Helen Benstead – författare

If you're studying for an Education degree and want to develop your skills in reading, writing and thinking critically this is the book for you.Criticality is vital for succeeding in your academic work and a key professional skill for anyone training to become a teacher. This book will lead you through the process of developing a critical mindset, enabling you to feel more confident about your academic reading, how to analyse different types of texts, your academic writing and the construction of a balanced and evidenced line of argument.It will also help you with building the critical skills required to undertake your own educational research project, explore ways to bring a critical thinking approach to different types of course assessment, and apply a critical perspective to the use of AI in education.

If you're studying for an Education degree and want to develop your skills in reading, writing and thinking critically this is the book for you.Criticality is vital for succeeding in your academic work and a key professional skill for anyone training to become a teacher. This book will lead you through the process of developing a critical mindset, enabling you to feel more confident about your academic reading, how to analyse different types of texts, your academic writing and the construction of a balanced and evidenced line of argument.It will also help you with building the critical skills required to undertake your own educational research project, explore ways to bring a critical thinking approach to different types of course assessment, and apply a critical perspective to the use of AI in education.

Researching in special and inclusive education can be challenging due to the frequent difficulties in eliciting the views of individuals identified with SEND. This book will give students the confidence to be creative, flexible, and innovative when it comes to planning research, particularly with children and young people within special and inclusive education.

Students will be guided through each step of the research process, from the development of a research question to ethical considerations, methodologies and data analysis, before being led through the many practical issues that need to be considered when planning, executing and writing up research in this field, including good research practices, solutions to possible dilemmas and adapting methods appropriately.

Kerry Vincent is a Senior Lecturer in Inclusive Education at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Helen Benstead is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, and Programme Leader of the MA Special Educational Needs, Disability and Inclusion at the University of Sunderland.