| Physical description |
1 online resource (208 pages). |
| Series |
SAGE Study Skills Series. |
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SAGE Study Skills Series.
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| Contents |
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- How to Use this Book -- Author biographies -- Acknowledgements -- Part One: Becoming a critical reader and self-critical writer -- 1 What it Means to be Critical -- 2 Making a Critical Choice -- 3 Getting Started on Critical Reading -- 4 Getting Started on Self-Critical Writing -- 5 Creating a Comparative Critical Summary -- Part Two: Developing an in-depth analysis -- 6 A Mental Map for Exploring the Literature -- 7 Components of your Mental Map -- 8 Developing a Critical Analysis of a Text -- 9 A Worked Example of a Critical Analysis -- 10 Developing your Argument in Writing a Critical Review of a Text -- Part Three: Constructing a critical review of the literature -- 11 Focusing and Building up your Critical Literature Review -- 12 Integrating Critical Literature Reviews into your Dissertation -- 13 Tools for Structuring a Dissertation -- 14 Building your Academic Career on Critical Reading and Self-Critical Writing -- Appendices -- 1 Abridged article: 'One word or two?' (Wray and Staczek) -- 2 Abridged article: 'Sharing leadership through teamwork' (Wallace) -- 3 Blank form for the Critical Analysis of a text -- 4 Checklist: developing a logical overall argument in a dissertation -- Index. |
| Summary |
This guide to critical reading and self-critical writing is a must-have resource for postgraduate students and early-career academics. It is packed with tools for analyzing texts and structuring critical reviews, and incorporating exercises and examples drawn from the social sciences. |
| Notes |
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
| Local Note |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
| Other author |
Wray, Alison, Professor.
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| Subject |
Critical thinking -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Reading (Higher education)
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Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
9781446200261 (electronic bk.) |
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9781412902229 |
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