Об этом курсе: In this course, you will learn how to develop your Critical Thinking Skills to help you achieve success in your university studies. After completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Use critical thinking and argumentation in university contexts to improve academic results 2. Understand the importance and function of critical thinking in academic culture 3. Use a variety of thinking tools to improve critical thinking 4. Identify types of argument, and bias within arguments, in order to better evaluate the strength of arguments 5. Use evidence to support claims in arguments 6. Apply critical thinking and argumentation to real world problems and issues
Для кого этот курс: This course is a high-level academic skills course designed to increase your level of academic preparedness prior to commencement of your studies in an English-medium university. The course equips you for full participation and engagement with your studies by building awareness and understanding of the core values and expectations of academic culture.
Автор: The University of Sydney
Преподаватели: Katherine Olston, Deputy Director (Digital Learning)
University of Sydney Centre for English Teaching
Преподаватели: Luke Alexander, Academic Literacy Instructor and MOOC Learning Instructor
Centre for English Teaching
| Основные сведения | Курс 3 из 5 — Academic Skills for University Success Specialization |
| Уровень | Начинающий |
| Выполнение | 6 weeks of study, 2-4 hours/week |
| Язык | English |
| Как пройти курс | Чтобы пройти курс, выполните все оцениваемые задания. |
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Программа курса
НЕДЕЛЯ 1
Introduction to Critical Thinking in Academic Culture
7 видео, 7 материала для самостоятельного изучения, 4 тренировочных теста
- Reading: Critical Thinking Weekly Topics
- Reading: Critical Thinking Assessment Overview
- Reading: Summative Peer Assessment
- Reading: Learning Outcomes
- Видео: 1.1a Introduction to the Course
- Discussion Prompt: 1.1 Introduction Forum
- Practice Quiz: 1.1 Practice quiz
- Reading: Learning Outcomes
- Видео: 1.2a Introduction to Academic Culture
- Видео: 1.2b Introduction to Critical Thinking
- Practice Quiz: 1.2 Practice Quiz
- Reading: Learning Outcomes
- Видео: 1.3a Survival Skills at University part 1
- Видео: 1.3b Survival Skills for University part 2
- Practice Quiz: 1.3 Practice Quiz
- Reading: Learning Outcomes
- Видео: 1.4a Academic Integrity
- Discussion Prompt: 1.4 Academic Integrity
- Practice Quiz: 1.4 Practice Quiz
Оцениваемый: Summative Quiz - Module 1
Оцениваемый: Discussion Board Self Assessment - Module 1
НЕДЕЛЯ 2
Critical Thinking in Academic Contexts
7 видео, 4 материала для самостоятельного изучения, 4 тренировочных теста
- Reading: Learning Outcomes
- Видео: 2.1b Dispositions & Habits of Mind for Critical Thinking Expert Video
- Discussion Prompt: 2.1 Dispositions for Critical Thinking
- Practice Quiz: 2.1 Practice Quiz
- Reading: Learning Outcomes
- Видео: 2.2a Argument Spheres
- Practice Quiz: 2.2 Practice Quiz
- Reading: Learning Outcomes
- Видео: 2.3a Argument Fields
- Practice Quiz: 2.3 Practice Quiz
- Reading: Learning Outcomes
- Видео: 2.4a Questioning in Critical Thinking
- Видео: 2.4b Questioning a Text
- Видео: 2.4c Questioning in Critical Thinking Expert Video
- Discussion Prompt: 2.4 Questioning in Critical Thinking
- Practice Quiz: 2.4 Practice Quiz
Оцениваемый: 2.5 Summative Quiz - Module 2
Оцениваемый: Discussion Board Self Assessment - Module 2
НЕДЕЛЯ 3
Logic & Reasoning
6 видео, 4 материала для самостоятельного изучения, 4 тренировочных теста
- Reading: Learning Outcomes
- Видео: 3.1b Formal Logic Structures
- Practice Quiz: 3.1 Practice Quiz
- Reading: Learning Outcomes
- Видео: 3.2a Common Fallacies
- Discussion Prompt: 3.2 Common Fallacies
- Practice Quiz: 3.2 Practice Quiz
- Reading: Learning Outcomes
- Видео: 3.3a Forms of Reasoning
- Practice Quiz: 3.3 Practice Quiz
- Reading: Learning Outcomes
- Видео: 3.4a Applying Systems Thinking
- Видео: 3.4b Applying Systems Thinking Expert Video
- Discussion Prompt: 3.4 Systems Thinking
- Practice Quiz: 3.4 Practice Quiz
Оцениваемый: Summative Quiz - Module 3
Оцениваемый: Discussion Board Self Assessment - Module 3
НЕДЕЛЯ 4
Argumentation
10 видео, 4 материала для самостоятельного изучения, 4 тренировочных теста
- Reading: Learning Outcomes
- Видео: 4.1b Claims and Evidence Expert Video
- Discussion Prompt: 4.1 Claims and Evidence
- Practice Quiz: 4.1 Practice Quiz
- Reading: Learning Outcomes
- Видео: 4.2a Identifying Biases and Assumptions 1
- Видео: 4.2b Identifying Biases and Assumptions 2
- Видео: 4.2c Identifying Biases and Assumptions 3
- Discussion Prompt: 4.2 Biases and Assumptions
- Practice Quiz: 4.2 Practice Quiz
- Reading: Learning Outcomes
- Видео: 4.3a Using Critical Thinking to Evaluate Arguments 1
- Видео: 4.3b Using Criteria to Evaluate Arguments 2
- Practice Quiz: 4.3 Practice Quiz
- Reading: Learning Outcomes
- Видео: 4.4a Types of Argument 1
- Видео: 4.4b Types of Argument 2
- Видео: 4.4c Types of Arguments Expert Video
- Discussion Prompt: 4.4 Types of Argument
- Practice Quiz: 4.4 Practice Quiz
Оцениваемый: Summative Quiz - Module 4
Оцениваемый: Discussion Board Self Assessment - Module 4
НЕДЕЛЯ 5
Demonstrating Critical Thinking
6 видео, 4 материала для самостоятельного изучения, 4 тренировочных теста
- Reading: Learning Outcomes
- Видео: 5.1b Argument Chains
- Видео: 5.1c Argument Chains - Slippery Slope
- Practice Quiz: 5.1 Practice Quiz
- Reading: Learning Outcomes
- Видео: 5.2a Models for Academic Argumentation
- Discussion Prompt: 5.2 Models of Academic Argumentation
- Practice Quiz: 5.2 Practice Quiz
- Reading: Learning Resources
- Видео: 5.3a Critical Thinking and Critique
- Practice Quiz: 5.3 Practice Quiz
- Reading: Learning Outcomes
- Видео: 5.4a Critical Thinking and Reflective Writing
- Discussion Prompt: 5.4a Critical Thinking and Reflective Writing
- Practice Quiz: 5.4 Practice Quiz
Оцениваемый: Summative Quiz - Module 5
Оцениваемый: Discussion Board Self Assessment - Module 5
НЕДЕЛЯ 6
Summative Assignment
4 материала для самостоятельного изучения
- Discussion Prompt: End of Course Discussion
- Reading: Summative Assessment Overview
- Reading: How to mark your peers' assignments
- Reading: Practice peer marking activity answers
- Discussion Prompt: 6.1 Course Reflection
- Reading: Congratulations - You've Finished!
Оцениваемый: Critically evaluating arguments
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The University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is one of the world’s leading comprehensive research and teaching universities, consistently ranked in the top 1 percent of universities in the world. In 2015, we were ranked 45 in the QS World University Rankings, and 100 percent of our research was rated at above, or well above, world standard in the Excellence in Research for Australia report.
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