THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THE AUTHOR'S ASSUMPTIONS AND/OR BIASES

The strengths and weaknesses of the author's assumptions and/or biases

The strengths and weaknesses of the author's assumptions and/or biases

Talking about the strengths; from the outset? Browne and Keeley give the reader an excellent metaphor for the process of critical thinking: the difference between being a sponge and panning for gold. “The sponge approach emphasizes knowledge acquisition; the panning for gold approach stresses active interaction with knowledge as it is being acquired.”2 The idea here is that one should avoid the mindless sponging up of knowledge; much more useful is a careful? methodical ...