User:Carlahelou/Evaluate an Article

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Teacher education

Why you have chosen this article to evaluated
Throughout the process of getting my masters in teaching, I have always wondered who prepares the curriculum? Do all programs go based off the same curriculum or does everyone learn something different? So many questions came into my mind because we are basically in charge of our future leaders. All these parents trust us with there children. They trust us to teach them. While reading this article, I am hoping I will be able to understand who decides what is needed to fulfill these requirements on becoming a teacher and if all the programs offer a similar rubric.

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This article, Teacher Education, is a standard article that describes the importance of teacher education or teacher training in creating education while discussing the challenges the teachers face when preparing these programs. When I came across this article, the introduction did not really describe the article's major sections. The introduction gave the readers two different terms that define the activities the teachers do. The introduction was definitely not a good lead and could have been written better. A thesis statement could have been included describing the preparation, training and policies discussed.

This well-written article does a superb job with staying relevant to the topic. Within the article, there are well organized sections, including but not limited to, policy and related issues, curriculum, location, training, preparations and so forth, to help the readers understand the research and reasoning behind the importance of teacher education. This article was last edited on February 4, 2024, which was around 2 weeks ago, which can mean that the editors are constantly improving the accuracy of the article. A  brief overview of the historical development of teacher education and its evolution is discussed. Setting the tone as a neutral article, I have not noticed any claims that appear heavily biased. The article bases its viewpoints based on studies and information they are given but does not persuade the readers to either agree or disagree with them.

Although, the sources are accurate and up to date, not all sections are backed up by a reliable source. It’s noted in the article that the section, Quality assurance in teacher education, is not backed up by any sources. Also when clicking on several links, a message will appear stating that “the article needs additional citations for verification.” This part needs improvement where editors need to go over all the citations to make sure the sources are not only up to date but creditable.

The article contains two images. The first image is a line graph that portrays the percentage of trained teachers by region, 2000-2017. This image is graphed and labeled nicely so the readers can understand it. The second image details numerous individuals in training to become even better teachers When you click on the caption you are given details that this training session is helping in Mbandaka, northern DRC. Over 15,000 teachers in Grades 1-4 were trained by USAID. Both images fit the copyright regulations for Wikipedia and are laid out visually in an appealing way.

Overall, this article is well-developed but could use room for improvement. The article is very detailed when discussing the organizations of most teacher education programs. More research needs to be done to better understand teaching in today’s society. The editors seem to understand that more studies are needed and hopefully they will take the new information they will receive to update this article!