PPT-Being "critical" in academic writing: building towards the literature review

Jackie Tuck 10 th March 2016 j ackietuckopenacuk Focus of the session Taking a critical stance in postgraduate writing what does it look like Building effective critical conversations in writing. Damian.Gordon@dit.ie. Important Link. www.damiantgordon.com. Module Description. Ideas, Researching, Writing…. Refining, Researching, Writing…. Researching. , Refining, . Writing. …. Module Description. Louise . Livesey. Academic Skills Adviser. This workshop will:.  . Explain what completing a review of literature involves. Offer tips on how to manage the reviewing process. Show you basic strategies for taking a critical approach to literature at . Louise . Livesey. Academic Skills Adviser. This workshop will:.  . Explain what completing a review of literature involves. Offer tips on how to manage the reviewing process. Show you basic strategies for taking a critical approach to literature at . Louise . Livesey. Academic Skills Adviser. This workshop . will….  . Provide . information on how to handle content and structure of a literature review assignment.. Offer . tips on how to assemble findings from the literature into an essay-style format.. Building Academic Vocabulary. “Voca. oil. ary”. **Allusion activity : Writing and Critical Thinking. Justice is not just a balancing act, but one that involves humanity and a productive life. As King Solomon found out, justice is more than balancing facts and laws; it involves humanity and productive living. Today’s date / presenter name / . etc. Example layout without background image. @. ncl_wdc. Writing Development Centre. Explore the possibilities. Your session, your questions. Today’s session. The purpose of the Literature Review: process and product. Writing a literature review. Faculty of Medical Sciences. Today’s aims. Getting you to think about the purpose of a literature review. Getting you to think about what your own literature review will look like. Mel Gill. Levels of Reflectiveness (1). Habitual action:. providing material without any sense of the meaning.. Understanding:. can demonstrate understanding but has difficulty applying it because it remains a theoretical concept and does not show how it might be used in practice.. Critical Review. Skills Needed to Review. Critical thinking and writing . Requires an object (book, story, musical piece, work of art) which does not have an independent existence.. Critical Review Skills (cont). Six Steps To Success. Lawrence A. Machi. Brenda T. McEvoy. Step Six: Write the Review. Write, Audit, Edit. 6 . Writing is an Iterative Process. Good writing comes from constant editing and revision. . Social Media, Academic Writing, and Constructing a Review Quickwrite #4: Can Social Media help us with Academic Writing? On p. 537, the authors of Everyone’s an Author assert (claim to be true) that LITERATURE REVIEW IN ACADEMIC RESEARCH BEING A WORKSHOP PRESENTATION FOR CAPACITY BUILDING T O PG STUDENTS By Dr. Muhammad I. Bello Department of Geography Faculty of Social Sciences UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI Q What is a literature reviewStated most simply it is an overview of published and unpublished materials which help answer two fundamental questions12What is the current state of knowledge about these Aims of the session. Explore what a literature review is and the purpose of it. Critical reading (to ensure critical writing). Writing the review: . Structure . Introductions. conclusions . Critical approaches to writing .