Getting Critical

This concise, no-nonsense guide shows students how to adopt a critical approach in order to unlock their academic potential. It explains why students need to be critical and provides practical advice on how they can integrate critical analysis into their research, reading and writing. Each succinct chapter is visually engaging and informative, and gives students the support they need to succeed in applying critical thinking to their work.

It is an invaluable resource for all students who are required to write essays, reports and other pieces of extended writing as part of their course. It is also an ideal text to be used in conjunction with study skills programmes and critical thinking modules at HE and FE level.

New to this Edition:
- Reworked chapter on writing for a critical reader
- Updated scenarios and examples

Author: Kate Williams
Publisher: Red Globe Press
Published: 06/30/2014
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 4.20h x 5.40w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9781137402516

About the Author
Kate Williams manages Upgrade, the Study Advice Service at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She has worked with students from Foundation to PhD and has written a range of books and materials on study skills and is also the Series Editor for Pocket Study Skills