RMF2012 Abstracts

Session: Tuesday 3rd July AM (09.15 - 12.45)

Title: Critical Reading Workshop

Name: Mike Wallace

Affiliation: ESRC Researcher Development Initiative, Cardiff University

Abstract Details

This hands-workshop provides support with learning to become a critical reader of academic literature in social science fields and a self-critical writer of literature reviews, including those forming part of a thesis. The presenters are co-authors of the textbook 'Critical Reading and Writing for Postgraduates' (published by Sage, 2nd edition 2011). The workshop will be based on material in it. Participants will be invited to bring an academic article or chapter reporting research that they wish to engage with critically, and to try conducting an in-depth critical analysis of it using frameworks drawn from the book.

The level of the session is: Accessible

Presentation details

Presenter 1

Start time: 09:15

Presentation title: Critical reading and writing

Author: Professor Mike Wallace

Affiliation: Cardiff University

Presenter 2

Start time: 09:15

Presentation title: Critical reading and writing

Author: Professor Alison Wray

Affiliation: Cardiff University