Journal Critique Assignment Instructions
For each Journal Critique, you will evaluate and critique a research article from a professional journal. The journal can be from any discipline that addresses a topic in urban education specific to the module assigned. All articles must be current (less than five years old). Your critique must include a title page, a reference page, and be between 225250 words long. Title page, in-text citations, and the reference page are NOT included in the word limit. Your Journal Critique should consist of three parts (each part should be one paragraph in length):
· Part 1: Summary Paragraph,
· Part 2: Analysis of Authors Key Points
· Part 3: Personal Response
It is appropriate to use personal pronouns in Part 3: Personal Response, but not in any other section of the Journal Critique.
When composing your critique, remember to use graduate professional writing. Do not begin with This article is about… Instead, open the review with a strong thesis statement and summarize the author’s main points in the first paragraph. Using third person, state your personal reaction to the article in the final paragraph (This author agrees/disagrees¦ or “one can see that…”).
Module: Week
Journal Critique Topic
Module 4: Week 4
Topic of Interest
Module 6: Week 6
Refinement of Topic of Interest
Recommended Journal Publications:
American Educational Research Journal
American Journal of Education
Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue
Education and Urban Society
Educational Researcher
Educational Studies
Educational Theory
Equity & Excellence in Education
History of Education: Journal of the History of Education Society
History of Education Quarterly
Intercultural Education
International Journal of Multicultural Education
Journal of American Ethnic History
Journal of American History
Journal of Applied Research on Children – JARC
Journal of Curriculum Theorizing – JCT
Journal of Philosophy of Education
Journal of Social History
Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research
Journal of Urban Mathematics Education
Middle Grades Review
Multicultural Education
Online Yearbook of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research
Perspectives on Urban Education
Philosophical Studies in Education
Race Ethnicity and Education
Sociology of Education
Teachers College Record
Urban Education
The Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education