Critical Thinking Skill

INTRODUCTION

You will gain the critical thinking skills you need to become a more effective problem solver, decision maker and communicator.  By learning how to expand your critical thinking skills, you will be able t think strategically, see the big picture and consider all sides of an issue – everything you need to do to become a better problem solver and decision maker.

HOW WILL YOU BENEFIT

By the end of this program, participants should be able to:

• Learn how to use critical thinking to challenge assumptions and expand perception
• Come to better conclusions and decisions more often
• Influence and persuade others with critical thinking and clear language
• Learn how to find out what you don’t know – and solve the real problem
• Decode and clarify the truth behind an argument or information
• How to spot fallacies in an argument and tell good reasoning from bad

KEY CONTENTS

1.  The Fundamentals Critical Thinking

       What is Critical Thinking?

       Application of Critical Thinking in analyzing decision

  Basic Concepts Of Critical Thinking

2.   Arguments

  Identifying Arguments in their natural habitat

  Logic – Deductive Validity & Inductive Force

  Evaluating arguments

  The practice of argument reconstruction

  Rhetorical ploys and fallacies

3.   Reasoning

  Is the evidence and reasons reliable?

  Acceptable reasons

  Reasoning about alternatives and necessary sufficient conditions

  Reasoning by analogy

  Reasoning by Hypotheses

  Consistency and precision measurement

4.   Clarifying Meaning

  Constructing and evaluating definitions

  Thinking critically about frameworks

  Uncovering the missing information

  Decoding beyond the obvious

  Seeing shouldn’t be believing

  Evaluating Source of Information

  Safeguards / Filtering the information received

5.   Critical Thinking Practical Approach

  Learning the art asking the right questions

  Uncovering the mysticism using critical thinking

  Critical Thinking Mistakes to avoid

  Practical Guides and Golden Rules in Critical Thinking

  The Art of Mastering the effect of ambiguity

  Methods in overcoming Personal bias, Values and Beliefs that influence critical thinking

METHODOLOGY

This course is essentially participative and practical, emphasizing learning through experience, both from structured activities on the program eg. Role plays, group work, video screening, case studies and discussion from individual experience.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This course is designed for Managers, Head of Department, Supervisors, Executives and anyone who is looking to enhance their ability in reasoning and analyzing an issue / problem; who is engaged in day-to-day problem solving and decision making; who is looking to improve their thinking and reasoning ability; who wants to master the fundamental skills of creative thinking and who tends to believe in assumptions and mere perceptions which may lead to inaccurate decisions.




DURATION
2 Days