This task requires you to conduct a metasynthesis using thematic analysis on a topic of your choosing

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This task requires you to conduct a metasynthesis using thematic analysis on a topic of your choosing within the module. You are free to choose the topic (e.g. ‘does ethnicity play a part in educational outcomes?’), but I would advise you focusing on one stage of development and domain (e.g. children at school).You will use the SPIDER method (Cook et al., 2012) to approach your search.  You need to ensure that you have more than one person coding the data. That means you will need to work with 1-2 other students and code the same data extracts and then swap/compare notes on your coding. It is up to you whether to include all or just some of the coding from your partner. There is no right or wrong, but you make a logical judgement about what you think tells the best ‘story’ from the data. I would also advise that your final selection of articles be limited to 4 articles as that will be plenty to work on in terms of coding (depending on the amount of data extracts contained in the papers).

You will be required to include the following headings/sections in the portfolio:

Introduction (including literature review) leading to your overall research question.
Research question
Method:
Sample (defining which studies were included and the inclusion/exclusion criteria).
Method of coding (what approach and who conducted these)
Results
Overview of results from analysis
Outline of key themes that emerged
Discussion and Implications for future research
Reflexivity section (personal reflection on the exercise of no more than 200 words)
References (in APA format)

I do not have another partners work for coding the extracts so please make it up or find it elsewhere on the net. Thanks.