| TYPE OF COURSE UNIT | Elective Course |
| LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT | Master's Degree With Thesis |
| YEAR OF STUDY | - |
| SEMESTER | - |
| NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED | 5 |
| NAME OF LECTURER(S) | Assistant Professor Gönül Erhan
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| LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT |
At the end of this course, the students;
1) distinguish among different kinds of reasons that support claims
2) make inferences and deductions from a given phenomena
3) build up different ways of understanding phenomena
4) do critical discourse analysis
5) undertsand and evaluate different perceptions, views and responses
6) design classroom activities based on critical thinking.
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| MODE OF DELIVERY | Face to face |
| PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE | No |
| RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT | None |
| COURSE DEFINITION | Definition of thinking and critical thinking. Classroom applications regarding the development of critical thinking in education. |
| COURSE CONTENTS | | WEEK | TOPICS |
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| 1st Week | Introduction to Critical Thinking | | 2nd Week | Cultural myths and critical thinking | | 3rd Week | Perception/Belief/Knowing/Inferring | | 4th Week | Deductive and Inductive Reasoning | | 5th Week | Logic and Rationalism | | 6th Week | Semiology | | 7th Week | Foucault/Derrida/Cultural analysis | | 8th Week | Mid-term Exam | | 9th Week | Critical Discourse analysis | | 10th Week | Micro-teaching-Discussion | | 11th Week | Micro-teaching-Discussion | | 12th Week | Micro-teaching-Discussion | | 13th Week | Micro-teaching-Discussion | | 14th Week | Micro-teaching-Discussion |
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| RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING | Chaffee John. (2009). Thinking Critically. 9th Edition. Houghton and Mifflin
Richard, P. and Elder, L (2002). Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Personal
and Professional Life.Prentice Hall.
Şahinel, S. Eleştirel Düşünme. E-kitap. Pegem.
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| PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS | Project,Other |
| ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA | | | Quantity | Percentage(%) |
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| Mid-term | 1 | 50 | | Project | 1 | 50 | | Total(%) | | 100 | | Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) | | 100 | | Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) | | 0 | | Total(%) | | 100 |
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| ECTS WORKLOAD |
| Activities |
Number |
Hours |
Workload |
| Midterm exam | | | | | Preparation for Quiz | | | | | Individual or group work | 12 | 5 | 60 | | Preparation for Final exam | | | | | Course hours | 14 | 3 | 42 | | Preparation for Midterm exam | | | | | Laboratory (including preparation) | | | | | Final exam | | | | | Homework | 5 | 5 | 25 | | Presentation (including preperation) | 1 | 15 | 15 | | Total Workload | | | 142 |
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| Total Workload / 30 | | | 4,73 |
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| ECTS Credits of the Course | | | 5 |
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| LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION | Turkish |
| WORK PLACEMENT(S) | No |
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