Critical Thinking in Academic Writing: A Cultural Approach

ISBN-13: 9781032038827 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 174 str.

Shi Pu

Opis

The book compares how critical thinking is conceptualised, applied and acquired by Chinese postgraduate students in three different settings in China and the UK. It aims to uncover the cultural conditions for them to understand and apply critical thinking skills in academic writing tasks.

Spis treści

1. Critical thinking as an educational ideal　 2. Critical thinking as a cultural issue 3. The lens of a cultural approach　 4. Critical thinking reconceptualised　 5. Critical thinking in written texts　 6. Critical thinking in writing activities 7. Critical thinking in academic writing: A theoretical model

O autorze

Shi PU is Lecturer at Beijing Foreign Studies University, National Research Centre for Foreign Language Education. Her research interests include critical thinking, academic literacies, and foreign language curriculum and instruction. She received her PhD in Second Language Education from the University of Cambridge.