Critical Reading and Writing for Postgraduates

Informationen zum Autor Mike Wallace is a Professor of Public Management at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University. He is an Associate Director of the Advanced Institute of Management Research (AIM), responsible for research capacity building in the management field. He is also the Economic and Social Research Council's Strategic Adviser for Researcher Development. Mike is series editor of the Sage Learning to Read Critically series of books. His own research on managing change in the public services is reported in many books and academic journals. Klappentext Reading critically, and writing using critical techniques, are crucial skills you need to apply to your academic work. Practical and engaging, Critical Reading and Writing for Postgraduates is bursting with tools for analysing texts and structuring critical reviews, helping you to gradually build your skills beyond undergraduate level and gain confidence in your ability to critically read and write. New to this 3rd edition: Introduces a technique for developing critical thinking skills by interrogating paper abstracts Additional diagrams, exercises and concept explanations, enabling you to more easily understand and apply the various approaches A glossary, to help with understanding of key terms. Also new for this edition, 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. If you need to engage with published (or unpublished) literature such as essays, dissertations or theses, research papers or oral presentations, this proven guide helps you develop a reflective and advanced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. SAGE Study Skills are essential study guides for students of all levels. From how to write great essays and succeeding at university, to writing your undergraduate dissertation and doing postgraduate research, SAGE Study Skills help you get the best from your time at university. Visit the for tips, quizzes and videos on study success! Zusammenfassung Become skilled and confident at critical reading and writing! developing a more thorough critical approach to improve your research and writing. Inhaltsverzeichnis Becoming a Critical Reader and Self-Critical Writer What it Means to Be Critical Making a Critical Choice A First Look: Interrogating Abstracts Getting Started on Critical Reading Getting Started on Self-Critical Writing Creating a Comparative Critical Summary Developing an In-Depth Analysis A Mental Map for Navigating the Literature Tools for Thinking and Ways of Thinking Reasons for Conducting the Research Knowledge Claims and their Key Characteristics Developing a Critical Analysis of a Text A Worked Example of a Critical Analysis Developing your Argument in Writing a Critical Review of a Text Putting your Critical Reviews to Work Focusing and Building up your Critical Literature Review Integrating Critical Literature Reviews into your Dissertation Critical Literature Reviews in Alternative Dissertation Structures Tools for Structuring a Dissertation Using the Literature in Research Papers and Oral Presentations ...

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Reading critically, and writing using critical techniques, are crucial skills you need to apply to your academic work. Practical and engaging, Critical Reading and Writing for Postgraduates is bursting with tools for analysing texts and structuring critical reviews, helping you to gradually build your skills beyond undergraduate level and gain confidence in your ability to critically read and write.

New to this 3rd edition:

• Introduces a technique for developing critical thinking skills by interrogating paper abstracts

• Additional diagrams, exercises and concept explanations, enabling you to more easily understand and apply the various approaches

• A glossary, to help with understanding of key terms.
  Also new for this edition, 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.

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.

SAGE Study Skills are essential study guides for students of all levels. From how to write great essays and succeeding at university, to writing your undergraduate dissertation and doing postgraduate research, SAGE Study Skills help you get the best from your time at university. Visit the for tips, quizzes and videos on study success!

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

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Becoming a Critical Reader and Self-Critical Writer
What it Means to Be Critical
Making a Critical Choice
A First Look: Interrogating Abstracts
Getting Started on Critical Reading
Getting Started on Self-Critical Writing
Creating a Comparative Critical Summary
Developing an In-Depth Analysis
A Mental Map for Navigating the Literature
Tools for Thinking and Ways of Thinking
Reasons for Conducting the Research
Knowledge Claims and their Key Characteristics
Developing a Critical Analysis of a Text
A Worked Example of a Critical Analysis
Developing your Argument in Writing a Critical Review of a Text
Putting your Critical Reviews to Work
Focusing and Building up your Critical Literature Review
Integrating Critical Literature Reviews into your Dissertation
Critical Literature Reviews in Alternative Dissertation Structures
Tools for Structuring a Dissertation
Using the Literature in Research Papers and Oral Presentations