Faculty of Education · Turkish Language Teaching · Undergraduate
ECTS: 4 T+P+L: 2+0+0 Vocational Informations Elective
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Mustafa ÖZGENEL
Course Objective
To provide acquisitions related to critical and analytical thinking.
Course Content
Definition of critical and analytical thinking; Basic concepts and principles of critical and analytical thinking; Importance and features of critical and analytical thinking; Basic processes in critical and analytical thinking; Critical and analytical thinking skills; the differences between critical thinking and analytical thinking; factors affecting thought; language and logic in critical thinking, logic mistakes in critical thinking: totologies, inferences, evidences; critical thinking and critical philosophical texts on critical thinking and analysis of some philosophical texts.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Define critical and analytical thinking,
- Knows the basic concepts and principles of critical and analytical thinking,
- Understands the importance and features of critical and analytical thinking,
- Knows the basic processes of critical and analytical thinking.
- Makes a comparison between critical and analytical thinking skills.
- Knows the differences between critical thinking and analytical thinking.
- List the factors affecting the thought.
- List the errors of language and logic in critical thinking.
Core Area Distribution
(14) Teacher Training and Education Science%80 (31) Social and Behavioural Science%20
Teaching Methods
ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionSix HatProblem Solving
Assessment & Evaluation
Testing (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)
ECTS / Workload
| Activity | Quantity | Duration (h) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including Exam Week) | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Out of Class Study Period | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Midterm | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Practice | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final | 1 | 10 | 10 |
Course Schedule
| Week | Subject | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basic concepts of critical and analytical thinking | Reading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources |
| 2 | Importance of critical and analytical thinking | Reading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources |
| 3 | Relationships and differences between critical and analytical thinking | Reading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources |
| 4 | Basic processes in critical and analytical thinking | Reading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources |
| 5 | Critical and analytical thinking skills | Reading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources |
| 6 | Factors affecting thinking | Reading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources |
| 7 | Language and logic in critical thinking | Reading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources |
| 8 | Midterm exam | Overview |
| 9 | Language and logic in analytical thinking | Reading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources |
| 10 | Logic errors in critical thinking: totologies, inferences, evidences; | Reading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources |
| 11 | Logic errors in critical thinking: totologies, inferences, evidences; | Reading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources |
| 12 | Logic errors in critical thinking: totologies, inferences, evidences; | Reading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources |
| 13 | Critical thinking studies and analysis on daily texts | Reading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources |
| 14 | Analysis and analysis of critical thinking on philosophical texts | Reading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources |
| 15 | General evaluation | Reading, analyzing and analyzing the related sources |
| 16 | Final | General overview |