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Becoming a Critical Thinker is a clear and inspiring guide to developing essential critical thinking skills. The book features unique practitioner and student interviews to help students appreciate how vital critical thinking is in an academic, professional, and personal context. It includes interviews with students from a range of universities, offering reassurance and guidance on how to tackle reading lists, voice ideas or questions in groups, and listen actively from those with first-hand experience.It has a clear three-part structure; firstly, examining what critical thinking is; secondly, exploring the three overarching aims of critical thinking; and finally, focusing on how to develop the essential tools to support those aims. This text assumes no prior knowledge or understanding, and it has been developed to gently guide the reader from school-level education to university-level thinking in a clear and engaging manner.KEY FEATURESOffers insight and advice from professionals and students, helping students learn from the experiences of others in a range of contextsGuided exercises, checklists, and further reading encourage students to apply techniques learnt to real situationsChapters dedicated to listening and speaking, which are often overlooked, but are vitally important skills.This title is available as an eBook. Visit VitalSource for more information or to purchase.Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press
ISBN-139780198841531
eBay Product ID (ePID)3046617059
Product Key Features
Number of Pages344 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameBecoming a Critical Thinker: for Your University Studies and Beyond
Publication Year2021
SubjectLaw, Education, Business
TypeStudy Guide
AuthorSarah Birrell Ivory
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height246 mm
Item Weight672 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorSarah Birrell Ivory