FWS 100 - Shamsa Alameri1086540 Critical Reading Assignment

FWS 100 - Shamsa Alameri1086540
CRITICAL READING ASSIGNMENT
Author/source
The following questions relate to the author and source.

1. Who is the author(s)? Is the author(s) an expert in this field?
Ashour Sanna is the author. The author's expertise is not mentioned clearly regarding this
field. But the opinion and the arguments mentioned by the author about the gender reverse
division have reflected that the author is an expert in this field.
2. What is the source of the text? Is it trustworthy?
The source of this text is a journal article. The journal is present on the Emerald Insight.
Yes, this website has impactful and high-quality data and journals. This source is
trustworthy. This website has leaders and consultants from almost 150 countries who write
these books and journals. So the source is trustworthy, good in terms of quality, and
international recognition as well.
3. When was it published? Is it recent?
This journal article was published in 2020. The name of the Journal is “Journal of Applied
Research in Higher Education”. The publisher of this article was Emerald Publishing
Limited. The article was published one year before due to which it contained the recent
and updated information.
4. Who is the intended audience?
The intended audience is the society of the UAE and the policymakers. The intended
audience is the society including teachers, parents, and peers who affect the mindset of the
youth and affect their educational decisions. The article is also addressing the youth so that
they can change their mindset.
5. What is the author's purpose? Is it a neutral purpose (e.g. to explain or to inform)
rather than a more biased purpose (e.g. to persuade)?
It included the neutral purpose of the author to inform and to identify the reverse gender
gap of education and to highlight the factors as well. The main purpose and the point of
the author are to change the mindset of the youth as well. The new policymakers should
focus on the men’s achievement as well and they should eliminate this gender gap from
the society to make strong organizational interventions and through social messages as
well. The main purpose is to aware and to inform the audience.
Evidence
The following questions relate to the evidence the writer uses.

6. How strong is the evidence?
The evidence is strong because the results were authenticated in the framework of
international fiction. Furthermore, senior counselors were also contacted for making the
results.
7. Are all the points made by the author supported by evidence?
Yes, all the points made by the author are supported by the responses collected from the
respondents and evidence. For the strong evidence the students individualities
(respondents) and institutions were pseudonyms.
8. Does the writer avoid making unsupported generalisations?
Yes, the writer avoid making unsupported generalisations
9. Is there a clear distinction between fact and the author’s opinion?
No, the author followed the facts and concluded his opinion in the form of a discussion.
The main evidence was made according to facts and figures. Facts and opinion have no
significant difference.
10. Are citations used? Please give examples of 3 citations used by the author.
Yes, citations have been used. Examples and links used by the author are as follows.
 Becker, G.S., Hubbard, W.H.J. and Murphy, K.M. (2010), “Explaining the
worldwide boom in higher education of women”, Journal of Human Capital, Vol.
4, pp. 203-241, doi:10.1086/657914.
 Conger, D. and Long, M.C. (2010), “Why are men falling behind? Gender gaps in
college performance and persistence”, The Annals of the American Academy of
Political and Social Science, Vol. 627 No. 1, pp. 184-214
 Desjardins, R. 2015, “Education and social transformation”, European Journal of
Education, Vol. 50 No. 3, pp. 239-244, doi: 10.1111/ejed.12140
11. If there are any images or diagrams, are they clear? Do they relate directly to points
in the text and support the author’s argument?
No there are no images or diagrams are present in the article. On the other hand, statistical
figures and tables are there. They are clear, authentic, precise, and valid enough to relate to
points in the text and support the author's argument as well.
Your Reflection
The study has been designed to discuss the reverse gender division phenomenon in the United
Arab Emirates. The study has underlined to highlight the factors that have driven male and
female students from getting higher education. I believe that the purpose was built strong enough
to conclude the better and more valid results. I believed that collection from the 292
undergraduates have underlined different social mechanisms, effects of peers, society
mechanisms that shape the non-intellectual characteristics of the female. According to my study,
I have been satisfied with the opinion that has been made through the facts and figures. The
results highlighted that the educational progressions made by the males and females are not
gender-free rather they are based and shaped by the different factors that are present in the
society.
The author has concluded by the importance that customary education supports females and, in
many cases, boys are more affected which mentioned that social influences are stronger. The
family cultures play an important role in progressing and proceeding females and parting boys
behind. I agree with the results as it raises an important perspective that can change the mind and
to aware people that masculinity break can be alleviated through social transformation and
influential intercessions.
Bibliography
Ashour, S. (2020). The reverse gender divide in the United Arab Emirates Factors driving ‘him’ away from
higher education. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 12(5), 1079-1094.

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CRITICAL READING ASSIGNMENT

The following questions relate to the author and source.

The following questions relate to the evidence the writer uses.

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