Becoming a Critical Thinker

ISBN-13: 9781352011333 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 187 str.

Sandra Egege

Spis treści

Foreword.- Glossary.- 1. Why critical thinking matters: research, knowledge and epistemology.- 2. Overcoming barriers: cognitive biases.- 3. Overcoming barriers: problems with perception.- 4. Knowledge claims: recognising and writing an argument.- 5. Critiquing the logic of the argument: logical thinking and common fallacies.- 6. Critical thinking and digital literacy: evaluating the information source.- 7. Critiquing the literature: How do you know that is so?.- 8. Critiquing the evidence: quantitative and qualitative research methodologies.- 9. Writing an argument: making it persuasive.- 10. Writing (critical) literature reviews.- 11. Critical thinking as critical self-reflection.- 12. Critical thinking in the workplace.- References.- Index.

O autorze

Sandra Egege is an Affiliate Lecturer at Flinders University, Australia.