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Critical Reading and Writing for Postgraduates (SAGE Study Skil
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- Condition
- Title
- Critical Reading for Post-grad (SAGE Study Skills Series)
- ISBN
- 9781412902229
- Subject Area
- Language Arts & Disciplines, Education
- Publication Name
- Critical Reading and Writing for Postgraduates
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications, The Limited
- Item Length
- 9.5 in
- Subject
- Research, Readers
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Series
- Sage Study Skills Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Perfect
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Weight
- 15 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.7 in
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
SAGE Publications, The Limited
ISBN-10
1412902223
ISBN-13
9781412902229
eBay Product ID (ePID)
51058564
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Publication Name
Critical Reading and Writing for Postgraduates
Language
English
Subject
Research, Readers
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines, Education
Series
Sage Study Skills Ser.
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
15 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2005-936728
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
'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, 'A very clear, accessible introductionthat will be invaluable topostgraduate students trying toengage with reading and writing in acritical way' - R.M. Lee, Professor of Social Research Methods, Royal Holloway University of London
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
378.170281
Table Of Content
Part One: Becoming a critical reader and self-critical writerWhat it means to be criticalMaking a critical choiceGetting started on critical readingGetting started on self-critical writingCreating a Comparative Critical SummaryPart Two: Developing an in-depth analysisA mental map for exploring the literatureComponents of your mental mapDeveloping a Critical Analysis of a textA worked example of a Critical AnalysisDeveloping your argument in writing a Critical Review of a textPart Three: Constructing a critical review of the literatureFocusing and building up your Critical Literature ReviewIntegrating Critical Literature Reviews into your dissertationTools for structuring a dissertationBuilding your academic career on critical reading and self-critical writing
Synopsis
This guide to critical reading and self-critical writing is a 'must-have' resource for postgraduate students and early-career academics in the social sciences. The text includes downloadable resources and is packed with tools for analysing texts and structuring critical reviews. It also incorporates exercises and worked examples based on the authors' own published research., 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., A systematic, coherent approach to developing critical reading and writing skills that are applicable to a range of different levels of analysis and types of reading and writing tasks. The authors are to be commended for the clarity of their writing and the way scaffolded advice and tasks are integrated into the text. The book could form the core text for a course on critical reading and writing and a useful reference tool for the academic recently entered upon writing for publication. - Educate Journal 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 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 analysing texts and structuring critical reviews, and incorporating exercises and worked examples drawn from the social sciences, the book offers step-by-step advice on how to: " read any text critically and analyse it in the depth appropriate to ones project " develop a self-critical approach to ones 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., This guide to critical reading and self-critical writing is a must-have resource for postgraduate students and early-career academics. It is packed with tools for analyzing texts and structuring critical reviews, and incorporating exercises and examples drawn from the social sciences.
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