Analytical and Critical Thinking Skills

Introduction

We encounter lots of incidents every day at home or at work in which we need to think deeply about our decisions. Making the right choice not only saves time but also saves money and makes everyone happy. In this course, participants will learn how to refine their intuitions in order to make them trustable. Critical thinking and analysis will be a practice and habit for them and they will find themselves subconsciously using them. They will learn how to make sensible conclusions out of the data they managed to gather. 

Course objectives

• Investigating data and making conclusions.
• Making analytical thinking a habit of mind. 
• Correlating things logically.
• Learning the techniques of analytical and critical thinking.

Course outlines

Day 1: Fundamentals of Critical Thinking

• Definition of critical thinking.
• Core critical thinking skills and concepts.
• Importance of analytical and critical thinking.
• Habits of mind.
• Self-confidence and critical thinking.

Day 2: Applying Critical Thinking

• Main lines of reasoning.
• Analytical thinking tools.
• Thinking critically step-by-step.
• Defining the problem.
• Formulating the hypothesis.

Day 3: Critical Thinking in Practice

• Collecting facts.
• Using analysis to find out the logical relationships.
• Questioning.
• Making inference.
• The difference between inferences and assumptions.

Day 4: Evaluating and Interpreting Evidence

• Evaluating evidence.
• Looking for bias.
• Interpreting data.
• Developing solutions.

Day 5: Enhancing Analytical Skills

• Visual ways to improve analytical skills.
• Choosing the best solution.
• Critical thinking test.
• Critical thinking exercises.
• Developing new approaches at the workplace and personal life.