{"id":252,"date":"2019-07-01T19:17:56","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T19:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/scholarlywriting\/?post_type=chapter&p=252"},"modified":"2019-10-26T13:38:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-26T13:38:03","slug":"critical-writing","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/scholarlywriting\/chapter\/critical-writing\/","title":{"raw":"Critical Writing","rendered":"Critical Writing"},"content":{"raw":"

What it is?<\/span><\/h2>\r\n

Have you ever been asked to write in a critical manner?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Critical writing involves critical thinking<\/strong>. This type of thinking develops over the course of your university program and involves learning to evaluate and reconstruct your thinking and ideas in the context of other peoples\u2019 thinking and ideas. You may be involved in critical thinking and writing related to phenomena such as journal articles, healthcare issues, new clinical guidelines, and healthcare policy issues. See Table 4.2<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Overall, you should use critical thinking and writing when you start breaking down your topic to develop discussion points. You will also use critical analysis when you synthesize, or blend, your ideas with those of experts. This means you will go beyond a statement of facts and take a stance<\/strong>, stating your view on an idea or issue and on core sources of information on that topic: you will insert your own ideas into the text\u2019s conversation.<\/span><\/p>\r\n \r\n

Table 4.2:<\/b> Critical thinking and critical writing<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Critical thinking may involve:<\/th>\r\nCritical writing may involve:<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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  • <\/span>Being curious and reflecting carefully on a topic.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  • <\/span>Having an inquiring mind by being skeptical and examining your own thinking and the thinking of others concerning a topic. Don\u2019t just accept an argument or a way of thinking. Ask why. For example, why do I believe that access to healthcare should be a human right? Why do the authors of Article X propose a two-tier healthcare system? What evidence supports or does not support this case?<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  • <\/span>Being open to making logical and reasoned judgments and conclusions based on this thinking.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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