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8/7/2019 Http Www.rsc.Qut.edu.Au Students Staff Training Workshop Materials 2007 Building a Conceptual Framework Judith Burton

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Building aconceptualframework

Literature Review as process and product


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Ov er v iew of session Wh at is a conceptual framework? Wh at is literature review?Growing your conceptual framework Th e literature and t he development of your

conceptual framework Y our conceptual framework and t he design and

conduct of your researc hCommunicating about your research Th e literature review as a c hapter of your t hesis


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Wh at is a conceptual framework

Q ualitative researc h (Gilgan, 2004; Perry, 1995) B road structure for data collection and analysis S ensitises researc her - w hat to look for / how to look

Progressively refined, may incorporate experientialknowledge - built as information comes to lig ht

Q uantitative research

Theory HypothesisIdentifying, validating and operationalising variables(see for e.g. Dickson, Derevensky & Gupta, 2002)


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Wh at is literature re v iew?

Process and product

Range of student conceptionsList

S earc h

S urvey

Ve hicle for learning

Researc h facilitator

Report (Bruce, 1994)


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S tages in lit re v: de v eloping and

demonstrating your understandingSTUDENT AND NO VICE RESE ARCH ER

S CH OLAR AND EXP ERIEN CED RESE ARCH ER

Learning w hat is known andUNKNOWNLearning how knowledge in your field

has been developed Sh owing you understand your fieldConfirming t hat your own researc h isWO RTHWHILE

E xplaining how knowledge hasdeveloped over time E xplaining how your researc h isJ UST IFIEDIdentifying how you have make aCONT RIBUT ION to your field

Adapted from fIR ST Consortium Helping S tudent Writers Online Training resources (see your supervisor)


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T h e literature and t h e de v elopment of your researc h question / t h esisstatement / h ypot h esis

Review not an end in itself buta means to an end identifying wort hwhile,researc hable topicConnecting to ot her work in t hefield justify attention to your topic, identify gaps, (revise) toensure relevance andoriginality, clarify contribution

D raw out and state (refine)questions as t hey arisethroug hout t he review

(Denscombe, 2002; Perry, 1995)


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T h e literature and t h ede v elopment of your conceptual framework

M oving from t he literature todeveloping an idea of your t hesisas a wholeClarifying t he purpose andrelevance of your research with respect t he literature

Framework:links literature, core conceptsand your researc h question

h elps structure your review ( for qualitative researc hers)

develops as participant viewsand issues are gat hered andanalysed


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C onceptual framework and t h e

design and conduct of researc h

Concepts for datacollection & analysis

Participant voice

As & Bs

B ack to drinking! D rinking & ??? M apping t he

conceptual spaceRenoirs B al au Moulin de la Galette


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C oncept mapping

Plotting t he conceptual 'space' of your researc h A concept map is a kind of diagram t hat laysout key ideas related to your area and indicatesrelations hips between t hese areas

Mapping is useful for seeing and t hinking about information andrelations hips in different waysindicating t he relative importance of ideas /

areas of study h ighlighting connections, gaps, contradictions h elping you contain your study by identifying

side issues. (University of Victoria, Canada Learning S kills Program,Organising and Integrating Information handouts, Concept Mapping )


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Y our turn : Remebers t h is is a

pictorial v iew of relations h ips

Grap hics from http://classes.aces.uiuc.edu/AC ES 100/ Mind/c-m2. html


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L it Re v iew c h apter in your t h esis

With editing and (muc h) redrafting your lit review will form a key part of your final t hesis:

introduce study areaset context

justify questions (these arise fromidentified gaps, problems etc.)

justify approac h (met hods need tofit the questions asked)fores hadow findingssupport claims (findings)

identify contribution


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References and additional resources

Concept MappingMapping exercise from http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learn/program/ hndouts/ Map_ ho. html[retrieved 6.3.7]. S ee also re concept mapping http://classes.aces.uiuc.edu/AC ES 100/ click on Mind

Module t hen Concept Maps [retrieved 6.3.7] and http://www.socialresearc hmet hods.net/kb/conmap.p hp

U seful books and articlesBecker, H. S . (1986). W riting for social scientists: how to start and finish your thesis, book, or article .

Chicago: University of C hicago Press.Bell, J. (2005). Doing your research project: a guide for first time researchers in education, health and social

science . Berks hire, UK: Open University Press. Esp. C hapter 6 Th e review of t he literature - re criticalreview.

Bruce, CF. (1994). Researc h students' early experiences of t he dissertation literature review. Studies inHigher Education, 19 (2), 217-229.Caslin, M. & S cott, K. (2003). Th e five-question met hod for framing a qualitative researc h study. The

Q ualitative Report, 8 (3), 447-461. Available via t he journal site at http://www.nova.edu/ssss/ Q R/[accessed 6.3.7]

Denscombe, M. (2002). Ground rules for good researc h: a 10 point guide for social researc h. Bucking ham,UK: Open University Press.

Dickson, L M., Derevensky, JL., Gupta, R. (2002). Th e prevention of gambling problems in yout h: Aconceptual framework. Journal of Gambling Studies, 18 (2), 97-159.

Neuman, W.L. (2000). Social research methods: qualitative and quantitative approaches (4th ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.Perry, C. (1995). A Structured approach to presenting PhD theses: Notes for candidates and their

supervisors . Paper presented to t he A NZ Doctoral Consortium, University of S ydney, February 1994,with later additions to 18 S eptember 1995. Retrieved 8.8.7 fromhttp://www.elec.uq.edu.au/doc/ Th esis_guide/p hdth1.html

S ilverman, D. (2000). Doing qualitative research: a practical handbook . London: S AGE . S ee c hapter 18: Th eLiterature Review C hapter.

S teane, P. (2004). Fundamentals of a literature review. In S . Burton & P. S teane (Eds.), Surviving your thesis (pp.124-137). London: Routledge.


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U seful websites

Getting started on your literature review: a general guide for postgraduate researc h students.http://www.mmu.ac.uk/tips/downloads/postgraduate/literature_review.doc.pdf

Th is site also have ot her Tips for postgraduate students including Critical reading,thinking and writing viahttp://www.mmu.ac.uk/tips/postgraduate/c hes hire_pack.p hp [accessed 6.3.7].

Writing a literature review: sources available at Q UT and on-linehttp://www.library.qut.edu.au/subjectpat h/literature_review.jsp [accessed 6.3.7]

Wh y do a literature review as well as organisation and writing in FA Q section of University of Q ueensland P hD study pages athttp://www2.ems.uq.edu.au/p hdweb/p hfaq23. html [accessed 6.3.7]

S ection on General guidelines for questions to ask in refining your topic from t heMillerville Honours S tudents websitehttp://muweb.millersville.edu/~ honors/t hesis. htm [accessed 6.3.7]

Th e 'Researc h Room' at t he Writer's complex of Empire S tate University espinteractive online tutorial on developing a researc h question (if you have a question

evaluate it in exercise 3)http://www.esc.edu/esconline/across_esc/writerscomplex.nsf/w holes hortlinks2/Researc h+ Room +Menu?opendocument [accessed 6.3.7]

Th e OW L at Purdue http://owl.englis h.purdue.edu/owl/ provides a range of resourcesfor writing. Also see Thesis or Q uestion athttp://owl.englis h.purdue.edu/works hops/ hypertext/Researc hW /thesis. html[accessed 6.3.7]

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