Critical and reflect on teaching session provided
The advanced method is a persuasive approach that uses your argument as the starting point and has been adapted for ease of use as follows:
1.Start by introducing generally and express your point of view.
2.Explain your rational for the argument
3.Explain the reasons against the argument
The summary
- Start by introducing the argument to the reader and its importance
- Indicate the reasons and evidence for the argument.
- Discuss the reasons and evidence against the argument.
- Summarise both points of view and discuss and explain your own viewpoint.
If you struggle with knowing a clear process of building your work you may wish to consider an eight-stage approach to building critical appraisal skills in our writing developed by the author:
Stage 1: Explore the evidence: following your literature review, identify other people’s positions, lines of argument and conclusions.
Stage 2: Using a critical review framework (The CASP, Critical Appraisal Tool is useful, www.casp-uk.net) evaluate the evidence by weighing up opposing arguments and evidence, read between the lines and identify false or biased assumptions.
Stage 3: Examine the bias of opinion and the use of persuasive techniques.
Stage 4: Reflect on issues in a structured way, bringing logic and insight to the forefront of your discussion points.
Stage 5: Draw conclusions about the validity and reliability and justifiability of arguments based on good evidence and supportive ideas.
Stage 6: In academic writing we need to consider if we have explored the whole picture and not just one point of view.
Stage 7: Present your points in a structured, clear and convincing format that appears rational i.e.: we need to identify the reasons for what we believe and do and consider other people’s reasoning.
Stage 8: Importantly we need to reach conclusions on what we have read, to voice our opinion and look at the impact of knowledge and ideas for practice.
