For this assignment, you will be drawing on the skills you started building in the Unit 4 assignment. Similar to what you did previously, but focused now on the diversity-related challenges inherent to your specialization, you will research and review scholarly, peer-reviewed literature. Going one step farther, you will then choose and explain the main diversity challenge in your specialization, as suggested by your review. Note that you are writing a condensed literature review for this assignment.
Reminder: Writing a literature review is a key part of academic work. A literature review is a piece of writing that describes what has been learned about a topic through previous research efforts. A literature review is essentially a report on work previously done in a field, to show an understanding of the context for your own writing. A literature review is not a summary of individual sources in a list, such as in the form of an annotated bibliography. Rather, the literature review paraphrases the findings from the scholarly readings you selected. You will seek the key themes from the different sources. You will use in-text citations to support the information that you learned from the scholarly readings. See section 6.11 of the APA manual, for additional detail on citing sources in text.
Assignment Instructions
Before you begin your paper, examine the Diversity in Education Scoring Guide (linked in the Resources) to see the grading criteria for this assignment. Next, download the Sample Course Paper Template and the Unit 7 Writing Revision Matrix.
Use the Sample Course Paper Template as a guide for formatting and organizing your course papers.
Use the Writing Revision Matrix to address feedback you receive on your paper from your instructor. Refer to the Writing Revision Matrix instructions below for further information.
Paper Organization
Start with a title page and organize your paper with the following guidelines:
Title of Paper: Use the diversity issue as the title of your paper. The opening content under your paper title should provide an introduction of your chosen diversity focus and what will be included in your paper.
Overview of Diversity Focus: Begin the body of your paper with an overview of the diversity issue you chose for this review. Your diversity description can begin with a broad consideration related to education. Write in third person and include literature support.
Diversity Issue Related to Specialization: Provide a detailed description and examples of how the diversity-related challenge you chose to review specifically relates to your specialization. Write in third person and include literature support.
Review of the Literature: The literature review should include a minimum of five references from peer-reviewed journal articles related to your education specialization. Include the main challenges found in the literature related to the diversity-related issue in your specialization. Continue writing in third person and leverage the literature.
Conclusion: Your conclusion should emphasize the main themes in your paper and provide a synthesis of the literature reviewed.
References: Include a minimum of five different scholarly, peer-reviewed journals (related to your field of specialization) that are also cited in the paper. Your citations must have references and your references should be included within your paper as in-text citations.
