EDUC746

Journal Critique Instructions

During this course, you will complete 4 Journal Critiques (see chart below). For each critique, you will summarize, critique, and personally apply a research article from a professional journal. It is appropriate for you to utilize research journals in your particular field where possible. All articles must be current (published no more than 5 years ago).

Each critique must have 3 main paragraphs: 1) a summary paragraph that includes clear introductory sentence; 2) an analysis of author’s key points; and 3) a personal application that includes a clear concluding sentence. Each paragraph must be 100–150 words and each critique must be 300–450 words (no abstract is required and the word count does not include the required title and reference pages). All papers must use the attached template in the Assignment Instructions folder on Blackboard and follow current APA style.

Articles selected must relate to the topics given.

Journal Critique Number and Module/Week Topic

Module/Week

Journal Critique Topic

1. Conflict Resolution Roles and Definitions

Module/Week 1

Select a research article on a specific conflict issue, conflict resolution strategy, or the role of leadership in conflict resolution in your current field.

2. Negotiation

Module/Week 3

After reading your text for this module/week, select a research article related to negotiation that relates to your current professional position or a professional position you plan to pursue.

3. Advocacy

Module/Week 5

Select a specific level of education (pre-school, primary, middle, secondary, higher education, continuing education, adult education, etc.) and select a research article addressing the role of advocacy in an issue specific to your selected area.

4. Mediation

Module/Week 6

After reading your text for this module/week, select a research article related to mediation that relates to your current professional position or a professional position you plan to pursue.

Submit each Journal Critique by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of the assigned module/week.

Running head: TITLE OF PAPER 1

TITLE OF PAPER 4

Title of Paper

Author

EDUC 746 Conflict Resolution

Title of Paper

Use this space to give a short introduction to the article and the purpose of the paper. This should be a minimum of five sentences. Make sure when you list the author’s name, you place the year of publication in parenthesis after the author’s name. You will need to follow all APA guidelines for citations. Citations should include the author’s last name, comma, and the year of publication. Example: (Smith, 2010). Citations with direct quotes should include the author’s name, comma, year of publication, comma, and the page number. Example: (Smith, 2010, p.23). You do not need the page number unless you have a direct quote from the work in the sentence. If you need assistance in what to include in this critique, please see

this website

for a good overview.

Summary

Use this section to summarize the article you read. This should include the main points of the article. Make sure you properly cite within this section. APA states that you must credit the source when “paraphrasing, quoting an author directly, or describing an idea that influenced your work” (p. 170). All paragraphs must be at least five sentences.

Analysis

Use this section to analyze the article. This means you critically think through the article’s main points. Who was the intended audience? Did the author clearly communicate the main points to the intended audience? Did the author provide adequate support to back his/her claims? Was the article effective or ineffective? Why or why not? This paragraph should at least be five sentences.

Personal Reflection

Use this section to provide insight from your personal and/or professional experience. You should integrate support from your required readings from Barsky. In addition, you should seek to integrate a Biblical worldview into this section. This paragraph should be a minimum of five sentences.

References

You will only include references that you cited within the Journal Critique. If you integrate a Biblical worldview by quoting from the Bible, you do not include the Bible in this section. At a minimum, you should include the article you read and your Barsky textbook. Make sure all references utilize a hanging indent and remove any hyperlinks.

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