Critical Thinking
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Learn how to develop thinking skills, how to think rationally and connect ideas together, in order to have right decisions & effective solutions.
Description
Today’s world is bombarded with Information. We are constantly encountering different kinds of messages inviting us to accept certain thoughs, adopt specicifc products & support some causes. How do we know what to acceopt and what to reject? How to discern between reality & fiction? The answer lies in developing critical thinking skills.
The objective of this course is to help students develop clear and solid thking skills though logic & connecting thoughts together in order to make sound decisions and find creative solutions to problems sustainably. Also, the course aims to change paradigms of thnking & preconceived thoughts and assumptions, paving the road to creative thinking. It helps students become active learners rather than passive recepients.
The course includes the following topics:
– Concept & domain of critical thinking
– Other thinking styles
– Effect of critical thinking on our decisions
– Model of critical thinking with different phases
– Dealing with assumptions
– The art of questioning
– Logic & its implications
– Practical applications & exercises
What you’ll learn
Defining critical thinking versus non-critical thinking
Identifying personal style in critical thinking &
making use of it
Defining other thinking patterns
Studying the critical thinking model &
inspecting critical thinking methodology
Developing explanation skills
Training on critical thinking through asking questions
Exploring logical analysis
Practical exercises on critical thinking
