EbaeLiteratureReview

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Need for Systematic and Synthetic Literature Review

We need a review of the literature pointing to program quality. “A systematic and synthetic review of that body of work would represent one important baseline in identifying the core issues the field is grappling with, which then can be subject to further refinement. In addition, as practitioner-researchers, what would also be valuable is a field wide query through the lists and other venues on the three queries posed by page 12. What concerns me in the current document is the privileging of the researcher… To cut to the chase: a) Look closely at the framework that gives shape to one's research paradigm, including the one that underlies the NCSALL paper. b) Deconstruct the hierarchies in what counts as legitimate evidence. c) Include a systematic review of the literature that pertains to the queries posed on p. 12. d) Include practitioners, researchers, and theorists as equal dialogue partners in the joint grappling with the issues identified on p. 12. e) Open up the query to the broader field via the listservs and others means f) Do not allow the issue of defining "evidence-based" research to be shaped by the US Department of Education g) Seek answers to those queries on p. 12, using the best available sources of information and research methodologies regardless as to what is legitimized or not in Washington D.C.” [Message 29, part One]