Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
2EMB060Critical and Analytical Thinking2+0+02405.10.2026
Course Details
Language of Instruction Turkish
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Pre-School Teaching
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Elective
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course The general aim of this course is to understand the importance of thinking and thinking skills, basic thinking skills, and to apply critical and analytical thinking skills in daily and professional life.
Course Content Basic concepts and definitions; brain as a thinking organ, ways of thinking and grouping of thinking; involuntary thinking and its characteristics; voluntary thinking and its characteristics; methods of voluntary thinking; critical and analytical thinking; basic characteristics and criteria of critical and analytical thinking, stages of critical and analytical thinking; factors affecting critical and analytical thinking; the scope of critical and analytical thinking; critical and analytical reading; critical and analytical listening; critical and analytical writing.
Course Methods and Techniques In the teaching process, lecture, presentation, question-answer, case study and problem solving methods will be used and group discussions will be included. For this reason, it is compulsory to make a preliminary study on the subject to be covered before the lesson.
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Associate Prof.Dr. Nuri Can AKSOY ncan.aksoy@hku.edu.tr
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Yılmaz, K. (2019). Eleştirel ve Analitik Düşünme, Pegem Yay
Course Notes Yılmaz, K. (2019). Critical and Analytical Thinking, Pegem Yay
? Other Helpful Resources
Retrieved from ? Elder, L., & Paul, R. (2012). The thinker ` s guide to analytic thinking : how to take thinking apart and what to look for when you do. Tomales : Foundation for Critical Thinking.
? Ruggiero, V. R. (2017). A guide to critical thinking; translated by Çağdaş Dedeoğlu. Istanbul: Alfa.
Documents Yılmaz, K. (2019). Eleştirel ve Analitik Düşünme, Pegem Yay
Assignments Altı Şapkalı Düşünme, Münazara
Exams Arasınav

Course Category
Social Sciences %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 40
Project 4 % 60
Total
5
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 2 28
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 4 56
Mid-terms 1 1 1
Project 4 8 32
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 4 117

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Defines thinking and thinking skills
2 Explains basic and advanced thinking skills.
3 Explains individual and environmental factors that affect thinking skills.
4 Defines critical and analytical thinking
5 Explains the basic features of critical and analytical thinking.
6 Explains the critical and analytical thinking process
7 Understands the importance of critical and analytical thinking in life.
8 Willing to use critical and analytical thinking skills
9 Analyzes the characteristics of a critical and analytical thinker.

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Dersin Tanıtımı
2 Düşünme ve düşünme becerilerini tanımı, düşünme yapıları, düşünme yapılarında etkili bilişsel süreçler
3 Temel ve ileri düzey düşünme becerileri, İstemli ve İstemsiz düşünme
4 Eleştirel düşünmenin kapsamı ve becerileri
5 Analitik düşünme
6 Eleştirel düşünme stratejileri ve eğilimi
7 Eleştirel düşünmeyi etkileyebilecek faktörler
8 Ara Sınav - Vize
9 Eleştirel düşünmeyi etkileyebilecek faktörler
10 Eleştirel dinleme
11 Eleştirel okuma
12 Eleştirel yazma
13 Analitik ve eleştirel düşünme örnek uygulamalar
14 Eleştirel düşünme eğitimi

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12 P13 P14
C1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5
C2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5
C3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5
C4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5
C5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5
C6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5
C7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5
C8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5
C9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5

  Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant