Critical Reading and Writing for Postgraduates Student Success Fourth Edition by Mike Wallace 9781529757682 1529757681

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Product details:

• ISBN 10: 1529757681
• ISBN 13: 9781529757682
• Author: Mike Wallace 

Reading critically, and writing using critical techniques, are crucial skills you need to apply to your academic work.  If you need to engage with published (or unpublished) literature such as essays, dissertations or theses, research papers or oral presentations, this proven guide helps you develop a reflective and advanced critical approach to your research and writing. New to this edition: Two new chapters on basic and advanced writing skills More advice on self-bias and perception Updates and additional examples throughout Updated online resources providing additional support. A Companion Website provides additional resources to help you apply the critical techniques you learn.  From templates and checklists, access to SAGE journal articles and additional case studies, these free resources will make sure you successfully master advanced critical skills.

Table contents:

1 What it Means to be Critical

2 Making a Critical Choice

3 A First Look: Interrogating Abstracts

4 Getting Started on Critical Reading

5 Getting Started on Self-Critical Writing

6 Creating a Comparative Critical Summary

7 Developing Your Writing Skills to Communicate Effectively

8 A Mental Map for Navigating the Literature

9 Tools for Thinking and Ways of Thinking

10 Reasons for Conducting the Research

11 Knowledge Claims and Their Key Characteristics

12 Developing a Critical Analysis of a Text

13 A Worked Example of a Critical Analysis

14 Developing Your Argument in Writing a Critical Review of a Text

15 Focusing and Building Up Your Critical Literature Review

16 Integrating Critical Literature Reviews into Your Dissertation

17 Critical Literature Reviews in Alternative Dissertation Structures

18 Tools for Structuring a Dissertation

19 Using the Literature in Research Papers, Oral Presentations and Posters

20 Developing Advanced Writing Skills

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