Instructor: Zainab Sherazi

Email: [email protected]

DESCRIPTION

Critical Thinking and development of critical thinking skills is the address of every educational institute around the globe. This course is designed for undergraduate program of teacher preparation. It is expected that the teachers of twenty first century should be able to not only learn and review the current policies and practices in education but may also have the ability to think critically and reflect upon the current practices to bring positive changes. This course will introduce the prospective teachers to critical theory, and help them to become reflective practitioners. This course will also help them to initiate action research culture within education and strengthen the community of practice in the profession of teaching. This course helps learners develop higher-order thinking skills by prompting learners to relate new knowledge to prior understanding, think in both abstract and conceptual terms, apply specific strategies in novel tasks, and understand their own thinking and learning strategies.

INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES

After- studying this course, the students will be able to:

1. Apply critical thinking and critical pedagogy in teaching
2. Analyse the content and design classroom instruction in innovative manner
3. Review and reflect on own teaching practices for further improvement
4. Conduct action research within classroom settings
5. Become a cautious and active member of community of teaching and learning
6. Understand the relationship of critical thinking with reading and writing
7. Foster rational motivation among the students

RECOMMENDED BOOKS

1. Cottrell, S. (2017). Critical thinking skills: Effective analysis, argument and reflection, London: Macmillan International Higher Education.

2. Costa, A.L. & Lowery,L.F.(2014). Techniques for teaching thinking, Melbourne: Hawker Brownlow

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Week Plan: Week wise plan is attached below along with attachments

SCHEDULE