TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
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.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	Definition of the thinking, basics, situations and application strategies and skills, cititical pedagogy, application of the critical thinking, logical predition.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction to the critical thinking/ 2nd Week Cultural myths and critical thinking 3rd Week Sense/Belief/Knowing/Prediction 4th Week Induction/Deduction 5th Week Logic and rationalism 6th Week Semeiology 7th Week Foucault/Derrida/Cultural analysis 8th Week Critical discourse analysis 9th Week A course example-Discusion 10th Week A course example-Discusion 11th Week A course example-Discusion 12th Week A course example-Discusion 13th Week A course example-Discusion 14th Week General evaluation of the course
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.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Questions/Answers,Case Study,Problem Solving,Presentation,Project
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Project 2 50 Presentation of Article 1 50 Total(%) 100 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 100 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 0 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No