Conducting a Qualitative Umbrella Review for Novice Researchers

The need for scientific evidence in education has accelerated systematic reviews. However, the practice of conducting umbrella reviews is not yet common in education. Among the possible reasons for the scarce number of umbrella reviews in education is the lack of knowledge of the steps required to conduct them and the specific challenges of this method. Their usefulness in the educational context lies in their ability to offer new findings of great scope and transferability based on evidence from multiple systematic reviews in an efficient and in-depth manner. This study provides a critical reflection on the methodological implications of conducting a qualitative umbrella review, as well as an in-depth examination of the challenges and difficulties associated with analyzing the primary documents of systematic reviews forming part of the umbrella review. The study seeks to offer guidance for future novice researchers interested in synthesizing scientific evidence on a given topic. By developing an umbrella review using the example of digital storytelling in education, the study explores key questions and challenges in the review of primary documents

Context (archaeology · Critical reflection · Reflection (computer programming · Scope (computer science · Storytelling · Systematic review · Transferability · Digital Storytelling and Education · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Literacy, Media, and Education