Learning to uncover, analyze, and reflect upon the influence of the seminal works in your field is an essential part of becoming a scholar-practitioner, and it involves developing both process skills and content knowledge. Consider the following:
- What strategies did you use to identify and locate the seminal works related to your inquiry topic? Which strategy seemed to work best? Why?
- How confident are you that you have uncovered the key works that have been influential in shaping the pursuit of knowledge on this topic? Given that the seminal work on your topic may have been conducted more than 20 years ago