Critical Thinking
Do you find yourself unable to think critically because of drone mentality or social conditioning? Does your job require you to think critically? Have you been trying to develop your critical thinking skills?
The development of critical thinking skills means being able to conceptualize, apply, analyse, synthesise, and evaluate.
This course has been designed to equip learners with the knowledge and skills to understand the critical thinking process and attain the necessary critical thinking skill sets. This course will give learners some practical tools and hands-on experience with critical thinking and problem solving.
What you will learn
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Define critical and non-critical thinking
- Identify your critical thinking style(s), including areas of strength and improvement
- Describe other thinking styles, including left/right brain thinking and whole-brain thinking
- Work through the critical thinking process to build or analyse arguments
- Develop and evaluate explanations
- Improve key critical thinking skills
- Use analytical thought systems and creative thinking techniques
- Prepare and present powerful arguments
Course outline
- Understanding critical thinking
- Where do other types of thinking fit in? (including whole-brain and left and right brain)
- Pitfalls to reasoned decision making
- The critical thinking process
- A critical thinker’s skill set
- Creating explanations
- Dealing with assumptions
- Common sense
- Critical and creative thought systems
- Plenty of hands-on case studies
COURSE DELIVERY OPTIONS:
Online
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
For the online delivery option, you will need to have access to a computer with an internet connection.
COURSE DURATION:
Your enrolment is valid for a period of twelve months.
ASSESSMENTS:
1 online multi-choice assessment
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
CPD Hours - 2
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