COURSE OVERVIEW

In today’s society, many people experience information overload. We are bombarded with messages to believe various ideas, purchase things, support causes, and lead our lifestyle in a particular way. How do you know what to believe? How do you separate the truth from the myths? The answer lies in critical thinking skills.

KEY SUBJECT AREAS

• Understanding critical thinking.
• Where do other types of thinking fit in? (including whole-brain and left and right brain).
• Pitfalls to reasoned decision making.
• The critical thinking process.
• A critical thinker’s skill set.
• Creating explanations.
• Dealing with assumptions.
• Common sense.
• Critical and creative thought systems.
• Plenty of hands-on case studies.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Define critical and non-critical thinking.
• Identify your critical thinking style(s), including areas of strength and improvement.
• Describe other thinking styles, including left/right brain thinking and wholebrain thinking.
• Work through the critical thinking process to build or analyse arguments.
• Develop and evaluate explanations.
• Improve key critical thinking skills.
• Use analytical thought systems and creative thinking techniques.
• Prepare and present powerful arguments.