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
MBD 5036 CRITICAL AND ANALYTICAL THINKING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Buca Faculty Of Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FATMA FERYAL ÇUBUKÇU

Offered to

Turkish Language Teacher Education
Computer and Instructional Technologies Teacher Education
Music Teacher Education
Chemistry Teacher Education
Biology Teacher Education
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION (English)
Turkish Language and Literature Teacher Education
Geography Teacher Education
French Language Teacher Education
Physics Teacher Education
PRE - SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION
ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION
Special Teacher Education
Mathematics Teacher Education
German Language Teacher Education
Elementary Teacher Education
Science Teacher Education
History Teacher Education
Guidance and Psychological Counseling
FINE ARTS TEACHER EDUCATION
Social Studies Teacher Education

Course Objective

At the end of this course, students will improve their critical and analytical thinking abilities, be able to differentiate and apply the different critical and analytical thinking terms and types in their daily and academic lives.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will recognize the steps of critical and analytical thinking.
2   Students will be able to analyze media or a live-life occurrence through aspects of critical and analytical thinking
3   Students will be able to use critical and analytical thinking throughout their daily or academic lives.
4   Students will recognize the steps of critical and analytical thinking.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to critical thinking
2 Reasoning
3 Analytical thinking
4 Analytical thinking
5 Analytical thinking
6 Analytical thinking
7 mid term exam
8 Critical thinking strategies
9 Critical thinking strategies
10 Critical thinking strategies
11 Critical thinking strategies
12 Critical thinking strategies
13 Critical thinking strategies
14 Critical thinking strategies

Recomended or Required Reading

Fisher, A. (2001). Critical Thinking: An Introduction (Cambridge International Examinations). Cambridge University Press; 2nd edition.
Elder, L., & Paul, R. (2016). The Thinker's Guide to Analytic Thinking: How to Take Thinking Apart and What to Look for When You Do (Thinker's Guide Library). The Foundation for Critical Thinking; 2nd edition.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

lecture, discussion, group work

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
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) 94

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.14
LO.24
LO.34
LO.44

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