This document provides an overview of topics to be covered in a course, including critical thinking, mindset, reflection, time management, and 21st century skills. It introduces exercises and videos related to these topics. Key terms and concepts are defined, such as the differences between a fixed and growth mindset. Reflection is encouraged on students' experiences with critical thinking activities and videos. Time management strategies like prioritizing tasks based on importance and urgency are also discussed.

1. Unit 1: What to Expect
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3. What do you think?
English is the most important
language in the world.
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4. Thinking Critically
• When you were discussing the sentence you were
thinking critically.
• Thinking critically is something we do all the time.
• It is easy when we disagree with something or
don’t believe something.
• It is also something we need to do when we agree
with something.
• Most of you agreed with Dweck. Why?
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5. Does it involve critical thinking?
Everyday life activities
Involves Critical
Thinking
Does NOT involve
Critical Thinking
Choosing courses at University
Brushing your teeth
Moving out of home
Deciding between several job offers
Selecting a phone or internet package
Swimming
Doing this exercise
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6. Critical Thinking?
• “Critical Thinking is reasonable reflective thinking
focused on deciding what to believe or do.”
• “Critical Thinking is best understood as the ability
of thinkers to take charge of their own thinking.”
Michigan Works Association, 2014
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7. A critical thinker asks
English is the most important
language in the world.
Is the
evidence
reliable?
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8. Critical Thinking (p. 11)
What did you think
about the critical
thinking exercise?
What did you think
about the critical
thinking video?
What do you think
about critical
thinking?
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9. 21st Century Learning
Critical Thinking
CreativityCommunication
Collaboration
• What do
these terms
mean?
• Why are they
important?
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10. What is your mindset?
• What do you think mindset means?
• What is the difference between a ‘fixed’ mindset
and a ‘growth’ mindset?
• What the video to check your ideas
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11. What is your mindset?
• What is your mindset?
• Do you think someone can change their mindset? If
so, how?
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12. A Key Part of Critical Thinking
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13. Reflection
• If you always do things the same way you will
usually get the same result.
• You need to be ready to change things to get the
result you want.
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14. Gibbs Model of Reflection – p.13
What
happened?
What did
you think?
How did
you feel?
What was
good?
What was
bad?
Why?
What else
could you
have
done?
What
would you
do next
time?
Something that
happened to
you last week?
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15. Time Management
• You have a lot to do
in this course and
your other courses.
• You don’t have a lot
of time to do it.
• Planning your time
is going to be very
important.
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16. Covey’s Time Matrix
NotimportantImportant
Urgent Not Urgent
Do it
now
Decide
when to
do it
Don’t
waste
time on it
Forget
it
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