The Critical Thinking Process

Course details

Critical thinking is an intellectually disciplined process of using skills to understand, analyse, synthesize, and evaluate the gathered information from different sources such as by observation, reasoning, experience, communication etc.
Critical thinking can be taught and applied to solve working issues and to take decisions successfully .Critical thinking, maybe more than whatever other business skill set which can distinguish between disappointment and success. Luckily, these aptitudes are not distant any more as they are quickly accessible to the employees at all levels. Once attained, the critical thinking lasts forever, and turns into an effective resource for organizations looking for a competitive edge.
This insightful unit offers a complete introduction to the critical thinking process along with presenting a critical thinking model. It focuses to examine the standards of critical thinking and different probing techniques.
The content covers the various topics named as checking credibility and consistency, a critical thinker’s skill set and its process along with the concept of explanations and arguments.
On the completion of this unit candidates will be able to deal with assumptions and will recognize the steps to build an explanation. Discover the probing techniques and active listening skills.

Objectives:

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• After the completion of this course learners will be able to:
• Work through the critical thinking process to build or analyze arguments
• Develop and evaluate explanations

Program Content:

Lesson(s):
Introduction to the Critical Thinking Process
Topics:

• The Critical Thinking Model
• The Standards of Critical Thinking
• Checking Credibility and Consistency
• A Critical Thinker’s Skill Set
• Probing Techniques
• Active Listening Skills
• Explanations and Arguments
• Steps to Building an Explanation
• Dealing with Assumptions

Course Benefits:

• Full Tutor Support
• Self paced, no fixed schedules
• Available to students anywhere in the world
• 24/7 Access to the LMS ( Learning Management System )
• Easy to understand quality e-learning study materials
• The benefit of applying for NUS extra Discount Card.

Updated on 12 November, 2017