JC1-2

Journal Critique Instructions

During this course, you will complete Journal Critiques. For the critiques, you will summarize, critique, and personally apply a research article from a professional journal. It is appropriate for you to utilize research journals in the field of education. All articles must be current (published no more than 5 years ago).

Each critique must have 3 main paragraphs (See Template):

1) a summary paragraph that includes clear introductory sentence.

2) an analysis of author’s key points.

3) a personal application that includes a clear concluding sentence.

Each paragraph must be 150 words and the critique must be 450 words in total (no abstract is required and the word count does not include the required title and reference pages). All papers must follow current APA style. No partial credit will be given for papers that fail to follow stated guidelines. Articles selected must relate to the topics given.

Journal Critique	Journal Critique Topic
1. Conflict Resolution Roles and Definitions	Select a research article on a specific conflict issue, conflict resolution strategy, or the role of leadership in conflict resolution in hospital education.
2. Negotiation	Select a research article related to negotiation that relates to hospital education.