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Critical reading and writing for postgraduates / Mike Wallace and Alison Wray.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: SAGE study skillsPublisher: Los Angeles : SAGE 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: Third editionDescription: 1 volumeISBN:
  • 9781412961813:
  • 9781412961820:
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: ebook version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 808.06
LOC classification:
  • .W35 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
[Part. 1 : 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.
[Part.2: 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.
[Part. 3: 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.
Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

[Part. 1 : 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.

[Part.2: 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.

[Part. 3: 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.

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.

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