1. “Live as if you were to die
tomorrow. Learn as if you were
to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

2. “Any fool can know.
The point is to
understand.”
― Albert Einstein

3. “Tell me and I forget, teach
me and I may remember,
involve me and I learn.”
― Benjamin Franklin

4. “[Kids] don't remember what you try to
teach them. They remember what you
are.”
― Jim Henson,
It's Not Easy Being Green: And Other Thi

5. “We learn from failure, not from
success!”
― Bram Stoker, Dracula

6. “Study hard what interests you the
most in the most undisciplined,
irreverent and original manner
possible.”
― Richard P. Feynman

7. “Study the past if you would define
the future.”
― Confucius

8. Theoretical Framework
http://matt-smedley.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/framework1.jpg

9. DEFINITION
- A a critical discussion, showing insight and
an awareness of differing arguments,
theories and approaches.
- It should be a synthesis and analysis of the
relevant published work, linked at all times
to your own purpose and rationale.

10. What a TFW is not?
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A list of authors that refer to specific topics.
A list of concepts that will be included in the
classroom project.
My own definition of concepts based on
authors' perspectives but without mentioning
them.
A summary of authors' assumptions on the
topic under study.
The inclusion of quotes without deep
interpretations.

11. Purpose of the CFW
Identifies the variables of the study
- “considered as the point of coincidence,
condensation, or accumulation of its own
components”
- clarifies, expands the scope of the project.
- provides understanding of theory, not an
explanation
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12. Purpose

13. What to do in the TF?
• compare and contrast different authors' views on an issue
• group authors who draw similar conclusions
• criticise aspects of methodology
• note areas in which authors are in disagreement
• highlight exemplary studies
• highlight gaps in research
• show how your study relates to previous studies
• show how your study relates to the literature in general
• conclude by summarising what the literature says

15. Length

16. Theoretical framework using mind map
http://chks.wested.org/using_results/resilience

17. How to Write a Theoretical
Framework

18. How to Write a Theoretical
Framework

19. STEPS
1. Synthesize and evaluate information
2. Identify the main ideas of the
literature
3. Identify the main argument of the
literature review
4. Organize the main points of the
literature review
5. Write literature review

20. Common problems
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Authors are
cited but the
writer does not
inform why.
Including own's
definition about
a term
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Plagiarism
Including just
perspectives
that support
authors'
assumptions
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Same
introductory
line: In order for
this classroom
project
proposal to
have a
theoretical
ground..
Concluding
paragraphs with
quotes