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Critical Thinking for Sports Students: Active Learning in Sport Series

Autor Emily Ryall
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 apr 2010
"A really useful textbook to help undergraduate students construct arguments in their writing, and raise their writing abilities to a higher level. The book also provides useful examples that relates to sports students."
- Hassan Khalil
, Hertfordshire University

"A fantastic text and one we use regularly with undergraduate and postgraduates."
- Abbe Brady
, Gloucestershire University

The capacity to think critically is essential for success in sport courses in higher education. This book provides all those involved in the study of sport with the tools to assess, construct and present arguments and to analyse and evaluate material.

The emphasis is on the application of critical thinking – in the form of written arguments, discussion and negotiation. Throughout, the text and examples are presented within the context of sport, helping students to more easily apply their learning to their subject area.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781844454570
ISBN-10: 1844454576
Pagini: 144
Dimensiuni: 171 x 246 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Learning Matters
Seria Active Learning in Sport Series

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

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This book is SUCH a welcome addition to the sports studies literature. We are forever telling students to take a more critical approach to the literature and this text tells them precisely how to do that! An original and much needed text


Lecturer
Brunel University


Critical Thinking for Sports Students is an excellent addition to the Active Learning in Sport series. This book ought to be adopted as a required text for students pursuing undergraduate studies in sport. Though this book is geared towards students, it is well worth reading by lecturers teaching on undergraduate and graduate courses and by the general reader interested in developing good thinking
Sport, Ethics and Philosophy


Cuprins

Critical thinking and the study of sport
What is an Argument?
Evaluating an Argument's Structure: Deductive Arguments
Evaluating an Argument's Content: Truth, Evidence and Credibility
Assumptions, Generalisations and Hypotheses
Evaluating Arguments: Fallacies
Evaluating Arguments: Examples

Notă biografică

Emily Ryall is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Sport, Health and Social Care at the University of Gloucestershire. She has an academic background in Philosophy and Linguistics and holds a PhD in Moral Philosophy as well as a PGCE in Physical Education. She has taught Philosophy, Ethics and Critical Thinking to sports students for several years.

Descriere

Unique purpose-written resource to help students in higher education understand and apply critical thinking in the study of sport.