Students will submit an essay (3000 words)1 in which they compare and contrast two journal articles about classroom management

Students will submit an essay (3000 words)1 in which they compare and contrast two journal articles about classroom management

In the essay, students should:

demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the issue in question.

provide a critical review of the two articles, identifying strengths andweaknesses, differences in orientation to the issue, and other relevantelements;

discuss the implications in relation to the topic of their dissertation.

1 The word count does not include references. There is a 10% tolerance for the word count: thus the minimum number of words is 2700 and the maximum, 3300.

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Sample essay structure

Introduction (150 words) Summarise the two articles and indicate what each addresses.

Provide an overview of the issue to which the articles relate (800 words): What are the key elements and concepts that inform this topic?

Identify key questions to be asked of recent journal articles in this field (100 words)

Review each article in turn, in relation to the questions established in section 3(above) (800 words)

Compare and contrast the two articles (500 words): where are they similar and wheredo they differ?

What are the implications for the issue you are studying? What new ideas do they add? What challenges do they identify? Is one article more insightful than the other, or do they both contribute something value to the field? Give your own judgement about the value of each article. (500 words)

Conclusion: summarise what you have found out and say how it will contribute to your dissertation. (150 words)

1.4 References

All assessed work (both the presentation and the essay) should include a list of the references consulted (following the APA 7 edition format for both in-text citation and the full references)