Article Critique

1 . Read the article, “

From A Nation at Risk to CRT. How’d We Get Here?Links to an external site.

” from Education Week (2022).

2. There will be a 1 1/2  to 2 page article critique utilizing the template provided below. Upload your journal article critique with APA Student Title Page A sample can be found here JOURNAL ARTICLE CRITIQUE TEMPLATE, APA 7th Edition, x Download JOURNAL ARTICLE CRITIQUE TEMPLATE, APA 7th Edition, x 

Please note:The questions and prompts included on the template are guides to what you may include in your narrative for each of the paragraphs. Use the Level 1 Heading “Reflection” centered on the page for the heading of your reflection paragraph. Use the Level 1 Heading “Application” also centered on the page for your application paragraph. Your first paragraph, dedicated to your summary, does not have a heading. Your article review should be 1 1/2 to 2 pages in length.

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Journal Article Critique: Title of Article

YOUR NAME

Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education

Jackson State University

EDCI 100: Introduction to Education

Janet Wallace, Ed.S.

Date of Submission

Journal Article Critique: Title of Article

Indent to start your paragraph. Provide your summary here (no level one or level two headings). Include some of the following components in your summary.

Journal Article: Describe what the article is about.

Journal Article: What are the important points of the article?

Journal Article: State unique perspectives about the journal article.

or research study

Research Study: Describe the research study.

Research Study: Describe the study sample.

Research Study: State the hypothesis and research questions.

Research Study: State the findings of the study.

Reflection (level one heading)

Indent to start paragraph.

Journal Article: State implications of the article.

Journal Article: State your position/your point of view on the article; do you agree or disagree, and why, or why not?

Research Study: State possible issues/concerns or thought on the research methodology, research design, or study sample.

Research Study: Your thoughts on the findings of the research study.

Application

Indent to start paragraph.

Research Study or Journal Article: How could the information benefit students, school, and or district?

Research Study or Journal Article: How can/will you make application of the information contained in the research study or journal article?

Research Study or Journal Article: How would you approach implementation of the information contained in the research study or journal article?

Research Study: What unique perspective does the research study add to the body of knowledge? Why is the research study important?

Research Study: Idea for possible follow-up study. As a follow-up study, it would be interesting to conduct a study on………………

Research Study: Idea(s) of how the study could have been done differently.

References

Gorski, P., Swalwell, K. (2015). Equity literacy for all.
Educational Leadership,
72(6), 48-53

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Journal Article Critique: The Challenges Facing Beginning Teachers

John Ford

Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education

Jackson State University

EDCI 100: Introduction to Education

Janet Wallace, Ed.S.

October 13, 2022

Journal Article Critique: The Challenges Facing Beginning Teachers

This chapter focuses on how to make new teachers become more effective in the school environment. New teachers have a challenging experience during their first three years of teaching. Induction programs help to not only to survive but thrive through these challenges they face. The chapter highlights reasons for teaching such as having a strong passion to educate students, enjoying the subject that they teach, impacting students, and understanding teaching is key to success for educators. The first three years is the period where teachers are most likely to leave, and urban schools have the most difficulty recruiting and keeping qualified teachers. Therefore, induction programs are very important for new teachers; however, only 55% of new teachers report of participating in an induction program. The author’s perspective is that induction programs are essential for beginning teachers because it gives teachers the opportunity to ask for help or advice to make them become a better instructor.

Reflection

New teachers have a variety of needs that induction programs can support. Some teacher candidates go alternate routes to teaching and others go through universities to become qualified for teaching. Some teachers may teach in an environment that they are not accustomed to. Each of these categories of teachers has different needs that can be addressed with the help of induction programs. Induction programs help teachers build relationships with other teachers so they will not feel isolated and so they can learn from more experienced teachers. Induction programs also help to identify teachers who are not qualified to teach or who may benefit from another career choice. Another implication is that induction programs not only help teachers survive, but they also help build teacher confidence and give them effective practices that they can use throughout their career. I believe that teachers should have a variety of programs to choose from to meet their teaching style. I think induction programs might be effective to all teachers, but it depends on the teacher’s participation in the induction programs whether they will be successful. I agree that induction programs should be offered for all beginning teachers in every school because it gives teachers an opportunity to understand they key points of teaching and to thrive in a new environment.

Application

Induction programs can benefit students, schools, and districts. They can benefit students by developing teachers who can accommodate students. Schools and districts are benefited by having better teacher retention and higher quality teachers. I will use the knowledge gained from induction programs so I can be an effective teacher to my students, build relationships with other teachers, and make sure I help other new teachers along the way. I will be open minded to induction programs and be willing to take advice from experienced teachers and administrators. Teachers should have induction programs for successful careers so they can help their students reach beyond their goals and establish a diverse learning environment.

References

Bartell, C. (2004).
Cultivating high-quality teaching through induction and mentoring. Corwin

Press, 1-19.

Writing Rubric

Category			Excellent (4)	Good (3)	Fair (2)	Poor (1)
Organization of Review	Excellent; sequential organization of information; ideas are well-developed	Good; adequate organization of information; ideas are well-developed for the most part	Fair; all parts are not organized following a logical sequence and ideas are somewhat developed, although unclear in some parts	Poor; organization of ideas follows an illogical sequence of ideas and ideas are underdeveloped
Synthesis of Literature	Clear; thorough, synthesis of ideas	Adequate; good synthesis of ideas	Fair; cursory synthesis of ideas	Does not provide a synthesis of ideas OR May just provide one summary after the next rather than synthesizing ideas
Content Relevance	Excellent; ideas presented are relevant and fully developed with use of a variety of scholarly sources throughout the paper	Good; most ideas presented are relevant with use of a variety scholarly sources	Fair; some ideas presented are relevant but some content is underdeveloped and/or unrelated. References are used from scholarly sources with little variety	Poor; ideas presented are with little thought, with vague, incoherent synthesis of information (just a citation or summary of one source after another); references are used but may not be from scholarly sources or may be little variety
References	Includes at least 5 or more peer reviewed professional journal articles from varied journals that are relevant to topic	Includes 4 peer reviewed journal articles from varied journals that are relevant to topic	Includes 4 or more peer reviewed journals that are relevant to topic, but articles may not be from more than 3 journals	Includes less than 3 peer reviewed journals that are relevant to topic. Does not use peer reviewed articles from more than three different journals
Length of Assignment	All elements follow prescribed APA format; all assignment specifications met	Most elements follow prescribed APA format (1-2 errors) but all other assignment specifications met	Common errors in prescribed APA format (3 errors), but all other assignment specifications met	Common errors in prescribed APA format (4 or more errors) OR assignment is less than or more than the required length OR more than 1 assignment specification is not met
Standard English	Writing is scholarly with little to no errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics. *Little to no=2 or less errors	Writing is scholarly but has a few errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics. *Few errors= 3-5 errors	Writing is scholarly but has occasional errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics that do not interfere with meaning. *Occasional errors= 6-8 errors.	Writing is NOT scholarly Frequent errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics. *Frequent errors= 9 or more
Total Points	/24