Critical Thinking for Sports Students

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.

• Critical thinking and the study of sportWhat is an Argument?Evaluating an Argument′s Structure: Deductive ArgumentsEvaluating an Argument′s Content: Truth, Evidence and CredibilityAssumptions, Generalisations and HypothesesEvaluating Arguments: FallaciesEvaluating Arguments: Examples

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 textLecturerBrunel 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 thinkingSport, Ethics and Philosophy