How to Study Education Critically

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-5296-9338-6
Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 242 mm

If you're studying for an Education degree and want to develop your skills in reading, writing and thinking critically this is the book for you.

Criticality is vital for succeeding in your academic work and a key professional skill for anyone training to become a teacher. This book will lead you through the process of developing a critical mindset, enabling you to feel more confident about your academic reading, how to analyse different types of texts, your academic writing and the construction of a balanced and evidenced line of argument.

It will also help you with building the critical skills required to undertake your own educational research project, explore ways to bring a critical thinking approach to different types of course assessment, and apply a critical perspective to the use of AI in education.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Benstead, Helen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART 1: Developing critical thinking skills
Chapter 1: What is criticality?
Chapter 2: The foundations of critical thinking in education
PART 2: Developing critical reading and writing skills
Chapter 3: The principles of critical reading in education
Chapter 4: The principles of critical writing in education
Chapter 5: Critiquing different types of published work in education
PART 3: Developing criticality in educational research
Chapter 6: Critiquing different aspects of educational research
Chapter 7: The principles of planning and writing up critical educational research
Chapter 8: Criticality for professional life: applying education for transformation
PART 4: Criticality across other types of assessment in education
Chapter 9: Criticality on ‘non-traditional’ assessment methods
Chapter 10: A critical approach to AI in education
Chapter 11: Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Benstead, Helen
Dr Helen Benstead is Associate Professor of Inclusive Education and Academic Director of the Graduate School at the University of Sunderland, where she manages the strategy for post-graduate research degrees across the university.
She began her career with a BA (QTS) in Primary Education, before completing an MPhil at Cambridge and a PhD at York. Helen has held senior policy roles in central and local government, working as a Youth Policy Advisor at the Cabinet Office and for the Mayor of London on his Education and Youth strategy. Helen also founded Inclusive Classrooms, a social enterprise supporting Teaching Assistants across the UK.
Helen has authored a range of professional development materials, published widely on inclusive education and participatory research methodologies, and continues to research socially inclusive practices in the field of education.