Current Critical Issues in CTE (50 pts)
There are many critical issues in CTE. Based on your education, experience, and research, not including monetary issues (those are always there), in a paper titled “Critical Issues in CTE”, write about what you feel are the three top critical issues regarding our field. You will describe the issue and describe possible solution(s). Your writing style should be “informative” for a naive audience. Naive audience : one who needs new information or a clear explanation of something; the writer plays the role of expert relative to the audience.
For each issue conduct a search using Cline library databases and find at least one professional journal article that supports/discusses your issue. (ACTE ISSUE BRIEFS ARE NOT CONSIDERED PROFESSIONAL JOURNAL ARTICLES. Neither are web pages). Sources must be from January, 2018 or more recent. You can use additional sources that are not professional journal articles, however they should be credible professional sources and should be from August, 2018 or more recent. You are expected to cite your source(s) with in-text citations and/or direct quotes to provide support and substantiation for both your issue and your proposed solution(s). Your paper should have a properly formatted APA reference list for all sources and should be written as a cohesive paper (i.e. introduction and conclusion should be included in addition to the presentation of the three issues).
Each issue must be a minimum of 450 words but no more than two pages per issue. If your issues are good but your writing is short, you will receive partial credit. You must adequately be able to write about these issues. Page two of each issue must address a solution to the issue. Each issue should have the following:
Title of Issue
OVERVIEW: Describe the issue (maximum 1 page)
SOLUTION: Describe possible solution(s)
CITATIONS: Provide properly formatted APA citations from at least one journal article that discusses your issue
Title of issue should be a properly formatted APA heading. Overview and solution should be properly formatted APA headings that are “sub headings” of the title. (For example, if Title is a Level I heading then Overview and Solution would be Level II headings).
Each issue will be worth 15 points with an additional 5 points proper APA formatting. Your writing will be assessed using the “Effective Writing Rubric.” It is recommended that you review this rubric