Question: You are highly encouraged to connect this literature review with a Professional Learning Communities in Elementary Schools.
In your literature review include the following and organize using subheadings when appropriate:
? Ten studies must be primary, empirically based resources from scholarly, peer reviewed sources related to your topic of interest.
? The review must offer a scholarly dialogue and not simply a summary or list of what has been done on the topic
? Synthesize common threads in the existing research related to your topic of choice
? Identify patterns in the literature, as well as critique of the literature.
? Be certain to identify gaps in knowledge, any conflicts in findings, approaches and/or methodologies commonly used by prior researchers.
? How a study of this issue offers additional scholarship on the topic, and furthers teacher leadership.