Chapter 3
Toward a Rationale and Research Plan: Writing a Contract with Yourself
Chapter 3 of Inquiry in Music Education suggests steps for developing a plan to complete a literature review or research proposal:
• Naming a research topic,
• Crafting a purpose statement,
• Articulating a rationale, and
• Determining the parameters of a project.
Having collected literature related to a topic and examined the place of your topic in the broader scope of music education knowledge via your literature map, you now craft a purpose statement and articulate a rationale as part of making plans for the next steps in your study.
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