for a single text significant to the proposal (the piece of literature which has been most insightful to date). If the text is not a peer reviewed text, no marks will be awarded. You MUST use the template provided in this assignment for this part of the exercise. ENSURE TO PROVIDE FULL REFERENCE DETAILS OF THE ARTICLE otherwise marks will not be awarded.
Section 5: A sample bibliography of at least 20 ADDITIONAL (to those you have already used) good quality sources (authoritative books (e.g. Oxford Handbook series) and peer reviewed journals) that represent key literature to the topic being researched. This should be separate from the list of references used in the completion of the assignment.
This sample bibliography should be completed in strict adherence to the Harvard Citation and Referencing System as indicated in the GBS guidelines using Zotero.
‡The word count of each section may vary depending on your overall approach, but the total word count should
be no more than 4,000
Learning outcomes addressed and assessed in this assignment:
1.Have a dissertation topic with developing workable research questions/hypotheses;
2.Have identified some of the relevant literature and critically reviewed the most pertinent for their proposal.
Critical Analysis Template to be applied to a single peer reviewed, scholarly text significant to the proposal
Full Reference of Peer Reviewed Text:
1.What review question am I asking of this text?
(e.g. what is my research question? why select this text? does the Critical Analysis of this text fit into my investigation with a wider focus? what is my constructive purpose in undertaking a Critical Analysis of this text?)
——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-
Topic Literature And Critical Analysis Assignment 1 – Griffith College Dublin Ireland.
2.What type of literature is this?
(e.g. theoretical, research, practice, policy? are there links with other types of literature?)
——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-
3.What sort of intellectual project for study is being undertaken?
a) How clear is it which project the authors are undertaking? (e.g. knowledge-for-understanding, knowledge-for-critical evaluation, knowledge-for-action, instrumentalism, reflexive action?)
——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-
b) How does the sort of project being undertaken affect the research questions addressed? (e.g. investigating what happens? what is wrong? how well does a particular policy or intervention work in practice?)
——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-
c) How does the sort of project being undertaken affect the place of theory? (e.g. is the investigation informed by theory? generating theory? atheoretical? developing social science theory or a practical theory?)
——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
d) How does the authors’ target audience affect the reporting of research? (e.g. do they assume academic knowledge of methods? criticize policy? offer recommendations for action?)
——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
4.What is being claimed?
a) What are the main kinds of knowledge claim that the authors are making? (e.g. theoretical knowledge, research knowledge, practice knowledge?)
——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-
b) How clear are the authors’ claims and overall argument? (e.g. stated in an abstract, introduction or conclusion? unclear?)
——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-
c) With what degree of certainty do the authors make their claims? (e.g. do they indicate tentativeness?qualify their claims by acknowledging limitations of their evidence? acknowledge others’ counter- evidence? acknowledge that the situation may have changed since data collection?)
——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
d) How generalized are the authors’ claims – to what range of phenomena are they claimed to apply?
(e.g. the specific context from which the claims were derived? other similar contexts? a national system? a culture? universal? implicit? unspecified?)
——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————–
5.To what extent is there backing for claims?
a) What, if any, range of sources is used to back the claims? (e.g. first hand experience? the authors’own practice knowledge or research? literature about others’ practice knowledge or research? literature about reviews of practice knowledge or research? literature about others’ polemic?)
——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————–
b) If claims are at least partly based on the authors’ own research, how robust is the evidence? (e.g. is the range of sources adequate? are there methodological limitations or flaws in the methods employed? do they include cross-checking or ‘triangulation’ of accounts? what is the sample size and is it large enough to support the claims being made? is there an adequately detailed account of data collection and analysis? is a summary given of all data reported?)
——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————–
6.To what extent are claims consistent with my experience?
7.What is my summary evaluation of the text in relation to my review question or issue?
a) How convincing are the authors’ claims, and why?
——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-
Topic Literature And Critical Analysis Assignment 1 – Griffith College Dublin Ireland.
b) How, if at all, could the authors have provided stronger backing for their claims?
——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-
ORDER This Topic Literature And Critical Analysis Assignment 1 NOW And Get Instant Discount
Read More :-
MOD006111 Structural Method And Analysis Assignment E010 – UK
