CRITICAL THINKING
EDU0CRT
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
Students are introduced to the principles of critical thinking through a diverse range of issues and arguments drawn from the humanities and social sciences. The subject is organised into four modules, each theoretically framed by a different disciplinary area, providing opportunities to develop, transfer and apply the metacognitive skills of critical analysis and creative problem solving. Students are encouraged to engage with a range of differing viewpoints, to question received knowledge and to recognise higher order thinking. Through a range of assessment tasks that emphasise analysis and argument, students develop capacity for reasoning, argument construction, oral presentation and academic writing.
School: Education (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Carolyn O'Dwyer
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: No
Subject year level: Year Level 0 - Enabling Program
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: N/A
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Must be enrolled in course (ETEPB or ETEPM or ETEPS or ETEPW or ETEPK) Tertiary Enabling Program
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
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Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
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Learning resources
Antipodean Perspectives
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Beilharz, Peter and Hogan, Trevor
Year: N/A
Edition/Volume: 2nd ed
Publisher: OUP, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
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Doing Critical Literacy
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Janks, Hilary
Year: 2013
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Publisher: ROUTLEDGE
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Critical Thinking: A Student's Introduction
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Bassham, Irwin, Nardone & Wallace
Year: 2013
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Publisher: MCGRAW HILL
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Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A
Entire subject or partial subject: N/A
Total hours/days required: N/A
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WBL addtional requirements: N/A