Learning to Read Critically in Teaching and Learning

Mike Wallace is a Professor of Public Management at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University. From 2009 to 2012 he was the Economic and Social Research Council’s Strategic Adviser for Researcher Development. His research on managing change in the public services is reported in many books and academic journals. He is co-author, with Eric Hoyle, of the book Educational Leadership: Ambiguity, Professionals, and Managerialism (Sage, 2005), lead editor, with Michael Fertig and Eugene Schneller, of the book Managing Change in the Public Services (Blackwell, 2007), and lead co-author, with Michael Reed, Dermot O′Reilly, Jonathan Morris, Michael Tomlinson and Rosemary Deem, of the book Developing Public Service Leaders: Elite Orchestration, Change Agency, Leaderism, and Neoliberalization (Oxford University Press, 2023). His contribution to teaching at Cardiff centres on the design of postgraduate research programmes incorporating research methods training.

• PART ONE: BECOMING A CRITICAL CONSUMER OF THE LITERATURECritical Reading for Self-Critical Writing - Mike Wallace and Louise PoulsonDesigning and Writing about Research - Louise Poulson and Mike WallaceDeveloping a Critical Frame of MindPART TWO: MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF REPORTING RESEARCHChanging Instructional and Assessment Practices through Professional Development - Hilda Borko with Kathryn Davinroy, Carribeth Bliem and Kathryn CumboLearning from Homework - Martin Hughes and Pamela GreenhoughA Case StudyAn Inquiry into the Moral Dimensions of Teaching - Gary Fenstermacher and Virginia RichardsonInvestigating Formative Classroom Assessment - Harry Torrance and John PryorParticipation and Control in Learning - Diane Reay and Madeleine ArnotA Pedagogic Democratic Right?Primary School Teachers′ Theoretical Beliefs about Literacy - Louise Poulson and Elias AvramidisAn Exploratory StudyPART THREE: MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF REPORTING A REVIEW OF THE LITERATUREPromoting Inclusive Education - Elias Avramidis and Brahm NorwichA Review of Literature on Teachers′ Attitudes towards Integration and Inclusion

A useful and comprehensive guide for students embarking on dissertations. The first 2 chapters provide an excellent break down of the steps required to develop critical reading and writing skills.