Monday, July 22, 2013

Restructuring the Lit Review....

Right now I have my lit review draft with several new articles to add to it. I'm still having trouble deciding on how I want to restructure it so that it flows like a narrative. These are my ideas:



Previous Outline
Present Outline Ideas
  • Current Educational Context
  • Competing Definitions of Inquiry-based instruction
  • Framing curriculum
  • The role of direct instruction in IBI
  • The role of the teacher
  • Benefits of IBI
  • Limitations of IBI

  • Current Educational Context
  • The Instructional Designs of IBI
    • Competing definitions
    • Focus on science
    • Cross-disciplinary
  • Recommendations
    • Framing Curriculum
    • The role of direct instruction
    • The role of the teacher
  • Benefits of IBI
    • Academic
    • Metacognitive
    • Motivation
    • Closing the Achievement Gap
  • Limitations
    • Minimal Guidance (the critics)
    • Counterargument (in response to the critics)
    • Insufficient research
 
 I'm still not satisfied with this, but it's a start. My outstanding questions to myself are: How should I end my lit review? Should I end with the recommendations section? Should I present my personal definition of inquiry in the beginning or end?

I also feel like I'm in that trap of searching and searching for more research studies that I can't seem to find. There have only been a handful of studies that have looked into the effects of inquiry-based instruction and almost all of them are limited to the application of science. Although this is not a complete disappointment, I am not sure how to support "my definition" of inquiry across the curriculum. All I have to back up my opinion are my beliefs and experiences teaching and observing inquiry.


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