critically analyse and synthesise the findings of the six articles focussing on the derived theme(s) (as part of your discussion you should address the contributions of the reviewed articles to knowledge and methodologies, soundness of their findings and inadequacies.

——Purpose
Assignment 2 scaffolds literacy and comprehension skills of pre-service teachers. It is designed toincrease preservice teachers awareness of related scholarly work in the field of teaching and learning.

—–Addressing the Task
i. falling back on the two pre-designated journal articles*, address in a narrative (thematic analysis**
literature review format), the following
ii. search*** the ACU Library Database to identify at least four more empirical research articles published
in the last five years relating to the two pre-designated article topics
iii. derive at least one major theme** as evident in the six journal articles (two pre-designated journal
articles plus four others as emanating from your ACU Library Database search in Step [ii] above)
iv. critically analyse and synthesise the findings of the six articles focussing on the derived theme(s) (as
part of your discussion you should address the contributions of the reviewed articles to knowledge
and methodologies, soundness of their findings and inadequacies. Ensure that the essay is an
analytical piece of writing, not a retelling of the story or a summary of the articles)
v. conclude the literature review**** with a clearly developed set of statements/questions***** to
illuminate a potential research problem.

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