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Critical Reading and Writing for Postgraduates (Student Success) Third Edition

by Mike Wallace (Author), Alison Wray (Author)
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Reading critically, and writing using critical techniques, are crucial skills you need to apply to your academic work.  Practical and engaging, Critical Reading and Writing for Postgraduates is bursting with tools for analysing texts and structuring critical reviews, helping you to gradually build your skills beyond undergraduate level and gain confidence in your ability to critically read and write. 


New to this 3rd edition:

  • Introduces a technique for developing critical thinking skills by interrogating paper abstracts

  • Additional diagrams, exercises and concept explanations, enabling you to more easily understand and apply the various approaches

  • A glossary, to help with understanding of key terms.

Also new for this edition, a Companion Website provides additional resources to help you apply the critical techniques you learn.  From templates and checklists, access to SAGE journal articles and additional case studies, these free resources will make sure you successfully master advanced critical skills.

If you need to engage with published (or unpublished) literature such as essays, dissertations or theses, research papers or oral presentations, this proven guide helps you develop a reflective and advanced critical approach to your research and writing.

The Student Success series are essential guides for students of all levels. From how to think critically and write great essays to planning your dream career, the Student Success series helps you study smarter and get the best from your time at university.


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  3. Edition
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  4. Publisher
    SAGE Publications Ltd
  5. Publication date
    May 4, 2016
  6. Part of series
    Student Success
  7. Language
    English
  8. Dimensions
    6.69 x 0.7 x 9.53 inches
  9. Print length
    296 pages
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This updated and expanded edition contains a welcome revision of a very useful guide to critical reading, writing and thinking in academic work. It provides an extremely detailed step-by-step guide to engaging with several types of academic literature and it presents numerous worked examples of how critical writing should be done. The book should be regarded as essential reading for postgraduate students, especially with regard to the preparation of dissertations and theses. It will also be of great value for academics engaged in the critical review of literature in their respective fields and for critical reflection upon their own work for publication. -- Alan Phipps Published On: 2015-12-01

This book will be a must read for my research students. It is practical with its various techniques and strategies, without being prescriptive. It will build your confidence in critically engaging with what you read and, because the authors treat reading and writing as an intertwined process, it will help with evidencing your own claims, identifying gaps in your arguments and seeing the assumptions you forget you are making. Indeed this book has the capacity to support us all to become better writers.

-- Melanie Nind Published On: 2015-12-10

This book demystifies the ‘what’ and ‘why’ of critical reading and writing in a highly accessible way. Scaffolded activities which encourage self-reflection provide essential practice for postgraduates wishing to develop their critical sub-skills, and are also an invaluable resource for Learning Development professionals working to foster these sub-skills in their students, whatever their disciplinary context or cultural background. -- Chris Bishop Published On: 2015-12-15

About the Author

Mike Wallace is a Professor of Public Management at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, where he teaches postgraduate courses on research methods. He was formerly an Associate Director of the Advanced Institute of Management Research (AIM), responsible for research capacity building in the management field, and also the Economic and Social Research Council’s Strategic Adviser for Researcher Development. His research on managing change in the public services is reported in many books and academic journals. Most recently, he is lead author of a major monograph Developing Public Service Leaders: Elite Orchestration, Change Agency, Leaderism and Neoliberalization (Oxford University Press 2023). He is co-author of Critical Reading and Writing for Postgraduates (4th edition 2021).

Alison Wray is a Research Professor of Language and Communication at Cardiff University. Her research concerns the modelling of lexical storage and processing, particularly in relation to formulaic phrases, and it has been applied to language learning, evolution of language and language disability. Her two monographs Formulaic Language and the Lexicon (Cambridge University Press, 2002) and Formulaic Language: Pushing the Boundaries (Oxford University Press, 2008) are internationally acclaimed. Her current research focusses on dementia communication. Her 2020 book The Dynamics of Dementia Communication won the 2021 book prize of the British Association for Applied Linguistics and came second in the biennial book award of the American Association for Applied Linguistics. She has also published Why Dementia Makes Communication Difficult: A Guide to Better Outcomes (2021), aimed at people with dementia, their families and carers. She has a longstanding commitment to researcher training, including the developing of academic expertise. She is lead author of the popular undergraduate research methods textbook Projects in Linguistics (Hodder, 2012) and co-author of Critical Reading and Writing for Postgraduates (4th edition 2021).

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ SAGE Publications Ltd; Third edition (May 4, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 296 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1412961823
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1412961820
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.14 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.69 x 0.7 x 9.53 inches
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  • Laura
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book - wish i'd found it sooner.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 1, 2019
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    Very helpful book which i referred to throughout my MBA. It became my bible during postgraduate studies having been recommended to me by someone else in my class. I highly recommend this book to organise yourself during your post grad. It's good value for money and an easy read.
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  • Gillian
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    Excellent, highly recommended to me, now to benefit.
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  • Jude
    5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent companion and solution to academic writing skills
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 26, 2020
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    A very good text to improve your postgraduate critical writing and reading skills. Easy to understand text that move my writing skills from D to B level. I recommend the book for any student struggling with academic writing skills or desire to improve on the it.......
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    4.0 out of 5 stars Being Academic: The core skill
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 26, 2016
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    Although the text is fundamentally targeted at post graduate students it is a valuable text for any academic wishing to enhance their critical reading and writing skills. The text is highly structured and needs to be read from beginning to end in order to fully benefit from the methods presented. For undergraduate students looking to get higher grades the text gets you thinking more deeply about criticality and for the seasoned academic it confirms much of what you already do, is likely to add some new ways of thinking and offers a range of different structures with which to approach critical reading and writing.
    The structured development of theory and application to examples of articles through the use of 'the mental map' approach clarifies the intended use of theory through illustration. The text culminates in applying the skills and theory developed throughout the text to a doctoral level dissertation. However, the principles can be usefully applied by any student, researcher or higher education lecturer.
    Overall an excellent text of great value to a wide range of academics that clarifies a potentially mystical issue of the nature of criticality. Although the author acknowledges the limited treatment of the philosophical positions due to the complexity of the topic I feel that the text would benefit from further development of this fundamental underpinning issue. However, this should not detract from the great value to be gained through adopting the ideas and skills developed.
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  • Meg learner
    5.0 out of 5 stars ESSENTIAL reading (and USE) for postgrad study
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 23, 2011
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    This book sits on my desk, filled with little flags and I have all the forms on my computer. It has provided so much information and structure and just plain HELP towards my postgrad studies. Get it - you NEED it. I wish I had known this stuff when I was doing my GCSEs (well 'O' levels in my case!). The book is readable for any age and interesting and contains so much I wish I had known years ago. It fits very well with "A student's Guide to Methodology", also on Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/Students-Guide-Methodology-Cathy-Nutbrown/dp/141292913X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1308816774&sr=1-1
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