EDU 405: DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA:

PHILOSOPHY AND POLICY.

ARTICLE REVIEW GUIDELINES

The main aim of this article review and presentation is so that students will be able to
gain a deeper understanding of the topic of choice, thereby broadening their overall
understanding of the course. Therefore, in order for students to fully benefit from this
exercise, students are expected to be thoughtful in selecting an appropriate article to
review as well as in the process of writing and presentation. Plagiarism will not be
tolerated as it contradicts with the aims of this exercise.

Selection of article:
1. Article must be selected from journals only (either printed or on-line).
2. The topic should be closely related to Development Education in
Malaysia: Philosophy and Policy
3. It is important to select an article that you are actually interested in and
can understand well enough to write and present about. If you are not
clear about what you are reviewing, then it will show in your final work
and this will no doubt affect your marks.

Writing the review:
1. The review should be between 5 10 pages.
2. A copy of the article should be included with the written review and
important points in the article should be highlighted with a highlighter or
underlined.
3. Tahoma or Arial Narrow size 12, typed, 1,5-spaced on plain A4 paper.
4. The format should be as follows:
Introduction
- Introduce the article (mention the author, title and journal
details).
- Mention briefly what we can expect from this article.
Summary
- Summarize the findings of the article according to your own
understanding and in our own words.
- Be as brief as possible but do include the important points.



Reflection
- Attempt to answer these questions:
i. What did you understand from the content of the
article?
ii. How is the content discussed in the article
significant/relevant to you?
iii. Can you relate it to past experience?
iv. Is it applicable to the Malaysian scenario?
v. How you can implement what has been discussed in
your classroom?
5. Remember to be critical by giving your own original opinions.
6. Students will be penalized for handing in plagiarised work.

Rubrics as follows:

8 - 10
Opinions are justified well and is closely related to the selected
topic
Good development of ideas
Excellent summary of the article (in own words/paraphrased well)
Written in a clear, well-organized and easily understandable
manner
Minimal grammatical errors
Neat general appearance and organization of report (according to
format & highlights important points)


5 - 7
Opinions could be better elaborated/justified and is somewhat
related to the selected topic
Some ideas are underdeveloped but generally good
Good summary of the article
Style of writing is acceptable but can be unclear in some parts
Considerable grammatical errors
General appearance and organization of report is acceptable


1 - 4
Opinions lack justification and may stray from the main ideas of the
selected topic
Many ideas are underdeveloped
Mediocre summary of the article (does not paraphrase much/at all)
Style of writing is acceptable but can be unclear in some parts
Many grammatical errors
General appearance and organization of report is acceptable