The document summarizes a student's critique of a journal article on apprenticeship systems. [1] The student outlines their critique of the article, which discusses apprenticeship as an opportunity for experiential learning. [2] Some strengths noted are that the author discusses an important topic and shows how apprenticeships can enhance skills, but weaknesses are that the article does not fully develop how apprenticeships provide boundless experiential learning. [3] Recommendations include making the topic more precise, conducting surveys to support claims, and further developing the content based on findings.

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