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Critical Thinking and Analysis for Intermediate level and above ©The Learning Quality Support Unit, 2013
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What Is The Purpose of this Session? To develop your awareness of the critical thinking skills needed for under and postgraduate level academic work. Develop critical analytical skills.
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Critical thinking Francis BaconFrancis Bacon, back in 1605: “For myself, I found that I was fitted for nothing so well as for the study of Truth; as having a mind nimble and versatile enough to catch the resemblances of things … and at the same time steady enough to fix and distinguish their subtler differences; as being gifted by nature with desire to seek, patience to doubt, fondness to meditate, slowness to assert, readiness to consider, carefulness to dispose and set in order; and as being a man that neither affects what is new nor admires what is old, and that hates every kind of imposture”.
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Moving to critical thinking Inquisitive Judicious Truth seeking Confidence in reasoning Open- minded AnalyticalSystematic Adapted from the work of Facione et al (1995)
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Critical analysis involves: Reviewing the claims of theorists, researchers, governments (law), authorities (policies, guidelines, recommendations). Checking the strength of supporting evidence. Asking: – how closely they apply to the situation? – Is the work organised so that the outcomes appear better than opposing research? Writing up
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Understanding formal logic It's important to understand that an argument can be logical without necessarily being true. Consider, for example, the following: All women are brilliant. I am a woman. Therefore, I am brilliant.
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Conclusion Improved critical thinking skills Improved ability to identify key issues in text Being analytical
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References Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (2010). Making sense of evidence. Retrieved from http://www.casp-uk.net/http://www.casp-uk.net/ Facione, P. A. Sánchez, C. A. Facione N. C. & Gainen, J.(1995). ‘The Disposition Toward Critical Thinking.The Journal of General Education, 44 (1) 1-25. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/27797240 http://www.jstor.org/stable/27797240 Image on first page: Chartland, J. (2008, September 29). How Good Are Your Critical Thinking Skills?[Web log post]. Retrieved from http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&so urce=hp&biw=1120&bih=561&q=critical+thinking+images&oq=criti cal+thinking+&gs_l=img.1.2.0l10.714.7941.0.9677.20.13.1.6.6.0.12 9.1189.8j5.13.0...0.0...1ac.1.5.img.5eloYnlnV34 http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&so urce=hp&biw=1120&bih=561&q=critical+thinking+images&oq=criti cal+thinking+&gs_l=img.1.2.0l10.714.7941.0.9677.20.13.1.6.6.0.12 9.1189.8j5.13.0...0.0...1ac.1.5.img.5eloYnlnV34
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