5 Essay Examples
TOPIC: ANALYZING EDUCATION OR EDUCATION-RELATED IDEAS
“What Does It Mean to Be Educated?” by J. Casey Hurley, published in the Mid-Western Educational Researcher, vol. 24, no. 4, 2011, pp. 2-4. Accessed through the database ERIC (MD Anderson Library). This short essay—actually a transcript of a conference presentation—is useful if you are initiating a discussion about or encouraging further examination of what being educated means. I used the article in a unit that prepared students to write definition arguments about some aspect of education. – Nathan Shepley
TOPIC: ANALYZING SUCCESS IN EDUCATION
“The Cult of Success,” by Diana Senechal, published in American Educator, vol. 35, no. 4, Winter 2011-2012, pp. 3-13. Accessed through the database ERIC (MD Anderson Library). Parts of this article could shape a discussion or student writing about what success means in education, a topic pertaining to definition arguments. Please note that the pages where this article appears also contain other articles; ignore the article with a beige or peach background (pp. 8-11) and the article with a blue background (pp. 12-13). – Nathan Shepley