Critical Skills for Academic Assignments: A Student Toolkit 1e

Part One: An introduction to critical thinking within the higher-education context

1 Critical thinking in everyday life
2 What does your lecturer mean when they say critical thinking?
3 Adopting a critical mindset

Part Two: Deconstructing the assignment and the complexities of understanding and formulating the argument

4 Deconstructing the assessment task
5 What is an argument?
6 Planning a critical assignment

Part Three: From planning to reading and researching for the assignment

7 The selection process: choosing your sources wisely
8 Reading critically for your assisgnment
9 The critical detective: identifying unfounded claims and misleading evidence
10 Note taking

Part Four: Critical writing skills, focussing on the use of language and structuring a coherent piece of work

11 Writing your introduction
12 Building your paragraphs
13 Descriptive versus analytical writing
14 Vocabulary for critical writing - toolkit
15 Vocabulary for critical writing - beyond the essay
16 Critical thinking for research projects

Part Five: An innovative look at critical thinking post assignment hand-in, encouraging students to apply these skills to the workplace in an increasingly competitive global economy

17 Critically engaging with feedback
18 Using critical thinking in the job-application proces

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