5.00 credits
This learning unit is not open to incoming exchange students!
Teacher(s)
Servais Olivier;
Language
French
Main themes
- Why develop critical thinking skills?
- Identify your preconceptions
- Decoding the discourse
- Evaluating the quality of sources
- Understanding the scientific process
- Analyse data
- Be aware of the limits of science
Learning outcomes
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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Content
Module 1: Why develop critical thinking skills?
1.1 Critical thinking, a new phenomenon?
1.2 Critical thinking and transdisciplinarity
Module 2: Identifying your preconceptions
2.1 Stereotypes, biases and preconceptions: what are we talking about?
2.2 Different types of bias
2.3 Distancing and deconstruction
Module 3: Decoding speech
3.1 The influence of sound
3.2 The influence of the image
3.3 The influence of the non-verbal
3.4 Words and speech
Module 4: Evaluating the Quality of Sources
4.1 Information sources
4.2 The intentionality of information sources
4.3 Reliability of an information source
4.4 Scientific publications
Module 5: Understanding the Scientific Process
5.1 The different types of reasoning
5.2 The scientific process
5.3 Critical research approach
5.4 Pseudo or non scientific approach
Module 6: Analyzing Data
6.1 The qualitative approach
6.2 Samples, surveys and probabilities
6.3 Interpreting data
6.4 Distinguish between causality and correlation
Module 7: Recognizing the Limits of Science
7.1 Scientific consensus
7.2 Human and technological limitations of the scientific process
7.3 Diversity of scientific approaches
7.4 The place of science in Western society
1.1 Critical thinking, a new phenomenon?
1.2 Critical thinking and transdisciplinarity
Module 2: Identifying your preconceptions
2.1 Stereotypes, biases and preconceptions: what are we talking about?
2.2 Different types of bias
2.3 Distancing and deconstruction
Module 3: Decoding speech
3.1 The influence of sound
3.2 The influence of the image
3.3 The influence of the non-verbal
3.4 Words and speech
Module 4: Evaluating the Quality of Sources
4.1 Information sources
4.2 The intentionality of information sources
4.3 Reliability of an information source
4.4 Scientific publications
Module 5: Understanding the Scientific Process
5.1 The different types of reasoning
5.2 The scientific process
5.3 Critical research approach
5.4 Pseudo or non scientific approach
Module 6: Analyzing Data
6.1 The qualitative approach
6.2 Samples, surveys and probabilities
6.3 Interpreting data
6.4 Distinguish between causality and correlation
Module 7: Recognizing the Limits of Science
7.1 Scientific consensus
7.2 Human and technological limitations of the scientific process
7.3 Diversity of scientific approaches
7.4 The place of science in Western society
Teaching methods
Online teaching - The registration to the MOOC « Penser critique » is oraginsed on edX.org - see the link :https://bit.ly/Louv22x2022 (same access as those of your virtual office)
Evaluation methods
Oral exam after completing the online course (for both sessions)
Online resources
All resources are online
Faculty or entity
PSAD