THEORY AND PRACTICE IN EDUCATION

1. EDUC 508
THEORY AND PRACTICE IN
EDUCATION
Presentation
CRITIQUE OF A JOURNAL ARTICLE
Apprenticeship System: The Boundless
Opportunity for Experiential Learning
Presented by
Cosme Zinsou Odjo
MTVET 1st Semester

2. OUTLINE
INTRODUCTION
ARTICLE PRESENTATION
STRENGHTS: POSITIVE POINTS
WEAKNESSES: MY CRITIQUE
RECOMMENDATIONS
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES

3. INTRODUCTION
Critique an article is not an easy work. In this critique, I’ll
present the title of the article, its author, and the main point of
the article
After that, I’ll also provide a brief summary of the article
before dealing with my critique
In this critique, presentation of the article, strengths,
weaknesses and recommendations

4. ARTICLE PRESENTATION
Name of the author: Usha Bhandari
Tittle: Apprenticeship System: The Boundless Opportunity
for Experiential Learning
Title of the journal: TVET Development Journal, Volume 1
No. 11, July 2011, Pages 77-80
Issue discussed: Apprenticeship is one which not only
provides learning experiences to the learners but also help
them to be able to live gainful life through industry based on
experiences

5. STRENGTHS: POSITIVE POINTS
Dr Usha Bhandari discussed an important topic (I mean
apprenticeship)
The purpose of her study is to present apprenticeship as a
good opportunity of learning based on experiences
She mostly used paraphrasing to review the literature and
presented apprenticeship as an experiential learning with
theoretical and practical instruction

6. STRENGTHS: POSITIVE POINTS (Cont…)
She also confirmed that apprenticeship system is not new
and it can be considered as a renewed approach in the field of
vocational training
Finally, in her article, she attempted to show how
apprenticeship (as a TVET programme) can contribute to
youth capacities or skills enhancement.
She tried to reveal that apprenticeship is career oriented and
directly related with the application of theory into practice

7. WEAKNESSES: MY CRITIQUE
However, Dr Usha Bhandari did not provide key information
about apprenticeship system and did not also develop how it
is a boundless opportunity for experiential learning
First, the abstract is not well formatted. Its content does
respect the general format such as: Purpose, Methods,
Findings and Conclusions
Then, the given title is clear but not appropriate to this article

8. WEAKNESSES: CRITIQUE (end…)
Since it is said the Apprenticeship system is the boundless
opportunity for experiential learning, every readers would
expect some key points on what is apprenticeship system and
How it should be conducted after dealing with
apprenticeship as a boundless opportunity and apprenticeship
in vocational education
Finally, the writer used a qualitative approach through only
secondary data collection. So, she did not have a sufficient
data that can help to measure if what she stated is right or not

9. RECOMMENDATIONS
For specific revisions, I’d like to make the following
suggestions:
Topic: Make it precise and it can be: Apprenticeship
through Experiential Learning in Vocational Training
Methods: Do a survey to crosscheck or support her
secondary data collection. Through this, she can more
develop the content of her article
Content: She would develop more her content based on the
data collected and findings

10. CONCLUSION
This article focused on apprenticeship system as a boundless
opportunity for experiential learning
As a National Programme Officer in Swiss Agency for
Development and Cooperation (SDC) in Nepal, Dr Usha
presented apprenticeship as a useful tool to put theory into
practice
Future research is necessary to provide evidence of the
usefulness of apprenticeship and how it is a boundless
opportunity for experiential learning in vocational training

11. REFERENCES
Bhandari, U. (2011). “Apprenticeship System: The
Boundless Opportunity for Experiential Learning” in TVET
Development Journal No1-11: 77-80.
“How To Critique A Journal Article” sponsored by The
Center for Teaching and Learning at UIS (September 2009).

12. THANKS YOU SO MUCH