Discussion:
Article Review:
Students will identify a scholarly article about a nonprofit agency that are related to a topic from your readings and class discussion. By "article," I mean an article published in a refereed journal (for example, you can find many of them on JSTOR, Evaluation Review, etc. on the Barry Online Library)
Each review will be a minimum of 5 pages, in ESSAY FORMAT. Provide full citation using APA. Summarize its content, discuss the relevance/impact of the article to nonprofit administration, identify and explain concepts from the readings that APPLY to the situation described in the article. You should cite appropriately using APA. Cover page and appendices do not count toward the 5 pages.
Use the following format as a guide in writing your article reviews. Part of the grade will be based on how well you use the following questions.
(YOUR ANALYSIS OF THE ARTICLE SHOULD FOLLOW THIS FORMAT)
The main purpose of this article is ________________________. Than state why you think the author wrote the article.
The key question that the author is addressing is __________________________. Figure out the key question in the mind of the author when s/he wrote the article.
The most important information in this article is __________________________. Figure out the facts, experiences, data the author is using to support her/his conclusions.
The main inferences/conclusions in this article are ________________________.
Identify the key conclusions that the author comes to and presents in the article.
The key concept(s) we need to understand in this article are _________________. By these concepts the author means _____________________________. Figure out the most important ideas that you would have to understand in order to understand the author's line of reasoning.
The main assumptions underlying the author's thinking is/are _______________. Figure out what the author may take for granted that may be questioned.
If we take this line of thinking seriously the implications are ________________. What consequences are likely to follow if people take the author's line of reasoning seriously? If we fail to take the author's line of reasoning the implications are ___________. What consequences are likely to follow if people ignore the author's reasoning?
The main points of view of the author are ______________________. What is the author looking at and how is s/he seeing it?