DP00AN05 Reviewing existing research and literature (5 cr)
Cooperation network course
Network: National doctoral courses
Available for: Doctoral studies
This course is offered through the Network for Doctoral Studies. These studies are available for doctoral degree students studying in the University of Jyväskylä.
Grading scale:
Pass - fail
Description
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Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to provide doctoral students with a basic understanding and skills in reviewing and researching existing research and literature. The goal is to provide information on the use of such tools that help the students to navigate in their own field and produce coherent knowledge of the level of academic (and practical) knowledge in it.
During the course, the principles of traditional approaches to literature reviews and emerging tools are addressed. Introduction to traditional, such as systematic literature review is accompanied by a practical topic modeling approach to exploratory smart literature review. These different approaches have different applicability and uses, and they present an opportunity for researchers to add different tools to their toolboxes. The aim is that students learn about the basics of the varied approaches so that they can, for example, find appropriate approaches depending on the maturity of the topic and research area. Practical skills are developed, for example, in the use of topic modeling through a step-by-step framework on a case.
Course Goals:
• Develop a basic understanding of different types of literature reviews
• Learn the literature review process from search and acquisition to interpretation and analysis
• Gain insights into methods for literature synthesis and data presentation (especially systematic literature review, topic modeling, and bibliometric analysis)
• Understand the criteria for conducting a good literature review