Critical Thinking in Academic Writing - A Cultural Approach

The book inquires into critical thinking through a cultural approach. Based on an ethnographic study, it compares Chinese postgraduate students' conceptualisations and applications of critical thinking in three different settings in China and the UK. From an insider's perspective, it analyses the intricate interplay of multiple cultural and individual factors that conditions students' critical thinking development as they learn to write an academic thesis and to manage postgraduate learning. The book offers insights into the nature of problems that Chinese students encounter with critical thinking and envisions possibilities for the ideas for critical thinking to have a transformative power in an intercultural space.

The book will primarily be of interest to academics and educators who work on critical thinking and academic writing, especially those who work with Chinese students. Scholars interested in intercultural issues in higher education may also find it relevant.

List of contents

1. Critical thinking as an educational ideal 2. Critical thinking as a cultural issue 3. The lens of a cultural approach 4. Critical thinking reconceptualised 5. Critical thinking in written texts 6. Critical thinking in writing activities 7. Critical thinking in academic writing: A theoretical model

About the author

Shi PU is Lecturer at Beijing Foreign Studies University, National Research Centre for Foreign Language Education. Her research interests include critical thinking, academic literacies, and foreign language curriculum and instruction. She received her PhD in Second Language Education from the University of Cambridge.

Summary

The book compares how critical thinking is conceptualised, applied and acquired by Chinese postgraduate students in three different settings in China and the UK. It aims to uncover the cultural conditions for them to understand and apply critical thinking skills in academic writing tasks.

Product details

• Authors: Shi PU
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781032038827
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3203882-7
• No. of pages: 174
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Communication Studies, Teaching skills and techniques, Philosophy & theory of education, Teaching skills & techniques, Philosophy and theory of education, Language teaching and learning, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), EDUCATION / Teaching / Methods & Strategies