User:A1morales/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Participatory planning

Urban planning education

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because it closely aligns with my research for class. It was interesting because upon reading it for the first time it has a warning sign that says "This article has multiple issues" and "It may be too technical for the reader to understand" among other things. I am hoping to improve while simultaneously learning from others.

I chose the second article to evaluate because it aligns even closer with my research for this class. At the top of the article it says "This article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject" which is very interesting because urban planning education might look different in different countries. My addition to this article will still be under the United States however because that is where my research is focused on.

Evaluate the article
Overall, I agree that this article is very technical in its tone. Even though I know a little more about urban planning because it is my major, I still had a lot of trouble reading through this article. I think that by using less urban planning jargon and perhaps, using more images might help the readers understand it a little more.

There are some in corrections in this article. One of the first being that UC Berkeley doesn't offer Urban Studies, however it does. Another thing I noticed was that it shares the different academic levels of education in the United States but fails to include the K-12 urban planning education. I hope that my contribution to this section shares the current initiatives to increase the urban planning education expansion for K-12.