Playground bullying and its effects on young children
Complete a literature review on a research topic of your choice relevant to early childhood or childhood or young people.
Expand on the work you did in Unit 17 of the Study Guide in order to produce a small-scale literature review, which will help you to prepare for writing Part 1 of your EMA project.
For this TMA, you should choose a research topic area that is of interest to you and one that is relevant to early childhood/childhood/young people. Topics that focus primarily on young adults and adults are not relevant to the central themes of this module.
Introduction
What are the origins and definitions of this topic?
How does this relate to my focus within the topic?
Questions that might inform section headings
What are the major issues and debates?
What are the main questions and ideas that have been researched to date?
What are the key theoretical and conceptual ideas?
How has the literature increased knowledge and understanding of the topic?
What are the main sources that support my line of argument?
What are the main sources that question my line of argument?
Are there any areas that have not been explored previously in the literature?
Conclusion
What are the key points and what proposed research question(s) has this led me to?
References
Add a list of references, drawing on the Cite Them Right referencing system (as specified in Section 5.6 of the Assessment Guide). The title and list of references are not counted in the 3000-word length of this assignment.
Give your word count at the end of your essay, before the reference list.
