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  5. Thinking Skills
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Last Updated: 14/10/2026

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
EPÖ521 - Thinking Skills I. SEMESTER 3 +0 6.0
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) DOÇ. DR. BÜLENT ALAN
Mode of Delivery The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.
Place of Delivery On Campus
Used Educational Platforms Face-to-face
Prerequisites There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
Courses Recomended There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
Recommended Resources Akkuş-Çakır, N., & Senemoğlu, N. (2016). Analytical thinking skills in higher education. Kastamonu Education Journal, 24(3), 1487-1502.Aybek, B. (2007). Konu ve beceri temelli eleştirel düşünme öğretiminin öğretmen adaylarının eleştirel düşünme eğilimi ve düzeyine etkisi. Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 16(2), 43-60.Coşkun, Y.K. (2019). Entelektüel beyin. Eleştirel düşün içinde (ed. Hülya Kılıç), s. 19-28. İstanbul: Yeditepe Üniversitesi Yayınevi. Cottrell, S. (2017). Critical thinking skills: Effective analysis, argument and reflection. London: Macmillan International Higher Education.Crenshaw, P., Hale, E., & Harper, S. L. (2011). Producing intellectual labor in the classroom: The utilization of a critical thinking model to help students take command of their thinking. Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 8(7), 13-26.De Bono, E. (1985). The CoRT thinking program. In J. W. Segal., S. F. Chipman., & R. Glaser (Eds.), Thinking and learning skills 1, (pp. 363-378). New York: Routledge.Dilekli, Y. (2019). Etkinliklerle düşünme öğretimi. Ankara: Pegem Akademi.Dolu, N. (2015). Öğrenmenin nörofizyolojisi. Öğrenmenin nörofizyolojisi: Öğretimde yeni yaklaşımlar içinde (ed. Mehmet Arslan), s.160-178. Ankara: Anı YayıncılıkEnnis, R. H. (1989). Critical thinking and subject specificity: Clarification and needed research. Educational Researcher, 18(3), 4-10.Facione, P. A. (2011). Critical thinking: What it is and why it counts. Insight Assessment, 2007(1), 1-23.Işık, Ö. (2015). Eleştirel düşünme. Öğrenmenin nörofizyolojisi: Öğretimde yeni yaklaşımlar içinde (ed. Mehmet Arslan), s.160-178. Ankara: Anı Yayıncılık. Kırıkkanat, B. (2019). Delice mi dahice mi düşünelim? Eleştirel düşün içinde (ed. Hülya Kılıç), s. 33-42. İstanbul: Yeditepe Üniversitesi Yayınevi. McGuinness, C. (1999). From thinking skills to thinking classrooms: A review and evaluation of approaches for developing pupils\' thinking. London: Department for Education and Employment.Önkuzu, E. & Bedir, S. B. Yansıtmacılık. Öğrenmenin nörofizyolojisi: Öğretimde yeni yaklaşımlar içinde (ed. Mehmet Arslan), s.91-126. Ankara: Anı Yayıncılık. Özüdoğru, M. (2016). Eleştirel Söylemden Eleştirel Okumaya. Ankara: Anı Yayıncılık.Paul, R. & Elder, L. (2020). Kritik düşünce. Yaşamınızın ve öğrenmenizin sorumluluğunu üstlenmek için araçlar (Çeviri Editörleri: Ayşe Esra Arslan & Gamze Sart). Ankara: Nobel. Richard. P. & Elder. P. Minik Eleştirel Düşünme Klavuzu. (Çeviren: Merih Bektaş Eren) Eleştirel Düşünme Kurumu. www.criticalthinking.org Şahin, S. A. & Tunca, N. (2013). Düşünme becerileri ve düşünmeyi destekleyen sınıf ortamı/öğretmen davranışları. Öğrenme-öğretme yaklaşımları ve uygulama örnekleri içinde (ed. Gülay Ekici & Meral Güven), s.392-426. Ankara: Pegem Akademi.Ruggiero, V. R. (2019). Eleştirel düşünme için bir rehber. (Çeviren, Çağdaş Dedeoğlu). İstanbul: ALFA Araştırma Yılmaz, K. (2019). Eleştirel ve analitik düşünme. Ankara: Pegem Akademi.
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Aims of the Course This course aims to highlight the importance of effective thinking and the skills known as higher-order thinking—namely, analytical, critical, reflective, and creative thinking—in educational programs; it also aims to teach how these skills can be developed in students, how they can be integrated throughout the entire educational program, and how they can be incorporated into course content.

Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 LO-11 Course Description, Requirements and Introduction Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 2 LO-11 What is thinking? The Building Stones of Thinking; Features of Good Thinkers; Factors Hindering Healthy Thinking Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Research and Inquiry
Week - 3 LO-2 Brain as a Thinking Organ The Structure of Brain; The Features of Right and Left Brain; The Four-Quadrant Model; Holistic Development of Brain Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Research and Inquiry
Week - 4 LO-5 LO-6 Types of Thinking: Analytical and Critical Thinking. The Role of Analytical and Critical Thinking in Educational Programs Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Brain Storming Critique/Critical Reading
Week - 5 LO-10 Types of Thinking: Reflective and Creative Thinking. The role of reflective and creative thinking in educational programs. The reflective teacher and the importance of reflective thinking Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Brain Storming Critique/Critical Reading Concept Mapping Research and Inquiry
Week - 6 LO-4 What Is Criticism? The Concept of Criticism; Modern, Modernity, Modernism Critical Thinking and Intellectual Identity; Fundamental Intellectual Characteristics Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Research and Inquiry
Week - 7 LO-4 LO-11 Higher-Order Thinking Skills and Intellectual Identity; Fundamental Intellectual Characteristics Question & Answer Discussion Brain Storming Critique/Critical Reading Research and Inquiry
Week - 8 LO-12 Higher-Order Thinking and Asking Effective Questions Socratic Thinking; Question Types Lecture Discussion Problem Solving Brain Storming Research and Inquiry
Week - 9 LO-12 Critical Thinking and Asking Effective Questions Socratic Thinking; Question Types Question & Answer Discussion Case Study Problem Solving Brain Storming Critique/Critical Reading
Week - 10 LO-8 Presentations on Activities Aimed at Developing Higher-Order Thinking Skills (Original Activities to Be Prepared by Students) Team/Group Work Case Study Problem Solving Role Playing/Dramatization Demonstration and Practice Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
Week - 11 LO-13 Presentations on Activities Aimed at Developing Higher-Order Thinking Skills (Original Activities to Be Prepared by Students) Team/Group Work Case Study Problem Solving Demonstration and Practice Practice/Practical Work/Workshop Research and Inquiry
Week - 12 LO-7 Critical reading and listening Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Brain Storming Critique/Critical Reading
Week - 13 LO-7 Critical Reading and Writing: Analyzing the Text; Academic Reading and Writing Lecture Question & Answer Discussion Problem Solving Critique/Critical Reading Research and Inquiry
Week - 14 LO-3 LO-11 Media and Propaganda Discussion Critique/Critical Reading Research and Inquiry

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Quamtity Percentage (%)
1.Midterm Exam 1 40
Final Exam 1 60
Toplam (%) 100

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