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 Lecturers! why waste time waiting for the post to arrive? Request and receive your e-inspection copy today! 'Written in a clear and straightforward fashion that is guaranteed to make you think! as well as encouraging constructive and engaging modes of writing that will improve your connection to your audience.' - Professor Graham Crow! University of Southampton How do you respond to adverts? Do you believe what they say! or look for a hidden agenda? Reading critically! and writing using critical techniques! are crucial skills you need to apply to your academic work. It may seem difficult at first! but you may already be a more critical reader than you think! This guide helps you develop both the ability to critically ask questions! and a reflective and critical approach to your own research and writing. Broken down into three parts! it builds up your skills and confidence through focused activities that progressively develop your ability to critically read and write. New to this 2nd edition: A range of subject specific examples from areas including linguistics! education! business and management Commentaries on using e-resources and features of e-research New online resources including worksheet templates! chapter activities and free access to journal articles. Look at the RESOURCES TAB to view and download the additional materials.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 SAGE Study Skills website for tips! quizzes and videos on study success! Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: BECOMING A CRITICAL READER AND SELF-CRITICAL WRITER What It Means to Be Critical Making a Critical Choice Getting Started on Critical Reading Getting Started on Self-Critical Writing Creating a Comparative Critical Summary PART TWO: DEVELOPING AN IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS The Key to a Mental Map for Exploring the Literature The Argument Component of Your Mental Map More Components: Knowledge! Literature! Intellectual Projects 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 THREE: PUTTING YOUR CRITICAL REVIEWS TO WORK Focusing and Building up your Critical Literature Review Integrating Critical Literature Reviews into Your Dissertation Tools for Structuring a Dissertation Using the Literature in Research Papers and Oral Presentations Appendices Abridged article: 'One word or two?' Abridged article: 'Sharing leadership of schools through teamwork' Blank form for the Critical Analysis of a text Logic Checklist: developing a logical overall argument in a dissertation ...

List of contents

PART ONE: BECOMING A CRITICAL READER AND SELF-CRITICAL WRITER
What It Means to Be Critical
Making a Critical Choice
Getting Started on Critical Reading
Getting Started on Self-Critical Writing
Creating a Comparative Critical Summary
PART TWO: DEVELOPING AN IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS
The Key to a Mental Map for Exploring the Literature
The Argument Component of Your Mental Map
More Components: Knowledge, Literature, Intellectual Projects
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 THREE: PUTTING YOUR CRITICAL REVIEWS TO WORK
Focusing and Building up your Critical Literature Review
Integrating Critical Literature Reviews into Your Dissertation
Tools for Structuring a Dissertation
Using the Literature in Research Papers and Oral Presentations
Appendices
Abridged article: 'One word or two?'
Abridged article: 'Sharing leadership of schools through teamwork'
Blank form for the Critical Analysis of a text
Logic Checklist: developing a logical overall argument in a dissertation

Report

'Mike Wallace and Alison Wray's book confirms that the answers that you get depend on the questions that you ask. One of the most important skills for researchers to acquire is that of asking the right questions, and they show that this process begins with identifying the questions that need to be asked about the existing literature on a chosen subject. Wallace and Wray demonstrate that critical engagement with one's sources pays dividends in terms of depth of understanding what those sources tell us. In addition, developing the skills of the critical reader also helps to make budding researchers into better writers, through the realisation of what works better and what works less well when communicating ideas and information. The book is written in a clear and straightforward fashion that is guaranteed to make you think, as well as encouraging constructive and engaging modes of writing that will improve your connection to your audience. '
Professor Graham Crow,
University of Southampton

Praise for first edition:

A very clear, accessible introduction that will be invaluable to postgraduate students trying to engage with reading and writing in a critical way' - R.M. Lee, Professor of Social Research Methods, Royal Holloway University of London

Product details

• Authors: Mike Wallace, Mike Wray Wallace, Mike/ Wray Wallace, Alison Wray
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.01.2011
• EAN: 9781849205627
• ISBN: 978-1-84920-562-7
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Sage Study Skills Series; Sage Study Skills; SAGE Study Skills
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies