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Reflection of Learning for ED 836b Christina Scott San Diego State University

Chapter 2 - Literature Review

This artifact reflects one of the most intensive, yet exhilarating rocesses in the !rs!it of my "octorate in e"!cation to "ate# The ros ect of assessing all of the c!rrently !blishe" research an" st!"ies in the area of my "issertation to ic is "a!nting, ho$ever the $or% on this cha ter, $hich has been c!lminating since the research a er & "i" in the 'all ()*( semester ED8)* co!rse# Thro!gho!t 836b & feel & have s!ccessf!lly met all of the co!rse learning o!tcomes + *, i"entify the %ey com onents of a literat!re revie$, (, engage in a com rehensive literat!re revie$, 3, eraft cha ter t$o of their "issertation ro osal, incl!"ing all re-!ire" com onents + an" the Ed.D. program learning outcomes of Decision Sciences# This artifact also "emonstrates $or% that reflects the o!tcome of Professional ractice an" erformance in the area of research $ith the intent of !blication# .si"e from the fact that this cha ter $as assigne" "!ring the eight $ee% s!mmer session, the $or% on the literat!re revie$ ortion of the "issertation is an over$helming tas%, yet this is the art of the rocess in $hich & tr!ly feel & have become an ex ert in my fiel"# & too% the time to rea" an" highlight all of my research an" $rite thoro!gh annotate" bibliogra hies /!sing both an annotation tem late an" a ros format,, $hich in my o inion $as %ey to the "evelo ment of the literat!re revie$# 0ot only in regar" to the $ritten synthesis of information, b!t also the re etitive rocess of engaging $ith the content rovi"e" in each article hel e" me %no$ each article 1bac%$ar"s an" for$ar"s1# &t too% many slee less nights to get me to this oint, b!t & also ex erience" a rofo!n" ersonal change "!ring this intensive research an" $riting erio"# & feel li%e & have t!rne" a corner so to s ea% in regar" to my overall %no$le"ge of the ex ectations an" rocess of this level of scholarly $riting an" that & am act!ally $riting my "issertation2 &t3s a

lonely rocess tho!gh, as & have been very isolate" from 3normal life3, b!t this is $here & thin% the changes have emerge", in this solit!"e# This is a challenging cha ter to com lete tho!gh in an accelerate" eight $ee% session# 0ot only is it "iffic!lt to ro"!ce the sheer vol!me of $or% this cha ter entails in s!ch a short time erio", b!t it also resents com lications $ith the revio!sly $ritten Cha ter * $ith the intro"!ction of ne$ areas of research an" f!ll assessment of c!rrently !blishe" $or%# 'or me, this change" my research -!estions for Cha ter * an" the metho"ology & am !sing for my st!"y# & thin% strongly "emonstrates the nee" to "evelo the literat!re revie$ before "evelo ing Cha ter *#