Information Package / Course Catalogue
Critical and Analytical Thinking
Course Code: REKB262
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to develop students’ critical and analytical thinking skills; to enable them to approach events, problems, and information from a multidimensional, questioning, and solution-oriented perspective; to make logical and coherent inferences and evaluate arguments, thereby equipping them with the competencies of effective decision-making, problem-solving, and creative thinking in professional practices within the field of recreation.

Course Content

Definition of Critical and Analytical Thinking; Basic concepts and principles of critical and analytical thinking; Importance and characteristics of critical and analytical thinking; Basic processes in critical and analytical thinking; Critical and analytical thinking skills; differences between critical thinking and analytical thinking; factors affecting thought; language and logic in critical thinking, logic errors in critical thinking: tautologies, inferences, proofs; language errors in critical thinking and critical thinking studies and analysis on some philosophical texts.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Rukiye AYDOĞAN
Learning Outcomes
1.Explains the basic concepts of critical and analytical thinking and defines thinking processes.
2.Discuss the factors affecting critical and analytical thinking.
3.Questions information, arguments and ideas; distinguishes between biases and logical fallacies.
4.Evaluates different perspectives and makes logical inferences when producing solutions to complex problems.
5.Questions his/her own thought structure and gains cognitive awareness to improve his/her thinking skills.
6.By approaching the problems encountered in professional practices in the field of recreation with critical and analytical thinking skills, they can develop logical, consistent and creative solutions.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Ahmet Kurnaz, Eleştirel Düşünme Öğretimi Etkinlikleri Planlama - Uygulama ve Değerlendirme, Eğitim Kitabevi, 2013.
2.Nosich, M. N. (2012). Eleştirel düşünme ve disiplinlerarası eleştirel düşünme rehberi (. Aybek, Çev.). Ankara: Anı.
3.Ruggiero, V. R. (2017). Eleştirel Düşünme İçin Bir Rehber. İstanbul: Alfa.
4.Yılmaz, K. (2021). Eleştirel ve Analitik Düşünme. Ankara: Pegem.
5.Memiş, E., & Kaçar, A. (2021). Eeleştirel ve Analitik Düşünme. Ankara: Pegem Akademi Yayınevi.
6.Şenşekerci, E., & Bilgin, A. (2008). Eleştirel düşünme ve öğretimi. Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 9(14), 15-43.
7.Kestel, M., & Şahin, M. (2018). Eğitimde eleştirel düşünme. Eğitim ve Öğretim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 7(3), 40-49.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Basic concepts of critical and analytical thinking
Week 2 - Theoretical
The brain as an organ of thought and its characteristics, voluntary and involuntary thinking
Week 3 - Theoretical
Similarities and differences in types of thinking
Week 4 - Theoretical
Basic characteristics and scope of critical thinking
Week 5 - Theoretical
Critical listening, reading and writing
Week 6 - Theoretical
Factors that may affect critical thinking
Week 7 - Theoretical
Language and logic in critical thinking
Week 8 - Theoretical
Analytical thinking, Midterm
Week 9 - Theoretical
Difference between knowledge and belief; types of knowledge
Week 10 - Theoretical
Logical errors in critical thinking
Week 11 - Theoretical
Ways of reasoning
Week 12 - Theoretical
Common logical errors (fallacies)
Week 13 - Theoretical
Argument analysis and evaluation
Week 14 - Theoretical
Critical view of current social events and texts
Week 15 - Final Exam
Final Exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory132252
Individual Work44432
Midterm Examination1437
Final Examination1437
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)98
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026