The field of higher education research has bourgeoned in the past decades, addressing a
wide range of topics. Being in a rapidly expanding and interdisciplinary field of research …

Systematic review methodology can be distinguished from narrative reviews of the literature
through its emphasis on transparent, structured and comprehensive approaches to …

Systematic reviews are rigorously designed and conducted literature reviews that aim
exhaustively to search for, identify, appraise the quality of and synthesise all the high-quality …

Systematic reviews are still a controversial topic in some quarters, with the arguments for
and against their use being well‐rehearsed. In an attempt to advance a more nuanced …

Higher education research, while a specialist and late developing field, has reached a level
of maturity such that researchers have recently been endeavouring to summarize and …

The evaluation of systematic review as part of the evidence-based or evidence-informed
practice movement is a dominant theme in current debates in educational research. This …

A literature review is a scholarly paper which provides an overview of current knowledge
about a topic. It will typically include substantive findings, as well as theoretical and …

In this open access edited volume, international researchers of the field describe and
discuss the systematic review method in its application to research in education. Alongside …

Overviews, or syntheses of research syntheses, have become a popular approach to
synthesizing the rapidly expanding body of research and systematic reviews. Despite their …

The use of systematic reviews in educational research is a growing phenomenon in the UK,
but is highly controversial. This article argues that such reviews have a useful place in a …