Critical Thinking

What is Critical Thinking?

In the context of this course, Critical Thinking involves identifying, analysing and interpreting texts.

A text can be anything, from a piece of writing, to a graphic or visual image, to an audio recording or conversation.

You will learn how to:

• identify and interpret what type of text you are looking at and what claims the text is making,
• analyse how and why claims are being justified, and
• evaluate how well the argument in the text has been made, focusing on its strengths and weaknesses.

Take this image, for example. What sort of a text is this? What sort of claims is it making? How and why are those claims being justified? What are the strengths and weakness of the claim, and how well is the argument being made?

Have a think about your answers and then click here.