Critical Thinking Workshop

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:

The workshop mainly aims at redesigning research methodology courses from various faculties at An-Najah National University employing elements of critical thinking to be framed in a new model that goes in line with the learner-centered approach. The faculty members will evaluate and redesign the course ILOs, remodel their activity plans and create activities and assessment rubrics that meet the requirements of critical thinking models. The candidates participating in the workshop are required to bring one of the research methodology course outlines to discuss and share how they teach, assess, and test their students’ critical thinking reasoning as far as scientific research is addressed.

WORKSHOP ILOS:

1.       Presenting the Socratic teaching and student needs to reason well by using critical thinking strategies.

2.       Evaluating the available course ILOs to see whether the ILOs reflect student centered learning.

3.       Redesigning research methodology outline in accordance with the student centered approach (presenting an example of a redesigned outline).

4.      Creating and sharing a task, a teaching strategy and an assessment rubric that makes use of or improves CT reasoning.