COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CRITICAL AND ANALYTICAL THINKING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GKS 4007 CRITICAL AND ANALYTICAL THINKING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Recreation

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IPEK AYDIN

Offered to

Recreation

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to enable pre-service teachers to know the basic concepts of high-level thinking, the types of thinking, thinking styles, the importance of critical thinking, critical listening, critical reading and critical writing.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Student shall define critical and analytical thinking
2   Student shall know basic concepts and principles of critical and analytical thinking
3   Student shall learn the importance and features of critical and analytical thinking
4   Student shall know what the basic processes of critical and analytical thinking are
5   Student shall compares critical and analytical thinking skills

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic concepts about critical and analytical thinking
2 Critical and analytical thinking features and attributes
3 Relations and differences between critical and analytical thinking
4 Critical and analytical thinking processes
5 Critical and analytical thinking skills
6 Factors affecting thought
7 Language and logic in critical thinking
8 Language and logic in critical thinking
9 Logical inaccuracies in critical thinking: tautologies, inferences, proofs;
10 Logical inaccuracies in critical thinking: tautologies, inferences, proofs;
11 Critical thought analysis and analysis on daily texts
12 Critical thinking and analysis on philosophical texts
13 General overview of the course
14 General overview of the course

Recomended or Required Reading

Orhan Özdemir, Eleştirel Düşünme, Kriter Basın Yayın Dağıtım, Istanbul, 2008.
Ahmet Kurnaz, Eleştirel Düşünme Öğretimi Etkinlikleri Planlama - Uygulama ve Değerlendirme, Eğitim Kitabevi, 2013.
Birsel Ayberk, Örneklerle Düşünme ve Eleştirel Düşünme, Nobel Kitabevi, Ankara, 2010.
Gerald M. Nosich, Eleştirel Düşünme ve Disiplinlerarası Eleştirel Düşünme Rehberi, Anı Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2012.
Raymond Geuss, Eleştirel Teori, (çev. Ferda Keskin), Ayrıntı Yayınları, Istanbul 2013.
Kürşad Yılmaz, Eleştirel ve Analitik Düşünme, Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2018.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, research, discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Ara Sınav
2 FN Yarıyılsonu Sınavı
3 BNS BNS VZ * 0.40 + FN * 0.60
4 BUT Bütünleme Notu
5 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Class participation, exams, homework.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The policies and rules regarding the course will be announced at the beginning of each semester.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Necat Hepkon Faculty of Sport Sciences
Seferihisar

Office Hours

Meeting days vary according to the individual program prepared for each semester.
Students can reach the course coordinator on the day and time they want via e-mail.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 78

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1322224222422
LO.2322224222422
LO.3322224222422
LO.4322224222422
LO.5322224222422

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