Educating for Critical Thinking
Freestanding course
About the course
The course is aimed at those of you who are active in higher education and want to develop your ability to stimulate students critical thinking. It is particularly suitable for university teachers, lecturers and other educational professionals who want to deepen their understanding of what a critical approach means.
The course gives you tools and perspectives for understanding, teaching and assessing critical thinking. You will explore different forms of criticality, discuss how teaching can support students critical development and reflect on your own role as an academic teacher.
Course content
The aim of the course is for the student to deepen her/his understanding of criticality, critical thinking and critical approaches within the context of teaching in higher education.
The course provides an introduction to the concept of criticality. During the course, the question of what it means to be critical is discussed, as well as how students can be introduced to a critical approach.
Among other things, it deals with:
- The objectives and goals of higher education
- Critical approach in theory and practice
- The introduction and practice of critical thinking
- Learning as a research process
- Progression in critical thinking
- Translating critical thinking into speech and text
- Assessment of critical approaches
Entry requirements and selection
Entry requirements
Entry requirements
1. Bachelor's degree or equivalent
2. The equivalent of English 6, in Swedish secondary school
Selection
100% University credits completed
Course literature
Current literature list is available in the syllabus for the course
Course evaluation
Malmö University provides students who participate in, or who have completed a course, with the opportunity to express their opinions and describe their experiences of the course by completing a course evaluation administered by the University. The University will compile and summarise the results of course evaluations. The University will also inform participants of the results and any decisions relating to measures taken in response to the course evaluations. The results will be made available to the students (HF 1:14).
