Critical reasoning

Critical reasoning

#CR200 - An OERu course

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edit   Course identifiers Course tag #OERuCR2 Level 2nd Year bachelor's degree Notional learning hours 120 Enrollment status Under development Original OERu developer University of South Africa edit   Key resources Course guide Introduction, study schedule and assessment StudyDesk Websites for accessing your course materials and learning activities ask.OERu.org Community-based question and answer forum for OERu and the OERuCR2 course.

edit   Course Description The Thinker by Rodin located at the Musée Rodin in Paris The aim of this course is to provide an opportunity to acquire critical thinking tools to critically analyse and evaluate knowledge claims. These tools are crucial to making informed decisions in study, work and private situations. Learners who complete the Critical reasoning course are: Orientated towards independent thinking through active participation in the development of their competence in critical reasoning skills. They are sensitive to fallacies in reasoning and adopt a critical attitude towards stereotypes and biases. They demonstrate the basic competence to analyse and evaluate different kinds of arguments, and to construct their own arguments by applying their experience and competencies acquired through their studies in critical reasoning. edit   Microblog feed This is where we will set up the aggregated feed for micro-blog and OERu forum posts.