Making Sense of Literacy Scholarship

Catherine Compton-Lilly is the John C. Hungerpiller Professor in the College of Education at the University of South Carolina, USA.Rebecca Rogers is the E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor in Tutorial Education and a Curators’ Distinguished Research Professor in the College of Education at University of Missouri–St. Louis, USA.Tisha Lewis Ellison is Associate Professor of Language and Literacy Education at University of Georgia, USA.

• 1. Surveying the Landscape of Published Qualitative Research Syntheses in Literacy Studies 2. Reflecting on and Redefining Approaches to Writing Dissertation Literature Reviews 3. Traditional Literature Reviews and Follow-Up Reviews 4. Integrative Critical Literature Reviews 5. Meta-Ethnographies 6. A Metasynthesis of Scholarship by Black, Indigenous People of Color 7. Conclusions

"This book demystifies the review of literature. Not simply a hurdle for research students to jump, synthesizing research publications is shown to be complex and original scholarly work that pushes the field to examine our silences, gaps and assumptions in critical and generative ways. An essential text for all aspiring educational researchers."--Barbara Comber, University of South Australia, Australia"Compton-Lilly, Rogers and Lewis Ellison present readers with a twist in this book when they propose framing literature review and synthesis as methodological practice. The range of review genres explicitly studied and the very practical examples and resources provided are expertly melded with a critical analysis of the ideological and political foundations of reviews and reviewing practice."--Annette Woods, Queensland University of Technology, Australia