Topic outline

  • General

    OUTLINE

    PART 1: Literature Review

    1.    The definition and value of a literature review

    2.    Types of sources

    3.    Steps involved in literature review

    4.    Literature Review in QUAN & QUAL studies

    5.    Doing computer research/ Searching and selecting literature:

    -       identifying key databases (e.g., Scopus, Web of Science, ERIC)

    -       Inclusion and exclusion criteria

    6.    AI for Scoping Literature

    7.    AI for Reading & Understanding Articles

    8.    Writing the literature review report/section/ organising the literature (structure)

    PART 2: Approaches and designs

    1.    Philosophical worldviews (Research Paradigms)

    1.1.        The positivists/postpositivist worldview

    1.2.        The constructivist/interpretivist worldview

    1.3.        The transformative worldview

    1.4.        The pragmatic worldview

    2.    Research Approaches + Designs

    2.1.        Quantitative designs (experimental/ quasi-experimental/ Correlational/ Ex-post-facto/survey …..)

    2.2.        Qualitative designs (ethnographic/ case study/ narrative …)

    2.3.        Mixed-methods designs (concurrent/ sequential)

    3.    Criteria for selecting a research design 


  • LITERATURE REVIEW

  • RESEARCH APPROACHES AND DESIGNS

  • Topic 3

    • Topic 4