AED23C CRITICAL REASONING SKILLS FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING

The course will equip student teachers with a broad range of critical reasoning skills to develop the thinking and analytical abilities of their pupils in schools. Critical reasoning is based in part on mastery of basic rules of elementary logic, as well as practical reasoning skills. These skills are used for the analysis and evaluation of situations and arguments, as well as the formulation and articulation of good arguments and judgments. By learning how to formulate and articulate good arguments, student teachers will acquire an appreciation of how these critical thinking skills can be used to facilitate multi and inter-disciplinary learning in their teaching. Working in groups, they will design innovative lesson plans that would help to stimulate interest in critical thinking and problem solving among their pupils.