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I. Course introduction
1. Course orientation
"Critical thinking and methods", as a basic discipline to cultivate and train critical logic and analytical argumentation ability, has been widely praised and applied by the educational circles at home and abroad. Critical thinking guides students to look at the things around them and stimulates their innovation potential. Critical methods aim to put thinking into practice and apply different logical reasoning and analysis methods to complete the process of stating, questioning and demonstrating facts.
The bilingual course covers the basic concepts of critical thinking, theoretical development, reasoning methods and skills, critical reading and writing, creative thinking and innovative methods, and includes various forms of classroom discussion, group discussion, course work, etc., to train students to recognize and understand the logical relationship between arguments, find reasoning loopholes and propose solutions. Reflect on their own views and values, and develop critical reading and writing skills. As a course for the construction of Shanghai Curriculum Ideological and political Navigation Plan, in the course of teaching critical thinking and methods, following the principle of "moist things quietly", ideological and political education content is integrated into the teaching of critical thinking and methods-related knowledge, so as to cultivate professional talents with a sense of social mission and responsibility, correct values, professional ethics and innovative thinking.
2. Curriculum development
Critical Thinking and Methods was launched in 2018, with a total of more than 450 students. It focuses on organically integrating professional courses with ideological and political courses, and scientifically designing a course ideological and political system from various aspects of teaching, such as course objective design, syllabus revision, teaching plan courseware compilation, etc. In all aspects of teaching, such as classroom teaching, teaching seminars, homework papers and so on, the teaching quality and education quality have been improved together. For three consecutive years, the school has been awarded "Excellent" (A) by the supervisor, and the students have been praised. So far, it has been selected into the first batch of Shanghai Ideological and Political Navigation Course and Tongji University Online Ideological and Political Demonstration Course.
The teaching team promoted the critical Thinking and Methods course to students inside and outside the school through online live broadcasting, which was recommended by many teachers outside the school. The organic integrated course ideological and political teaching method has been applied to many colleges and universities in China, such as Southeast University, Chang 'an University, Xizang University, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, etc., and has been well received by participating teachers and students inside and outside the school. It is widely believed that the multi-class style and the integration of critical thinking and innovative spirit have been deeply felt in the cross-school learning, which has helped students to improve their professional cognition. It has reference significance.
Ⅱ. Teaching team:
Name
University
Professional title
Division of labor in subject research
Hui Li
Tongji University
Professor, national high-level talents
Introduction to Critical Thinking and Methods To develop critical thinking skills
Wanjing Ma
Professor, national outstanding youth
How to make critical logical reasoning
Sijie Lin
Identification and analysis of arguments
Qie Hu
Critical writing method
Yu Yan
Seminar on critical Writing Methods for Moral, Legal, and Aesthetic Reasoning
Chi Xie
Explore critical thinking and creativity
Quan Yuan
researcher
Assess the credibility of the information
Miaojia Lu
Assistant professor
Critical Reading methods Seminar on critical reading methods
Ⅲ. Online teaching link
The theme: 15044101 | | critical thinking and method Hui Li, Quan Yuan, Miaojia Lu
Meeting Time: 15:30-17:05 (2022/08/29-2022/12/17) Every week (Monday)
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Hyperstar online course links:
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V. Course Schedule (Autumn 2022)
Teaching period
content PPT mainly covered
teacher
Hours (in/out of class)
Teaching method
introduction
1) Course background (teaching objectives, assessment methods, reference materials)
2) The presentation and case of critical thinking
3) Concept and meaning
4) The significance of Cultivating critical thinking
李辉
2（in）
8.29
Classroom teaching
Bilingual courseware
Class discussion
Develop critical thinking skills
1) Formation process and elements of critical thinking
2) How does critical thinking orientation motivate critical thinking
4（in）
9.05
9.12(Mid-Autumn Festival)
1) Assertions and their sources
2) Evaluate the credibility of the information source
3) Credibility and the credibility of news media advertising
袁泉
9.19
1) What are the basic characteristics of argumentation
2) Identification and analysis of argumentation and non-argumentation
3) Understand the techniques of argument
4) Case analysis (learning argumentation skills in journal literature)
9.26
10.03(national day)
10.10
1) Deductive reasoning (categorical judgment, three operations on categorical judgment, categorical syllogism)
2) Truth function logic (truth table and function symbols, truth function argumentation and deduction)
3) How does non-deductive reasoning make the expression more logical
10.17
10.24
Special topic:
Moral, legal and aesthetic reasoning
1) Value judgment
2) The main perspective in moral reasoning
3) Aesthetic reasoning of law formation
10.31
Critical reading method
1) The significance of critical reading
2) Common rhetorical techniques
3) Ambiguity
4) Critical reading methods of abstract concepts
陆淼嘉
11.07
11.14
Special topic: Application of Critical Reading Methods
How to use critical thinking to read a text and form critical reading notes
11.21
1) The meaning of critical writing
2) Comparison with traditional writing
3) How do the mistakes of paper writing form persuasive writing
11.28
12.05
Special topic: Application of critical Writing Methods
Critical thinking writing skills, practice critical essay writing
12.12
1) Critical thinking and scientific Discovery (Empiricism, experimentation and the Scientific Method)
2) The Impact of Critical Thinking on Modern Technology Creativity and critical thinking
12.19
test
24（out）
Course work
After-class discussion
Vi. Teaching Materials and main reference books
Textbook title
Writer
Publisher
edition
ISBN
Nature of teaching material
批判性思维(Critical Thinking)
Brooke Noel Moore, Richard Parker
China Machine Press
12th
978-7-111-66442-0
Reference book
学会提问
（Asking the Right Questions）
Neil Browne, Stuart M.Keeley
10th
978-7-111-40659-4
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