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Foundational & Soft Skills

Critical Thinking

Think before you believe or share: analysing claims and arguments; telling valid reasoning from fallacies; evaluating sources, news and images with lateral reading; understanding numbers, probabilities, correlation and causation; and recognising our biases, deciding better and disagreeing respectfully.

  • BeginnerNo prior experience needed
  • 16 hTotal content time
  • 15 lessonsOrdered from basics to practice
  • In ArabicWith technical terms in English

About this course

Think before you believe or share: analysing claims and arguments; telling valid reasoning from fallacies; evaluating sources, news and images with lateral reading; understanding numbers, probabilities, correlation and causation; and recognising our biases, deciding better and disagreeing respectfully.

Academy-authored content.

Course highlights

  • Identify claims, premises, conclusions and assumptions, and separate fact from opinion
  • Judge whether an argument is valid and recognise common fallacies
  • Evaluate sources, news and images before believing or sharing
  • Interpret numbers and probabilities, including base rates, risk and correlation
  • Recognise cognitive biases and make and discuss decisions more fairly

Is this course for you?

Who it’s for

  • preparatory and secondary learners, university students and adults who want to judge claims, news and numbers well

Requirements

  • none; basic percentages

Course content

  • 7units
  • 15sessions
  • 6quizzes
Unit 13 sessions
  1. Lesson 1.1
  2. Lesson 1.2
  3. Lesson 1.3
Unit 23 sessions
  1. Lesson 2.1
  2. Lesson 2.2
  3. Lesson 2.3
Unit 33 sessions
  1. Lesson 3.1
  2. Lesson 3.2
  3. Lesson 3.3
Unit 43 sessions
  1. Lesson 4.1
  2. Lesson 4.2
  3. Lesson 4.3
Unit 53 sessions
  1. Lesson 5.1
  2. Lesson 5.2
  3. Lesson 5.3
Quizzes0 sessions · 6 quizzes
  1. Quiz 1
  2. Quiz 2
  3. Quiz 3
  4. Quiz 4
  5. Quiz 5
  6. Final exam
Projects and assignments0 sessions
  1. Assignment 1
  2. Assignment 2

The lecturer

Lecturer

Eng. Abdelmaksoud

Your next step

This course is part of the trackFoundational & Soft SkillsEnglish, Office and maths, plus communication and productivity.5 courses

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