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Making Sense of Literacy Scholarship: Approaches to Synthesizing Literacy Research

By (author) Catherine Compton-Lilly, By (author) Rebecca Rogers, By (author) Tisha Lewis Ellison

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This book is a roadmap to the key decisions, processes, and procedures to use when synthesizing qualitative literacy research. Covering the major types of syntheses â€“ including the dissertation literature review, traditional literature review, integrative literature review, meta-synthesis, and meta-ethnography â€“ Compton-Lilly, Rogers, and Lewis Ellison offer techniques and frameworks to use when making sense of a large body of scholarship. Addressing the standard and untraditional forms a research synthesis can take, the authors provide clear and practical examples of synthesis designs and techniques, and consider how epistemological, ontological, and ethical questions arise when designing and adapting a research synthesis. The extensive appendices feature sample literature reviews, guidance on communication with editors of journals, useful charts, and more. The authorsâ€™ critical reflection and analysis demonstrates how a research synthesis is not simply a means to an end, but rather reflects each scholarâ€™s interests, target audience, and message. This book is crucial reading for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as early career and more experienced researchers in literacy education.