Critiques 1 and 2

Journal Critique Instructions

You will complete 2 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 at least 150 words and the critique must be 500 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. Advocacy	Select a research article addressing the role of advocacy in adult education.
2. Mediation	Select a research article related to mediation that relates to the medical field.