Getting Critical
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 11. February 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-352-00150-1 (ISBN)
Description
This guide shows how a 'critical' approach is fundamental to all aspects of study from start to finish. It gives practical advice and models for critical thinking and writing, and real examples from students' work. The layout is varied and accessible, with engaging illustrations and an informal, direct style.
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Edition
2nd ed. 2014
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Palgrave Macmillan
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
65 s/w Abbildungen
65 Illustrations, black and white; 128 p. 65 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-352-00150-1 (9781352001501)
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Kate Williams
Getting Critical
Book
06/2014
2nd Edition
Red Globe Press
€10.69
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Person
Kate Williams manages Upgrade, the Study Advice Service at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She has worked with students from Foundation to PhD and has written a range of books and materials on study skills and is also the Series Editor for Pocket Study Skills.
Content
Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- PART I: GETTING A CRITICAL MINDSET.- 1. Getting Strategic.- 2. The Language of Assessment .- 3. The Stairway to Critical Thinking.- PART II: GETTING CRITICAL IN RESEARCH AND READING.- 4. A Critical Approach to Reading Lists.- 5. A Critical Search Online.- 6. But is it any good? Evaluating Your Sources.- 7. To Read or Not to Read A Critical Decision.- 8. A Strategic Approach to Reading.- 9. A Critical Record of Reading.- PART III: GETTING CRITICAL IN WRITING.- 10. Answer the Question!.- 11. Writing Paragraphs A Critical Skill.- 12. Writing for a Critical Reader.- PART IV: CRITICAL STEPS.- 13. Using Frameworks for Critical Analysis .- 14. Stepping up the Stairway to Critical Thinking.- 15. Becoming a Critical Writer.- References.- Useful Sources.- Index .