Part 1:
Review the entire Portfolio Project in the Module 8 folder. Visit the following link for information on how to write a literature review:
• Literature Reviews (Links to an external site.)
For this milestone, complete the following:
• Review current literature on the topic.
• Summarize, critique, and evaluate the major findings of the sources that you find.
• Evaluate the current state of the literature on the topic such as gaps in the research and inconsistencies in findings.
• Identify any areas for further research on the topic.
• Use scholarly, peer-reviewed sources for the development of your Literature Review.
• Sources should be no more than five years old.
• Format your paper according to the AP7 Format
Part 2:
For the Portfolio Project Essay:
You are a consultant in a children’s ward for a long-term care hospital facility geared towards ages three to ten years old. The facility directors ask you to construct an indoor/outdoor play center and activity schedule to allow those in early and middle childhood to maintain and develop their cognitive, physical, social, and emotional growth while recovering from their injuries/illnesses.
Justify for the facility’s stakeholders the use and placement for each piece of play equipment, toy, and furniture. Make it clear when and why you would need to divide some of the space to separate children in early childhood from those in middle childhood.
• How does each piece of play equipment, toy, and furniture contribute to the four types of development (e.g., fine-motor movement helps physical growth)?
• How does each piece facilitate the social-emotional bonds of children with their families?
• How does each piece improve coping and adjustment to long-term care?
• The paper should be based on references to scholarly materials (rather than on introductory textbooks, popular website writings, or musings, for example). To that, your paper should synthesize current, relevant research on your topic from at least five scholarly sources.
• Include an introduction that provides a clear statement of your position on the topic, a body that discusses the implications of possible solutions for the project under consideration, and a conclusion regarding how best to manage the issue (i.e., your informed opinion on the issues raised).
Final Paper Instructions
• The paper should be based on references to scholarly materials (rather than on introductory textbooks, popular website writings, or musings, for example). To that, your paper should synthesize current, relevant research on your topic from at least five scholarly sources. Cite and reference these sources according to APA style.
• Include an introduction that provides a clear statement of your position on the topic, a body that discusses the implications of possible solutions for the project under consideration, and a conclusion regarding how best to manage the issue (i.e., your informed opinion on the issues raised).
The paper must demonstrate what you have learned about current issues related to human development. Your paper is expected to have depth and offer a thoughtful analysis on the topic. The most common mistakes in writing an essay are, (a) simply summarizing the topic and not analyzing it or discussing your views, and (b) failing to relate the subject to the broader context of restorative justice, as discussed in class and as found in the readings.
Adequately including the broader contexts includes, for example, considering how your research might yield a different approach to restorative justice in the United States.
Paper Requirements
Your paper should be 7-9 pages in length and conform to AP7 Format. Must include at least five scholarly references.
