Rereading Granello’s (2001) chart on the application of
Bloom’s taxonomy was extremely helpful in understanding the components of a
thorough literature review in graduate school. I also found it beneficial that
Dr. Baker mentioned that literature reviews in the latter stages incorporate
information from throughout the articles into the review. It is much quicker
and easier to only read the abstracts, introductions, discussions, and
conclusions in order to draw out connecting pieces of information. It makes
sense, however, that the way in which the study was conducted and the results
could give useful information on both trends in types of studies as well as the
quality of the studies. If it is not known how the data was collected and
analyzed, all studies will appear to offer equally significant information.
Granello’s
(2001) article as well as the class exercise helped me to understand how our group
will progress into a later stage. We will need to ensure that there is more
cohesion and connectedness in our paper. It was beneficial to look at other
groups’ literature reviews because I think it will help us better critique our
own. Many of the comments left for our group were also very thoughtful and I
appreciated the helpful feedback!
Brown
(2008) offered a concise summary in Chapter 18 of the future trends. I
definitely think that more and more of career information will continue to be
offered online. It is easier and more convenient, and technology is becoming
increasingly assessable. Additionally, free websites offer an additional
incentive to locate information via technology. I really connected with the
assertion that job hunters will need help interpreting the wealth of
information offered to them (p. 377). When I have conducted job searches
online, I tend to find so much information that it can be a bit overwhelming.
If a person clicks through hundreds of jobs, how is he or she going to remember
all of it?
I
am one of those college students that did not receive any information from
career services and did not use any information that I learned in my first,
second, third, or fourth post-college job. I could have benefitted from career
counseling. When I changed my area of study from Nursing to Sociology, it would
have been a perfect opportunity for my advisor to recommend the use of a
variety of career services. I think it would be helpful for all advisors to
provide their students with a list of the different career services available.
Brown (2008) offered so many good examples of career interventions and I
especially appreciate FSU’s leadership in this area. College is the time when I
think many people figure out what kind of career they want to have and thus it
is the perfect occasion for more intense career counseling.
Brown, D. (2012).
Career information, career
counseling, and career development
(10th
ed.). New York: Pearson Education, Inc.
Granello, D. H. (2001). Promoting cognitive complexity in
graduate written work:
Using
Bloom’s taxonomy as a pedagogical tool to improve literature reviews.
Counselor
Education and Supervision, 40, 292-307.
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