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 5025 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

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR CAN DENIZCI

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

The course aims to:
-develop students' critical and analytical thinking skills,
-enable participants to understand and use different critical and analytical thinking techniques,
-help acquire the ability to solve real-world problems in order to think critically and analytically.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student explains the concepts of reflection abilities, analytical thinking, critical thinking, qualitative thinking, and philosophical thinking.
2   The student knows the basic characteristics and criteria of critical and analytical thinking.
3   The student knows the stages of critical and analytical thinking.
4   The student understands the factors affecting critical and analytical thinking and its scope.
5   The student knows the obstacles to critical and analytical thinking.
6   The student distinguishes between critical and analytical thinking modes and non-critical thinking modes.
7   The student knows and applies critical and analytical thinking techniques.
8   The student can read, write, and listen in a critical and analytical manner.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic Concepts: Reflection abilities, critical thinking, analytical thinking, qualified thinking, philosophical thinking, scientific thinking
2 Basic characteristics, scope, and criteria of critical thinking
3 Factors and obstacles affecting critical thinking
4 Critical thinking techniques I
5 Critical thinking techniques II
6 Critical reading and listening
7 Critical writing
8 Midterm exams
9 Basic characteristics, scope, and criteria of analytical thinking
10 Analytical thinking techniques I
11 Analytical thinking techniques II
12 Analytical reading and listening
13 Analytical writing
14 Examples of studies on analytical and critical thinking
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Doğan, Ö. (2018). Analitik, Kreatif ve Proaktif Düşünme: Farkı Fark Etmek Için. Istanbul: Mavi Çatı.
Fisher, R. (2005). Teaching Thinking (2nd Edition). London: Continium Books.
Nosich, G. M. (2000). Eleştirel Düşünme: Eleştirel Düşünme Rehberi (Çeviren: Birsel Aybek), Ankara: Anı.
Paul, R. ve Elder, L. (2006). Critical Thinking. Canada: Prentical Hall.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical discussion, presentation, question-answer, etc.

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

Written exams (midterm + final exam)

Language of Instruction

French

Course Policies and Rules

Please see the university's student regulations

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

05335236052

Office Hours

Tuesday: 12.00-13.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Midterm 1 10 10
Final 1 20 20
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61
LO.71
LO.81

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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