| Title | Author | Publication | Tags | Comments | Entry date | ||
| Critical thinking for students : learn the skills of analysing, evaluating and producing arguments | Roy van den Brink-Budgen | Oxford : How To Books, 2010. | Skills and employability, 05 | "Reprinted 2011"--t.p. verso. Preface to the 4th edition -- 1. Giving claims a significance -- 2. Explanations -- 3. Inferences -- 4. Assumptions -- 5. More building up of arguments -- 6. Evaluation of arguments: looking at evidence -- 7. Evaluation of arguments: weaknesses in reasoning -- 8. Analogies, hypotheses, definitions and principles -- 9. Credibility of evidence -- 10. Producing arguments -- Resources for further study -- Additional information for the exercises -- Index |
2013-07-08 | ||
| Six thinking hats | Edward De Bono | London : Penguin, 2000. | Psychology, Management, 05 | This ed. originally published: First Back Bay, 1999 - Previous ed.: Little, Brown and Company, 1985. | 2011-06-08 | ||
| The big book of presentation games : wake-em-up tricks, ice breakers, & other fun stuff | John W. Newstrom | New York : McGraw-Hill, 1998. | Presentations, Borrowable, 05 | Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Session openers and speaker introductions -- 2. Icebreakers and participant introductions -- 3. Attention-getters -- 4. Meaningful stories about life -- 5. Audience brainteasers -- 6. Creating discussion groups -- 7. Audience energizers -- 8. Encouraging audience participation -- 9. Reinforcing and reviewing key ideas -- 10. Winding down: memorable closing activities | 2011-06-08 | ||
| Critical thinking for students : learn the skills of critical assessment and effective argument | Roy van den Brink-Budgen | Oxford : How To Books, c2000. | Skills and employability, Borrowable, 05 | Preface -- Identifying arguments -- Analysing simple arguments -- Finding more detail in arguments -- Exploring weaknesses -- Finding strengths -- Assessing the credibility of evidence -- Applying your skills -- Glossary -- Further reading -- Index | 2011-06-08 | ||
| Average to A+ : realising strengths in yourself and others | Alex Linley | Coventry : Capp Press, 2008. | Skills and employability, Personality, Psychology, 05 | Series editor's foreword -- Preface -- Average isn't good enough -- Back to the beginnings -- Our negativity bias and the Golden Mean -- Strengthspotting -- Be yourself - better -- Harnessing strengths at work -- Golden seeds and flourishing children -- Making our greatest contributions -- The smallest thing to make the biggest difference -- Notes -- Index -- Strengths glossary -- Acknowledgements -- About the author | 2011-06-08 | ||
| Successful teamwork : for undergraduates and taught postgraduates working on group projects | Peter Levin | Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2005. | Postgraduate study, Skills and employability, Undergraduate study, Teamwork, Borrowable, 05 | Part one: basics and context -- Part two: getting started -- Part three: how are we doing? -- Part four: perspectives on team behaviour -- Part five: teamwork issues and solutions -- Part six: benefitting from the experience | 2011-06-08 |






