Scholars before researchers: on the centrality of the dissertation literature review in research preparation
Keywords
literature review; education research
Abstract
A thorough, sophisticated literature review is the foundation and inspirationfor substantial, useful research. The complex nature of educationresearch demands such thorough, sophisticated reviews.Although doctoral education is a key means for improving educationresearch, the literature has given short shrift to the dissertation literaturereview. This article suggests criteria to evaluate the quality ofdissertation literature reviews and reports a study that examined dissertationsat three universities. Acquiring the skills and knowledgerequired to be education scholars, able to analyze and synthesize theresearch in a field of specialization, should be the focal, integrativeactivity of predissertation doctoral education. Such scholarship is aprerequisite for increased methodological sophistication and for improvingthe usefulness of education research.
Date Created
August 2005
STARS Citation
Boote, David and Beile, Penny, "Scholars before researchers: on the centrality of the dissertation literature review in research preparation" (2005). EGS Content. 89.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/egs_content/89
https://works.bepress.com/penny-beile/1/download/