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studySMART@GCU. Critical thinking . studySMART@GCU. Today’s Session. Literature searching Critical reading Description v analysis Lifelong learning for professional practice . studySMART@GCU. Critical thinking. Jack and the Beanstalk What is the story of this fairytale?

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  1. studySMART@GCU Critical thinking

  2. studySMART@GCU Today’s Session • Literature searching • Critical reading • Description v analysis • Lifelong learning for professional practice

  3. studySMART@GCU Critical thinking Jack and the Beanstalk What is the story of this fairytale? Who is the hero?

  4. studySMART@GCU Critical thinking Critical Thinking Skills – we use them all the time! • Do you believe every advert? Do you accept every headline? • List activities outside university where you have used critical thinking skills. • In what way did you employ them? • For example, you may have bought a car recently. • How did you decide which make and model to buy? • Did you take the advice of every salesperson?

  5. studySMART@GCU Critical thinking • Use critical thinking to evaluate the following arguments: • My Gran smoked heavily all her life and she lived until she was 90 so smoking won’t harm me. • • In my study, all of the 20 people that I interviewed said that they believed in corporal punishment for youth vandals so we should start introducing it. • • After having that meal in the restaurant the other night, my sister and I felt really ill. It must have been food poisoning.

  6. studySMART@GCU Critical thinking Why is it important to research literature for assessments?

  7. studySMART@GCU Critical thinking • What types of resources have you used before? • Textbooks? • Journal articles? • Newspapers? • Reading lists? • Library catalogues? • Databases? • Websites?

  8. studySMART@GCU Critical thinking • Searching the literature – search terms • ‘Using evidence in healthcare’ • - How would you search for articles/papers on this topic? • What search terms would you use? • What alternatives/synonyms would you use? • In small groups, spend 5 minutes coming up with your terms.

  9. studySMART@GCU Critical thinking Read everything critically!

  10. studySMART@GCU Making the most of resources • Exercise • Develop a checklist of things that you are looking for when selecting what to read. • What criteria will you use to decide what you will make notes from and what you will disregard?

  11. studySMART@GCU Making the most of resources • Reading Checklist • Author, publisher, date – too old, current? • Kind of publication – journal, book, newspaper? • Respectable source – ISSN number, peer-reviewed? • What is the main argument in the text? – check abstract or introduction • What evidence is presented? • Am I convinced by this? • References, further reading provided? • Are other points of view considered/discussed? • Is the experiment method and sample size reasonable? • Good use of statistics, graphs? • Is it useful to my background reading or assignment? NMCHstudySMART@gcal.ac.uk

  12. studySMART@GCU Critical thinking • A critical reader should be able to: • Summarise and outline complex material. • Evaluate a text – is it accurate, authoritative and convincing? • Gauge a text’s importance or significance. • Compare and contrast different texts. • Synthesis information from several texts. • Apply concepts or principles in one text to other texts. • Analyse the way a text achieves its effects. • Critically examine a text’s reasoning.

  13. studySMART@GCU Critical thinking • Description v analysis • Consider the examples of writing: • What are the characteristics that make example 1 descriptive? • How does the author of example 2 show critical and analytical thought?

  14. studySMART@GCU Critical thinking • Lifelong learning • Critical thought will feature throughout your time as a healthcare practitioner and professional. • Giving presentations, arguing your case, defending a position, understanding the theory that underlies an argument. • Continued research, developments, modifications in your field. • May choose to continue to research degree – analytical skills vital here.

  15. studySMART@GCU Vic Boyd Stephanie McKendry Academic Development Tutors NMCH

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