Week 5 Discussion: Continue Your DiscussionApplying an Anti-Racism Lens in the Literature Review
In preparing to complete your literature review, you likely found there are many tools available to address aspects of scholarly writing. Some of these tools include Academic Writer and TurnItIn. You will also have begun to develop a list of peer-reviewed journal articles, texts, and other scholarly works, hopefully many written with an anti-oppressive lens. You may find that, throughout your MSW journey, a reference management tool like the one found in Academic Writer or the Capella library (RefWorks) to be very helpful. For this discussion, share ideas regarding anti-oppressive research practices and/or tools and resources related to writing and research. Here are some ideas to get you started:
- What did you find to be most enlightening for you in this week’s readings and resources? What are the key points you would want others to know?
- How do you think the Anti-Racist Action Plan worksheet will help you as you gather literature? Why?
- What did you find to be the most helpful for you in this week’s Toolkit for Centering Racial Equity in Research reading, Racial Equity in Data Analysis?
- What are you finding to be the most difficult part of completing the literature review assignment? What are the easiest?