I have my rough draft of my annotated bibliography completed;
it took a good amount of time due the difficulty of finding service learning
and academic libraries. I am writing a literature review and analysis in order
to support a case statement on why the stakeholders of the university should
implement a service learning center in their library. This will involve finding
articles with qualitative research within the article itself. I also have to find
evidence to support the outcomes of service-learning in a positive light which isn't difficult, but the qualitative portions I need are few and far between. I
have found a few articles that will provide the evidence needed support my
literature review. But when I begin the analysis portion I will need to find
research that provides a more in depth analysis. I hope my searches will be fruitful.
This is my first internship and I don't want to blow it, so I have some trepidation in regards to the analysis portion of my work, plus my supervisor wants to merge our work my literature review and analysis and their case statement, so this paper will have to be as professional and up to date as possible. I am finding many holes (missing information needed to support a service-learning analysis) in regards to finding a complete picture of service learning and academic libraries.
I was surprised at your statement "the qualitative portions I need are few and far between." I would have thought the quantitative portions are more difficult but maybe not--depending on what is being measured. Easy to look at numbers involved. Just relax and begin your research. You will do just fine. The more you read and learn about what others have done, the more of an expert on the subject you will become.
ReplyDeleteThe qualitative data is there, but does not offer breadth regarding the results of service-learning, it provides soft data, based on perceptions and feelings in comparison to traditional learning outcomes. Traditional learning outcomes are easier to measure. Regarding service-learning the parameters need to widen, it cannot be compared traditionally it must have its own guidelines on which to measure. Similar to measuring IQ vs EQ.
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