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Lecturer(s)
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Šmelová Eva, prof. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Koribská Iva, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Basic themes: 1. What is critical thinking, why is it important? 2. How is critical thinking learned? Developing a critical mindset. 3. Reading and writing critically. 4. Integrating critical thinking across the curriculum 5. E-U-R model of learning, flipped classroom and other teaching strategies supporting critical thinking 6. Activation methods
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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Aims of the subject / students will be able to: Students will be able to define the term critical thinking in the framework of critical intellectual traditions. During the lecture they will learn the methods and strategies that can be implemented into their future teaching process to support the development of pupils' critical mindset. The lectures will be focused on lesson organization, activating methods stimulating critical thinking, practical examples. Students will be offered with the possibility to test their own critical thinking level by a standardized test on critical thinking ability. For students with Individual Study Plan (ISP): at least 20% of attendance, final task according to criteria discussed with the teacher of the subject.
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Prerequisites
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After the course students will be able to: Define the critical thinking in terms of the educational process. Understand critical thinking ability in the context of 21st century skills. Develop the teaching strategies supporting the critical thinking of the students. Use activating methods during the educational process.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Students will be asked to actively participate during the lecture, prepare for each lecture from a given material (video, online text, PP presentations) and fulfil the presentation requirements.
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Recommended literature
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Brookfield, S. (2012). Teaching for critical thinking: Tools and techniques to help students question their assumptions. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Eales-Reynolds, L. E., Judge, B., Jones, P., & McCreery, E. (2013). Critical thinking skills for education students (2nd ed.). London, UK: SAGE..
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Facione, P. A. (1998). Critical Thinking: What it is and why it counts. Millbrae, CA: The California Academic Press..
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Kahneman, D. (2011). Thinking, fast and slow. London, UK: Penguin Books.
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Lipman, M. (2003). Thinking in education. London, UK: Cambridge University Press.
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