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Critical Reviews

Written on January 24th, 2010 by / found by Derekno shouts

by Steve Draper.
This document consists of notes for psychology department students on how to tackle critical reviews (CRs). Although the points here have been discussed with some colleagues, they do [...]

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Reciprocal critiquing exercise for tutorials

Written on January 24th, 2010 by / found by Derekno shouts

This is my description of an exercise I feel is good, and have run many times with level 3 tutorial groups here at Glasgow, in Psychology, as have a least a [...]

Examples of critical reviews

Written on January 24th, 2010 by / found by Kathrynno shouts

By Steve Draper,   Department of Psychology,   University of Glasgow.
Students often, and sensibly ask for example CRs (critical reviews). Often if you go to the right PAL session, the facilitators will bring [...]

Critical literature review techniques

Written on January 24th, 2010 by / found by Derekno shouts

(last amended 16.10.06)
In order to qualify as a ‘critical’ review you must go beyond the simple description of the sources you read. If you are writing a review with reference to specific [...]

Truman Show as representative of a TV Culture

Written on December 1st, 2009 by / found by TheGuruno shouts

The Truman Show Critique
The Truman Show, another movie about reality television, provides an outlet for the fears that we should have in regards to how far the reality television phenomena [...]

Critical review writing

Written on November 29th, 2009 by / found by TheGuruno shouts

What is a critical review?
A critical review is an evaluation of an academic text eg: an article, report, essay or book. You are asked to make judgments, positive or negative, [...]

The Truman Show: A Discussion Guide

Written on November 28th, 2009 by / found by TheGuruone shout

The Truman Show (USA, 1998); directed by Peter Weir
Chapter 4 of my book, Faith, Film and Philosophy, is titled “Escaping Into Reality: What We Can Learn from The Truman Show about the [...]

Examples of critical analysis

Written on November 27th, 2009 by / found by TheGuruno shouts

Part of becoming a successful critical reader is being able to translate the thoughts you had whilst reading, into your writing.  Below are some written examples of the observations a [...]

Writing a Critical Review

Written on November 26th, 2009 by / found by TheGuruno shouts

What is a critical review?
A critical review is a review of an article that combines a summary and a critical comment.
Why are you asked to write a critical review?
Students in [...]

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