Course Overview

What Will Students Learn?

• 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 whole-brain thinking
• Work through the critical thinking process to build or analyze arguments
• Develop and evaluate explanations
• Improve key critical thinking skills
• Use analytical thought systems and creative thinking techniques
• Prepare and present powerful arguments

What Topics are Covered?

• 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