General information
| Course type | AMUPIE |
| Module title | The Future Belongs to Ingenious Critical Thinkers |
| Language | English |
| Module lecturer | mgr Danuta Furszpaniak |
| Lecturer's email | dfurszp@amu.edu.pl |
| Lecturer position | lecturer |
| Faculty | Foreign Languages Teaching Centre |
| Semester | 2025/2026 (summer) |
| Duration | 30 |
| ECTS | 5 |
| USOS code | 31-FBICT-PIE |
Timetable
Tuesday 13.15-14.45
Module aim (aims)
- learn the concepts and tools of critical thinking
- improve reasoning by the use of critical thinking standards
- improve creativity skills
- become a reflective reader
- become a thoughtful thinker in the subject of studies
- become a persuasive presenter
- become an active conversationalist
Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)
B2 level of English
Syllabus
- Critical observations and creative responses.
- Reasoning as a creative act. The elements of thought.
- Questions focused on intellectual standards.
- Figuring out the logic of things. The logic of rationality, scientific articles, presentations, adverts, etc.
- Egocentric thinking. Persuasive communication.
- Essential Intellectual traits. Persuasive presentation communication.
- Socratic questioning.
- Paradigms of creativity.
- Fallacies and their detection.
- Paragraph and presentation analysis.
- Types of reasoning in which course participants are interested.
- Students’ presentations. Conference discourse.
- Students’ presentations. Egocentric and sociocentric thinking.
- Students’ presentations. Cultivation of intellectual traits.
- How to become a master student.
Reading list
Grussendorf Marion (2011) English for Presentations, OUP.
Koestler Arthur (1964) The Act of Creation, Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
Paul R., Elder L. (2016) The Thinker's Guide to Analytic Thinking, Foundation for Critical Thinking Press.
Paul R., Elder L. (2016) The Thinker's Guide to Critical Thinking. Concepts and Tools, Foundation for Critical Thinking Press.
Paul R., Elder L. (2015)The Thinker's Guide to the Human Mind, Foundation for Critical Thinking Press.
Paul R. Elder L. (2022) Critical Thinking: Tools for taking Charge of Your Learning & Your Life, Foundation for Critical Thinking Press
Powell Mark (2012) Dynamic Presentations, CUP.