Initial Literature Review Assignment Instructions
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NITIAL
L
ITERATURE
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EVIEW
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SSIGNMENT
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NSTRUCTIONS
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VERVIEW
For this assignment, you will conduct an Initial Literature Review
related to the research problem. When doing research, research problems must be derived from and grounded in the study of literature that addresses the broad topic under consideration. This assignment is an opportunity to explore literature foundational to a dissertation-worthy topic of interest to you. You must identify key theological, theoretical, and thematic research relevant to your research. You will then develop a 5–7-page summary of these resources and their potential connection to your research problem. The intent is that these pages, when edited, might serve as the introduction to your problem in Chapter One of your Prospectus.
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NSTRUCTIONS
The assignment must follow current APA style requirements (including requirements of the EdD
in Christian Leadership
Program Handbook) and follow the outline below. It is important to note
that this assignment is not an annotated bibliography. It should be written in paragraphs using the
headings below as an outline. Description of the Problem
– This section must be a brief, general description of the topic or problem which you, the researcher, are considering. It does not have to be a formal statement of the problem, but merely an identification of the area of interest, question, issue, phenomena, or problem you are seeking to understand. Some references to the literature are helpful in this section. This section can be broad but should give a helpful overview of the problem you are considering. Theological Literature – This section must identify and discuss critical theological literature that addresses or creates a background understanding of the area of interest, question, issue, phenomena, or problem you seek to understand. Use a minimum of three correctly cited scholarly resources in this section. For this section, it is important to find theological issues that undergird the chosen research problem. For example, if you were studying spiritual formation within a multisite church, potential theological topics to discuss here would be spiritual formation and the church. You would want to explore what Scripture says about these topics as well as what scholars have to say. Theological reference works could prove useful in this section.
Theoretical Literature –
This section must identify and discuss key theoretical literature that addresses or creates a theoretical framework for understanding the area of interest, question, issue, phenomena, or problem which you are seeking to understand. Use a minimum of three correctly cited scholarly resources in this section.
Thematic Literature
– This section must identify and discuss key thematic research literature that addresses or creates a background understanding of the area of interest, question, issue, phenomena, or problem which you are seeking to understand. Thematic literature is any scholarly work the researcher deems to be relevant to the problem, including dissertations, articles, prior studies, etc. Use a minimum of three correctly cited scholarly resources in this section.
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This assignment's goal is not to create an exhaustive literature review but to create a preliminary research context for the further development of the research problem in the course.
It is important to note that this assignment, when revised, will have a place in the Background to the Problem section of the Chapter One Prospectus. Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.
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