Course Description
| Course | Code | Semester | T+P (Hour) | Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOGIC and CRITICAL THINKING | - | Fall Semester | 2+0 | 2 | 4 |
| Course Program |
| Prerequisites Courses | |
| Recommended Elective Courses |
| Language of Course | Turkish |
| Course Level | First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree) |
| Course Type | Elective |
| Course Coordinator | |
| Name of Lecturer(s) | |
| Assistant(s) | |
| Aim | This lecture aims to explain what thinking means and to teach how to think more correctly. |
| Course Content | This course contains; Introduction to Critical Thinking,What is Being Human?,What Does Thinking Mean?,Stages of Thinking, Methodology and Truth,Thinking With Sagacity: Knowing Your Place and Aiming At Truth,Types of Thinking: Deduction and Induction,Logical Mistakes,How Do We Decide? Two Deciding Systems: Fast and Dirty, and Slow and Wise,The Road to Sagacity Passes Through Second System,First System is Automatic Pilot,First System Loves Not the Truth But Narrative,First System Uses Heuristics When Deciding,How Do Our Characteristic Attributes Shape Decisions We Make?,Cognitive Biases. |
| Dersin Öğrenme Kazanımları | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| 1. Will be able to understand what thinking means. | 10, 13, 16, 6, 9 | A, E |
| 1.1. Explain two decision systems and the interaction between them. | 10, 13, 16, 6, 9 | A, E |
| 1.2. Explain how to use heuristics. | 10, 13, 16, 6, 9 | A, E |
| 2. Will be able to explain logical mistakes. | 10, 13, 16, 6, 9 | A, E |
| 2.1. Explain cognitive logical mistakes. | 10, 13, 16, 6, 9 | A, E |
| 2.2. Explain structural logical mistakes. | 10, 13, 16, 6, 9 | A, E |
| 2.3. Explain contextual logical mistakes. | 10, 13, 16, 6, 9 | A, E |
| Teaching Methods: | 10: Discussion Method, 13: Case Study Method, 16: Question - Answer Technique, 6: Experiential Learning, 9: Lecture Method |
| Assessment Methods: | A: Traditional Written Exam, E: Homework |
Course Outline
| Order | Subjects | Preliminary Work |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to Critical Thinking | Reading Relevant Lecture Notes |
| 2 | What is Being Human? | Reading Relevant Lecture Notes |
| 3 | What Does Thinking Mean? | Reading Relevant Lecture Notes |
| 4 | Stages of Thinking, Methodology and Truth | Reading Relevant Lecture Notes |
| 5 | Thinking With Sagacity: Knowing Your Place and Aiming At Truth | Reading Relevant Lecture Notes |
| 6 | Types of Thinking: Deduction and Induction | Reading Relevant Lecture Notes |
| 7 | Logical Mistakes | Reading Relevant Lecture Notes |
| 8 | How Do We Decide? Two Deciding Systems: Fast and Dirty, and Slow and Wise | Reading Relevant Lecture Notes |
| 9 | The Road to Sagacity Passes Through Second System | Reading Relevant Lecture Notes |
| 10 | First System is Automatic Pilot | Reading Relevant Lecture Notes |
| 11 | First System Loves Not the Truth But Narrative | Reading Relevant Lecture Notes |
| 12 | First System Uses Heuristics When Deciding | Reading Relevant Lecture Notes |
| 13 | How Do Our Characteristic Attributes Shape Decisions We Make? | Reading Relevant Lecture Notes |
| 14 | Cognitive Biases | Reading Relevant Lecture Notes |
| Resources |
| Critical Thinking Lecture Notes |
| - Daniel Kahneman, Hızlı ve Yavaş Düşünme, Varlık Yayınları, 2015. - Jonah Lehrer, Karar Anı, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınevi, 2014. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Siyah Kuğu, Varlık Yayınları, 2011. - Nurettin Topçu, Mantık, Dergah Yayınları, 2014. |
Course Contribution to Program Qualifications
| Course Contribution to Program Qualifications | |||||||
| No | Program Qualification | Contribution Level | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | PQ-1. Acquires knowledge of social work theory and practice fields. | ||||||
| 2 | PQ-2. Gains communication skills and knowledge. | ||||||
| 3 | PQ-3. Obtains information about management and processes. | ||||||
| 4 | PQ-4. Understands professional ethics, principles and values. | ||||||
| 5 | PQ-5. Uses required computer software, communication technologies and a foreign language. | ||||||
| 6 | PQ-6. Acquires the skills of planning and developing for social policy and solving social problems with scientific data and evidence. | ||||||
| 7 | PQ-7. Improves skills for interpreting, synthesizing and using the knowledge gained from different disciplines to solve complex social problems. | ||||||
| 8 | PQ-8. Develops competency to cooperate with other occupations and disciplines for developing services in teamwork and individual responsibility. | ||||||
| 9 | PQ- 9. Able to use methods and techniques to reach results of research and professional literature to follow and interpret in social work. | ||||||
| 10 | PQ-10. Able to evaluate, criticize, analyze and synthesize the knowledge and skills acquired in the field. | ||||||
| 11 | PQ-11. Gains ability and competence to set goals for self-development of his area, to apply appropriate strategies for selected targets, to follow actual info and developments, to trace and evaluate the state of the projects for his goals. | ||||||
| 12 | PQ-12. Capable to practice social work and train client groups on the basis of similarities and differences by recognizing the positive value of the differences. | ||||||
| 13 | PQ-13. Learns the effects of the social and cultural environment on human behavior and considers this effect in social work practice. | ||||||
| 14 | PQ-14. Able to perform Planned Changing Process (contact, diagnosis and assessment, planning, implementation, application, evaluation, termination, feedback and monitoring). | ||||||
Assessment Methods
| Contribution Level | Absolute Evaluation | |
| Rate of Midterm Exam to Success | 40 | |
| Rate of Final Exam to Success | 60 | |
| Total | 100 | |
| ECTS / Workload Table | ||||||
| Activities | Number of | Duration(Hour) | Total Workload(Hour) | |||
| Course Hours | 14 | 2 | 28 | |||
| Guided Problem Solving | 14 | 2 | 28 | |||
| Resolution of Homework Problems and Submission as a Report | 1 | 10 | 10 | |||
| Term Project | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Presentation of Project / Seminar | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Midterm Exam | 1 | 22 | 22 | |||
| General Exam | 1 | 28 | 28 | |||
| Performance Task, Maintenance Plan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total Workload(Hour) | 116 | |||||
| Dersin AKTS Kredisi = Toplam İş Yükü (Saat)/30*=(116/30) | 4 | |||||
| ECTS of the course: 30 hours of work is counted as 1 ECTS credit. | ||||||
Detail Informations of the Course
Course Description
| Course | Code | Semester | T+P (Hour) | Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOGIC and CRITICAL THINKING | - | Fall Semester | 2+0 | 2 | 4 |
| Course Program |
| Prerequisites Courses | |
| Recommended Elective Courses |
| Language of Course | Turkish |
| Course Level | First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree) |
| Course Type | Elective |
| Course Coordinator | |
| Name of Lecturer(s) | |
| Assistant(s) | |
| Aim | This lecture aims to explain what thinking means and to teach how to think more correctly. |
| Course Content | This course contains; Introduction to Critical Thinking,What is Being Human?,What Does Thinking Mean?,Stages of Thinking, Methodology and Truth,Thinking With Sagacity: Knowing Your Place and Aiming At Truth,Types of Thinking: Deduction and Induction,Logical Mistakes,How Do We Decide? Two Deciding Systems: Fast and Dirty, and Slow and Wise,The Road to Sagacity Passes Through Second System,First System is Automatic Pilot,First System Loves Not the Truth But Narrative,First System Uses Heuristics When Deciding,How Do Our Characteristic Attributes Shape Decisions We Make?,Cognitive Biases. |
| Dersin Öğrenme Kazanımları | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| 1. Will be able to understand what thinking means. | 10, 13, 16, 6, 9 | A, E |
| 1.1. Explain two decision systems and the interaction between them. | 10, 13, 16, 6, 9 | A, E |
| 1.2. Explain how to use heuristics. | 10, 13, 16, 6, 9 | A, E |
| 2. Will be able to explain logical mistakes. | 10, 13, 16, 6, 9 | A, E |
| 2.1. Explain cognitive logical mistakes. | 10, 13, 16, 6, 9 | A, E |
| 2.2. Explain structural logical mistakes. | 10, 13, 16, 6, 9 | A, E |
| 2.3. Explain contextual logical mistakes. | 10, 13, 16, 6, 9 | A, E |
| Teaching Methods: | 10: Discussion Method, 13: Case Study Method, 16: Question - Answer Technique, 6: Experiential Learning, 9: Lecture Method |
| Assessment Methods: | A: Traditional Written Exam, E: Homework |
Course Outline
| Order | Subjects | Preliminary Work |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to Critical Thinking | Reading Relevant Lecture Notes |
| 2 | What is Being Human? | Reading Relevant Lecture Notes |
| 3 | What Does Thinking Mean? | Reading Relevant Lecture Notes |
| 4 | Stages of Thinking, Methodology and Truth | Reading Relevant Lecture Notes |
| 5 | Thinking With Sagacity: Knowing Your Place and Aiming At Truth | Reading Relevant Lecture Notes |
| 6 | Types of Thinking: Deduction and Induction | Reading Relevant Lecture Notes |
| 7 | Logical Mistakes | Reading Relevant Lecture Notes |
| 8 | How Do We Decide? Two Deciding Systems: Fast and Dirty, and Slow and Wise | Reading Relevant Lecture Notes |
| 9 | The Road to Sagacity Passes Through Second System | Reading Relevant Lecture Notes |
| 10 | First System is Automatic Pilot | Reading Relevant Lecture Notes |
| 11 | First System Loves Not the Truth But Narrative | Reading Relevant Lecture Notes |
| 12 | First System Uses Heuristics When Deciding | Reading Relevant Lecture Notes |
| 13 | How Do Our Characteristic Attributes Shape Decisions We Make? | Reading Relevant Lecture Notes |
| 14 | Cognitive Biases | Reading Relevant Lecture Notes |
| Resources |
| Critical Thinking Lecture Notes |
| - Daniel Kahneman, Hızlı ve Yavaş Düşünme, Varlık Yayınları, 2015. - Jonah Lehrer, Karar Anı, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınevi, 2014. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Siyah Kuğu, Varlık Yayınları, 2011. - Nurettin Topçu, Mantık, Dergah Yayınları, 2014. |
Course Contribution to Program Qualifications
| Course Contribution to Program Qualifications | |||||||
| No | Program Qualification | Contribution Level | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | PQ-1. Acquires knowledge of social work theory and practice fields. | ||||||
| 2 | PQ-2. Gains communication skills and knowledge. | ||||||
| 3 | PQ-3. Obtains information about management and processes. | ||||||
| 4 | PQ-4. Understands professional ethics, principles and values. | ||||||
| 5 | PQ-5. Uses required computer software, communication technologies and a foreign language. | ||||||
| 6 | PQ-6. Acquires the skills of planning and developing for social policy and solving social problems with scientific data and evidence. | ||||||
| 7 | PQ-7. Improves skills for interpreting, synthesizing and using the knowledge gained from different disciplines to solve complex social problems. | ||||||
| 8 | PQ-8. Develops competency to cooperate with other occupations and disciplines for developing services in teamwork and individual responsibility. | ||||||
| 9 | PQ- 9. Able to use methods and techniques to reach results of research and professional literature to follow and interpret in social work. | ||||||
| 10 | PQ-10. Able to evaluate, criticize, analyze and synthesize the knowledge and skills acquired in the field. | ||||||
| 11 | PQ-11. Gains ability and competence to set goals for self-development of his area, to apply appropriate strategies for selected targets, to follow actual info and developments, to trace and evaluate the state of the projects for his goals. | ||||||
| 12 | PQ-12. Capable to practice social work and train client groups on the basis of similarities and differences by recognizing the positive value of the differences. | ||||||
| 13 | PQ-13. Learns the effects of the social and cultural environment on human behavior and considers this effect in social work practice. | ||||||
| 14 | PQ-14. Able to perform Planned Changing Process (contact, diagnosis and assessment, planning, implementation, application, evaluation, termination, feedback and monitoring). | ||||||
Assessment Methods
| Contribution Level | Absolute Evaluation | |
| Rate of Midterm Exam to Success | 40 | |
| Rate of Final Exam to Success | 60 | |
| Total | 100 | |