CRITICAL THINKING
| Title | ΚΡΙΤΙΚΗ ΣΚΕΨΗ / CRITICAL THINKING |
| Code | ΨΥ-814 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | Psychology |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Spring |
| Coordinator | Panagiota Metallidou |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600013559 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos PSychologías (2017-sīmera)
Registered students: 2
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Academic Year | 2018 – 2019 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Class ID | 600118239
|
Class Schedule
| Building | Νέα πτέρυγα Φιλοσοφικής (Αναγνωστήριο) |
| Floor | Υπόγειο 2 |
| Hall | ΑΙΘΟΥΣΑ 03 (137) |
| Calendar | Παρασκευή 11:00 έως 13:30 |
Course Type 2016-2020
- Skills Development
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600118239
- eLearning (Moodle): https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=5007
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for the course
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students are expected:
(a) to become aquinted with the basic critical thinking skills, such as argumentation, recognition of fallacies, scientific thinking skills, and thinking skills in everyday life.
(b)to develop these skills through critical reading and writing exercises.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Definition of critical thinking. Critical thinking skills and the necessity of their development. Critical thinking and intelligence. Current approaches of intelligence emphasizing the need of developing critical thinking skills. Analyzing arguments. Thinking as testing hypotheses. Critical reading and critical writing. Critical thinking and decision making. Critical thinking skills in everyday life. The course involves exercises such as recognizing fallacies, hypotheses testing, testing the reliability of empirical results, critical reading of research articles, argumentation on controversial issues, etc.
Keywords
Critical Thinking, Argumentation, Fallacies, Hypotheses Testing, Decision Making, Critical reading, Critical Writing
Educational Material Types
- Slide presentations
- Interactive excersises
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
-presentation of the content of lectures via power point
-all the lectures and the extra reading papers and scientific articles are available on the Moodle
-communication with students via e-mail for their essays.
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 78 | 3 | ✓ | ||
| Laboratory Work | 9 | 0.3 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Reading Assigment | 20 | 0.8 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Written assigments | 23 | 0.9 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Total | 130 | 5 |
Student Assessment
Description
All the information about the course is cited in the students'guide as well as in the Moodle. They are also presented in the first lecture.
There are 5 individual exercises (3 during the course and 2 as a homework) during the semester and one essay (in groups of 2-3 students) at the end of semester.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative)
- Labortatory Assignment (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Κωσταρίδου-Eυκλείδη, Α. (2011). Ψυχολογία της σκέψης. Αθήνα: Πεδίο.
Browne, M. N., & Keeley, S. M. (2004, μετάφρ.). Οδηγός κριτικής σκέψης:
11 ερωτήσεις για μια κριτική ακρόαση ή ανάγνωση. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Πατάκη.
Καργόπουλος, Φ. (2007). Εισαγωγή στη συμβολική λογική. Θεσσαλονίκη:
Βάνιας.
Lipman, M. (2006, μεταφρ.). Η σκέψη στην εκπαίδευση (επιστημ. Επιμ.
Β.Παππή). Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Πατάκη.
Παιονίδης, Φ. (2014). Στοιχεία κριτικής επιχειρηματολογίας. Θεσσαλονίκη: Εκδ. Ζήτη.
Additional bibliography for study
Abrami, P. C., Bernard, R. M., Borokhovski, E., Wade, A., Surkes, M. A., Tamim, R., & Zhang, D. (2008). Instructional interventions affecting critical thinking skills and dispositions: A stage 1 Meta-Analysis. Review of Educational Research, 78(4), 1102-1134.
Bowell, T., & Kemp, G. (2002). Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide.
London: Routledge.
Harpern, D. F. (1996). Thought and knowledge: An Introduction to Critical
Thinking (3rd ed.). New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Halpern, D. F. (1999). Esperanto and the tower of Babel: A taxonomy of
thinking. Psychology: The Journal of the Greek Psychological Society,
6(3), 255-264.
Kuhn, D. (1999). A developmental model of critical thinking. Educational
Researcher, 28, 16-26.
Kuhn, D., & Udell, W. (2003). The development of argument skills. Child
Development, 74, 1245-1260.
Marin, L.,M, & Halpern, D. F. (2011). Pedagogy for developing critical thinking in adolescents: Explicit instruction produces greatest gains. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 6, 1-13. doi:10.1016/j.tsc.2010.08.002
Moore, B. N., & Parker, R. (2007, 8th ed.). Critical Thinking. New York: The
McGraw-Hill Companies.
Sternberg, R. J., & Ben-Zeev, T. (2001). Complex cognition: The Psychology
of human thought. New York: Oxford University Press.
Tiruneh, D. T., Verburgh, A., & Elen, J. (2014). Effectiveness of Critical Thinking instruction in Higher Education: A systematic review of intervention studies. Higher Education Studies, 4(1), 1-17. doi:10.5539/hes.v4n1p1
Last Update
03-05-2017
