Ordu University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
MBS0162018332	CRITICAL AND ANALYTICAL THINKING	Elective	4	8	4

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

The aim is this course, understand to important of thinking and thinking skills, basic thinkinng skills, apply critical and analytical thinking in daily and professional life.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

1	Define thinking and thinking skills
2	Explain basic and higher order thinking skills
3	Explain factors effecting of individual and environment thinking skills
4	Explain theoretical approaches about thinking skills
5	Define critical and analytical thinking
6	Produce activities to implement critical and analytical thinking skills in educational settings.

Mode of Delivery

Formal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Basic concepts and definitions; brain as a thinking organ, styles of thinking and classification of thinking; involuntary thinking and characteristics; voluntary thinking and characteristics; methods of voluntary thinking; critical and analytical thinking; the basic characteristics and criteria of critical and analytical thinking, the stages of critical and analytical thinking; factors affecting critical and analytical thinking; the scope of critical and analytical thinking; critical and analytical reading; critical and analytical listening; critical and analytical writing.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Definition of thinking and thinking skills, Thinking structures, effective cognitive processes in thinking structures
2	Basic and advanced thinking skills, voluntary and involuntary thinking
3	Theories of thinking skills
4	Critical thinking and analytical thinking concept and features
5	The philosophic basics of critical and analytical thinking
6	Critical thinking skills
7	Analytical thinking skills
8	Critical thinking dispositions
9	Thinking skills training programs in the world
10	Thinking skills training programs in the world
11	Examination of critical and analytical thinking skills in curriculum

Recommended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
SUM		0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
SUM		0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri		40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	50	50
Final Examination	1	70	70
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			120

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7
LO1	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO2	5	5	4	5	5	5	5
LO3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4
LO6	4	4	4	4	5	5	5

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High