Study Topic: Educational challenges faced by immigrants enrolled in…

Study Topic: Educational challenges faced by immigrants enrolled in a Citizenship program: Stories of overcoming
Article: Literacy in Citizenship Preparatory Classes.
Reference
Loring, A. (2017). Literacy in Citizenship Preparatory Classes. Journal of Language, Identity & Education, 16(3), 172-188. https://doi.org/10.1080/15348458.2017.1306377
Introduction (Context of the Study, Problem Statement, Purpose, Question)
What problem or situation was this study designed to address? What does the article say is important for educators to know about and understand?
Review of the Literature (Background based on prior research)
What do we already know about topic based on previous research and scholarship? (Look at the citations in the article.) List ideas stated in the introduction and review of the article. Is anything cited to indicate when this issue began? Is anything cited to indicate what has been done about this issue?
Is anything cited that indicates who is talking about this topic? (This refers to categories of people, like teachers, teacher educators, content teachers, psychologists, policy makers, politicians, parents, etc.)
Quotes:
List 3 quotes that stand out to you in the paper.
For each quote: explain the context of the quote.
Describe the quote using your own words.
Sample (Participants, Subjects)
Who were the participants in this study? (How many were there? Where did they come from? What were they like—age? ethnicity? gender? occupation?
How and/or why were they selected? Is a sampling technique mentioned?
Whom do they represent? (Or to whom are the results of this study generalizable? Are the results generalizable? If not generalizable, for whom was it of value? How could it be used?)
Procedures/Method/ Methodology
At least one (sometimes more than one) of the following questions should apply to the article:
Are there treatments or interventions especially designed by the researchers that are the focus of this study? If yes, describe each version of those treatments or interventions fully.
Does the study seek to discover relationships or connections between two or more disparate, naturally occurring phenomena (e.g., people’s thoughts and their behavior; people’s out-of-school life experiences and their academic achievement; etc.)? If yes, explain what phenomena the researchers expect might be related or connected.
Does the study seek to describe something or someone (e.g., how something was done; how something works; what the characteristics of a particular environment are; how someone thinks; etc.)? If yes, explain what the focus of this description is.
What specific forms of data (or information) are collected to help the research topic?
Do the researchers explain what they did to ensure that the data (information) are believable- collected in a reliable manner (the instruments used and the people collecting the data do not make excessive errors) and using an instrument or procedure that is a valid indicator of what the researchers claim to be studying?
Results
Did the results of the study provide answers to the original research questions for this study? If yes, explain in detail what those answers are.
Were there other findings (or results) that were not specifically related to the research questions? If yes, explain in detail the findings that went beyond the original research questions.
Discussion/Conclusions/Critical Reflections
According to the researchers who wrote the article, what is important and/or interesting about the findings/results/Reflections/Critical Insights?
In what ways does this study contribute to your personal understanding of your topic/issue?
Look at your response for 2. How does this paper relate to your study.
What are the connections you can make?
What might you do now in your profession as a teacher because you have read and understood this article?
What questions do you still have about your topic/issue?
Look at your response for 2. How does this paper relate to your study.
From the citations and references at the end of the paper, what other journal articles will you retrieve to use in your lit review?
Provide citations, tell me why.