Critical Thinking/

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

Online course : (10 hr.)

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publishing 2020

Summary:

This course equips students with the skills and habits of critical thinking. It teaches practical techniques for confident, discerning critical engagement with sources, evidence, arguments and reasoning. This course will help learners to: • Build key reasoning, argument and analysis skills. • Boost writing, essay and exam results. • Improve work, planning and research habits. • Learn key skills sought by graduate recruiters. • Learn digital and information literacy. MODULE ONE: Why bothers thinking twice? • Critical and uncritical thinking. • When to engage critically • Critical thinking in Real life Objectivity and skepticism Fast and slow thinking MODULE TWO: What’s the point of Arguments? • Spotting an argument • Setting out and argument clearly • The impact of rhetoric and emotion • Challenging assumptions. MODULE THREE: How can I argue my case? • Being logical • Sound arguments • Generalizations and probability • From Arguments to evidence MODULE FOUR: What’s the best explanation? • What makes a good explanation? • Developing explanations in practice • Researching rigorous explanations MODULE FIVE: Why we get things wrong • The power of rhetoric and persuasion. • Seeing through faulty reasoning. • Understanding and overcoming cognitive bias. MODULE SIX: Handling information overload • The digital context. • Strategies for search and discovery • Technology, time and attention

ISBN:

1-5297-5433-X

OCLC:

1200116928