Title of the Literature Review title: Technology of Music in Education
- Introduction
- Describe the overall topic that you have been investigating, why it is important to the field, and why you are interested in the topic.
- Identify themes and trends in research questions, methodology, and findings. Give a “big picture” of the literature.
- Theme A, Theme B – follow 1, 2, 3, 4 and so on from above
- Overview of characteristics of the theme (commonalities, differences, nuances)
- Sub-theme – narrow but grouped findings related to the theme
- Sub-theme – narrow but grouped findings related to the them
- Etc., etc., etc. with other findings that fit Theme A; studies can be repeated if there are multiple findings that fit under more than one theme. However, no need to re-write methods/participants in detail (just enough to remind the reader about the study).
- Keep repeating with themes
- Conclusion: An evaluation/critique of the existing literature. Write several paragraphs.References
- What are the contributions of this literature to the field?
- What are the overall strengths?
- What are the overall weaknesses?
- What might be missing?
- What are some next steps for research? The next steps should explicitly address how to “correct” for strengths, weaknesses, and gaps.