Study Skills for Master’s Level Students, second edition

Study Skills for Master's Level Students will help students to develop the skills they need to make the transition from undergraduate to postgraduate thinking, researching and writing.
The second edition of this very popular book has been comprehensively updated to include the latest research publications and policy documents. The authors consider the characteristics, expectations and requirements of Master's level study and examine key topics such as:

Abbreviations; Introduction

1. What is masterly?
     1.1 Introduction
     1.2 Studying at Master's level
     1.3 Being a Master's student
     1.4 What is 'masterly'?

2. What is critical thinking?
     2.1 Introduction
     2.2 What is critical thinking?
     2.3 Conceptions of knowledge
     2.4 The link to creative thinking
     2.5 Why is critical thinking important?
     2.6 How do I become a critical thinker?

3. Becoming an independent learner
     3.1 Introduction
     3.2 The adult learner
     3.3 Becoming a Master's student
     3.4 Managing your studies

4. Finding and critiquing literature
     4.1 Introduction
     4.2 Reading as a postgraduate skill
     4.3 Retrieving relevant current literature
     4.4 Life scripts

5. Writing at Master's level
     5.1 Introduction
     5.2 Expectations of written work at Master's level
     5.3 Types of academic writing

6. Hot to get published
     6.1 Introduction
     6.2 What should I write about?
     6.3 Where do I publish my work?
     6.4 The process of writing
     6.5 Coping with rejection or requests to revise
     6.6 Support for writing
     6.7 Other types of scholarly activity

7. Applying postgraduate knowledge and skills in the workplace
     7.1 Introduction
     7.2 Knowledge and skills development in Master's education
     7.3 Problem-solving and decision-making
     7.4 The importance of postgraduate skills in service development or in doing things differently
     7.5 Postgraduate skills and professional practice
     7.6 Postgraduate skills in a 'patient-led', 'consumerist' society

References; Index