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The Art of Good Thinking
Undergraduate | UNE-PHIL102 | 2018
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Get an introduction to the foundational principles of critical thinking. Appreciate how they can be applied both in daily life, and to university study. Develop skills in analysis and evaluation. Learn to construct and deconstruct an argument.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- No ATAR needed,
- No prior study
- Duration
- -
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The Art of Good Thinking
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, students will be able to:
- identify and analyse arguments in academic and everyday contexts;
- apply appropriate theoretical concepts to evaluate arguments as a pathway for further learning;
- apply critical thinking skills to recognise and avoid flawed reasoning; and
- independently and satisfactorily apply all these good thinking skills to dealing with real life complex arguments
- Topics will be available to enrolled students in the subjects moodle site approximately one week prior to the commencement of the teaching period.
Good thinking is rigorous thinking and it is both critical and creative. In this subject students are introduced to the foundational principles of critical thinking, which are as much applicable in any university course as they are in everyday life. To this end, the subject aims at developing basic skills in argument analysis and evaluation, and the skills involved in creating one's own arguments.
This subject has three assessments which are skills-based and short answer questions. They are 1500 words each and all relate to Learning Outcomes (LO): 1-4
- Skills-based & short answer questions 1 (33%)
- Skills-based & short answer questions 2 (33%)
- Skills-based & short answer questions 3 (34%)
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Additional requirements
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Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
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