Critical Reading and Writing for Postgraduates

by Wallace, Mike; Wray, Alison

• ISBN13: 9781412902229
• ISBN10: 1412902223
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-09
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Mike Wallace is a Professor of Education at the University of Bath Alison Wray is a Professor of Language and Communication at Cardiff University

Table of Contents

How to use this book	p. vii
Author biographies	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Becoming a critical reader and self-critical writer	p. 1
What it Means to be Critical	p. 3
Making a Critical Choice	p. 15
Getting Started on Critical Reading	p. 26
Getting Started on Self-Critical Writing	p. 39
Creating a Comparative Critical Summary	p. 48
Developing an in-depth analysis	p. 59
A Mental Map for Exploring the Literature	p. 61
Components of your Mental Map	p. 71
Developing a Critical Analysis of a Text	p. 91
A Worked Example of a Critical Analysis	p. 100
Developing your Argument in Writing a Critical Review of a Text	p. 115
Constructing a critical review of the literature	p. 127
Focusing and Building up your Critical Literature Review	p. 129
Integrating Critical Literature Reviews into your Dissertation	p. 147
Tools for Structuring a Dissertation	p. 166
Building your Academic Career on Critical Reading and Self-Critical Writing	p. 177
Appendices	p. 183
Abridged article: 'One word or two?' (Wray and Staczek)	p. 185
Abridged article: 'Sharing leadership through teamwork' (Wallace)	p. 195
Blank form for the Critical Analysis of a text	p. 209
Checklist: developing a logical overall argument in a dissertation	p. 219
Index	p. 222
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