this Guide To Critical Reading And Self-critical Writing Is A Must-have Resource For Postgraduate Students And Early-career Academics. Packed With Tools For Analyzing Texts And Structuring Critical Reviews, And Incorporating Exercises And Examples Drawn From The Social Sciences, The Book Offers Step-by-step Advice On How To:
read Any Text Critically And Analyze It In The Depth Appropriate To One's Project
develop A Self-critical Approach To One's Own Academic Writing
ask Questions In Order To Evaluate Authors' Arguments
keep A Review Manageable By Using Focused Review Questions
structure A Comparative Review Of Multiple Texts
build Up A Convincing Argument
integrate Critical Literature Reviews Into A Dissertation Or Thesis
make The Transition From Postgraduate To Professional Academic Writer
Essential Reading For Novice Researchers, The Book Will Also Be Invaluable For Supervisors, Methods Course Tutors, And Academic Mentors Who Teach And Support The Development Of Critical Reading And Self-critical Writing Skills.

Mike Wallace, Alison Wray

Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications

Paul Chapman Publishing Ltd

2nd ed., Thousand Oaks, CA, California, 2011

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Sage study skills, 2nd ed, London, 2011

Education, 2. ed, London, 2011

Second, 2011

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Focusing on critical reading and self-critical writing, this book is suitable for postgraduate students and early-career academics. It contains tools for analysing texts and structuring critical reviews, and incorporates exercises and worked examples drawn from the social sciences

Become skilled and confident at critical reading and writing, developing a more thorough critical approach to improve your research and writing.

x, 252 p. : 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index

2023-06-28