This is what I had wrote in class on my "index card". Sorry for the delay in posting.
Boote & Beile validated my experience of writing literature reviews. For me, I always feel that I was giving the "cliff notes" version of the literature when writing a literature review. An important point that I have come to realize and that Boote & Beile affirm is that existing literature is not " the authority" and that it is important to be critical and analytical. Another assertion that Boote and Beile make that resonated with me and my experiences creating a literature review is "the point is to you ought to know when to read and when not to". This is something that I have struggled with in the past and am thankful to be introduced to the concept of a literature matrix to help guide me in doing so. As I have grown as a doctoral student, I have a better understanding of this, but I think that the literature matrix will be important and helpful in guiding my reading.
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Finally, someone said it, "not the authority." A few of these authors of current literature pretend to be the authority on a given subject. A piece of literature is just one point of view and nothing is written in stone. In addition, I believe that many of these authors of the current literature are bias and some do not even realize it or care.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting that you framed a literature matrix as a way of knowing when to stop reading. It makes sense--it allows you to see what information you already have and what info. you still need. I too feel like I can start reading and reading without stopping to nail down where I am in my thinking and what I still need to research.
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