Critical Thinking Skills for Your Education Degree.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (94 pages)
- Critical Study Skills Series .
- Critical Study Skills Series .
Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Meet the authors -- Introduction -- A note on terminology -- Chapter 1 The foundations of critical thinking -- Fake news! -- Discussion of task -- Developing and applying your critical thinking skills -- Critical thinking in education practice -- Discussion of task -- Applying critical thinking to ethical issues -- Discussion of case study A -- Discussion of case study B -- References -- Chapter 2 Reflective practice -- Reflection and reflective practice -- Reflective frameworks -- Brookfield's four lenses model -- Gibbs' reflective cycle -- Johns' model of structured reflection -- Critically evaluating reflective frameworks -- Reflection-in-action and reflection-on-action -- Reflection on learning -- School supervision -- Writing reflectively -- Short written reflections -- Discussion of task -- Longer written reflections and essays -- Discussion of task -- The language of reflection -- Discussion of reflective language analysis -- References -- Chapter 3 Critical reading -- Selecting sources for an assignment -- Selecting credible sources -- Selecting relevant sources -- Discussion of tasks -- Engaging critically with sources -- Scrutinising -- Synthesising -- Telling your research story -- Discussion of task -- References -- Chapter 4 Critical writing -- What does it mean to write critically? -- References -- Appendix 1: Academic levels at university -- Appendix 2: Verb forms in English -- Further reading -- Answer key -- Index.
An essential text for all those undertaking an education or teaching degree within higher education, providing study support and skills development for critical thinking, reading and writing.
9781912508594
Education-Study and teaching (Higher)-Great Britain.