Quality of Literature Review and Discussion of Findings in Selected Papers on Integration of ICT in Teaching, Role of Mentors and Teaching Science through Stem | Chapter 07 | Current Research in Education and Social Studies Vol. 2
The purposes of this study were to
examine the extent to which literature was used to discuss findings in selected
papers from Zimbabwe Journal of Educational Research, and to compare the
quality of reviews in this journal with other international journals. The study
was largely qualitative in nature and used convenient sampling. In the study,
the Zimbabwe Journal of Educational Research was chosen because of easy access.
Three papers were conveniently selected based on personal interest and areas
previously studied. Content analysis was used to compare the quality of
discussion of literature in the sampled papers. Findings suggest that authors
cite relevant literature extensively in the background to the study but use the
same literature sparingly in the discussion of their results. Further, in the
discussion of findings use of literature was limited to confirming what was
already known, and do not show how the new studies reported contribute to
knowledge. The study concluded that the journal studied was failing to attract
authors who write high quality papers. Perhaps the journal should broaden its
brief and target an international audience, because at present as evident in
the three cases cited, the journal can only reach out to practitioners within
(Southern) Africa.
Author(s) Details
Young Mudavanhu
HAYS Education, United
Kingdom.
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