Staff Development Module:
Teaching Critical Thinking

Teaching Critical Thinking will help you increase your understanding of what critical thinking is, show ways to help your students develop it by using several techniques, and underscore why it is important to do so.

Upon completion of the module, you will be able to:

1. Define critical thinking;
2. Describe two teaching techniques for critical thinking;
3. Create new critical thinking teaching techniques;
4. Apply those techniques to your own teaching.

Modes of Completion

1. Completion
   Participants take a pre-quiz, work through the video materials, and take the post-quiz for a module. If you score at least 70% on the post-quiz for a given module, you get a Certificate of Completion for that module. Your effort will also be recorded as completion of an In-house Staff Development activity (Teaching & Learning) module on the HRO system.
   
   OR
   
   
2. Completion with Honours
   Participants take the pre-quiz, work through the video materials, and take the post-quiz. In addition, you complete a written assignment. If you score at least 70% on each post-quiz for a given module and submit a satisfactory written assignment, you get a Certificate of Completion (with Honours). Your effort will also be recorded as completion of an In-house Staff Development activity (Teaching & Learning) module on the HRO system.

Certificate of Completion (with Honours)  will normally be issued at the beginning of Semester B and all others in July based on registrants' achievement.

Course Information

Target participants:	Faculty and teaching staff
Study hours:	2-4 hours (including the written reflection)
Course date * :	Offered online in Semester A and B. Participants can enroll through AIMS
Module coordinator:	Dr William CHEUNG

 

*  Participants can enroll anytime during Semester A and B. They work at their own pace to complete the module by the end of the semester B.