What you'll learn
Critical Thinking
What you'll learn
Critical Thinking
This course equips students with the skills and habits of critical thinking. It teaches practical techniques for confidence, discerning critical engagement with sources, evidence, arguments and reasoning.
This course will help learners to:
Build key reasoning, argument and analysis skills
Boost writing, essay and exam results
Improve work, planning and research habits
Learn key skills sought by graduate recruiters
Learn digital and information literacy.
Students gain skills and habits for successful, independent study and future employment.
Universities get interactive flexible content they can deliver as a course or embed into current teaching.
Language: English
Time to complete: 10 hours
Level: Beginner
Instructor
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Winner of a 2019 Excellence Award for Electronic Media
Course modules
Course modules
There are 6 modules in this course:
1. Why bother thinking twice?
This modules teaches what it means to think critically, why objectivity and skepticism are important, and how speed can affect the quality of your thinking.
2. What's the point of arguments?
This module teaches how to spot and set out an argment clearly, and how to challenge people's assumptions.
3. How can I argue my case?
Learn what it means to make a logical argument, how to reason about what's likely and to handle evidence effectively.
4. What's the best explanation?
This module teaches how to make a good explanation, how to develop it in practice and how researchers test explanations.
5. Why we get things wrong
Identify rhetoric and its persuasive effects, learn how to spot bad arguments and to avoid falling for them, and how to identify biased thinking.
6. Handling information overload
Understand the relationship between data, information and knowledge, practice techniques for seacrh and discovery and finalise creating your personal digital literacy plan.
Try the course
Try the course
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Testimonials
Testimonials
What our course testers say
“I like that it is interactive and needs the student to actually think whilst using the material.”
- Sarah Robson, Senior Lecturer in HRM and Leadership, Sunderland University
“Its paced well and is easy to engage with. Visuals are high quality and engaging.”
- Russell Delderfield, Senior Skills Advisor, University of Bradford
“A good match to the book – you could take the course then follow up with relevant chapters and exercises from the book. I love the module summary handout at the end. Students love ‘getting something’.”
- Hazel Brown, Head of Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, Winchester University
“I really like the questions throughout as they get the student to build up their critical thinking and realise they are already doing it.”
- Kizzy Beaumont, Learning Developer, Keele University
Features
Features
Course features
Flexible format
The course can be delivered as full modules and individual topics
Strikingly visual
It captures students’ attention and
keeps them engaged
Quizzes and interactions
Quizzes, videos and reflective points put core skills into immediate practice
Settings
Settings
FAQs
FAQs
Frequently asked questions
What level and discipline is the course for?
The course is suitable for FE (including Access to HE) and HE students, particularly those with little or no prior experience of critical thinking. It is cross-disciplinary so can be used by any student, whatever they’re studying.
Does it come with any course handouts?
Many modules include downloadable ‘Handy Reminders’ and ‘end of topic’ lists outlining learning outcomes. Students can keep these to use for revision and as refresher material after they’ve completed the course.
How is the course accessed?
The course is available on an institution-wide subscription basis to the Sage Campus platform. Find out more here.
I’m not based at a university or organisation - can I access the course?
Unfortunately the course is only available for institutions to subscribe to, not individuals.
Can I view more than the sample module?
Your institution can get a 30 day full free trial to the Sage Campus platform and all our content, including Critical Thinking. These trials are set up via your institution's library and require IP access set up. Request a trial or recommend us to your institution here.