Critical Thinking

Definitions. Premises. Assumptions, values. Hermeneutic approach.

How our minds work in processing information (Kahnemann, filter bubbles, Hall’s Encoding and Decoding, Berlo’s communication model). Media literacy models (Hobbs, CRAAP). Argumentation, justification and explanation; recognizing arguments; standards for evaluating arguments; inductive and deductive reasoning, causal reasoning;

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Grad 1 - 6 (half grades)

• Further reading Cottrell, S. (2011) Critical Thinking Skills (2nd ed.) Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Critical Thinking Organisation. (2016) Website. Available under http://www.criticalthinking.org
• Kahnemann, D. (2011). Slow and Fast Thinking. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.