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.