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2. Course Outline

This short video provides a summary of the course content and an overview of the skills that we will be covering. The course will establish what critical thinking is, key cognitive biases in Earth Sciences, strategies for debiasing, the skills that critical thinkers need and finally how to manage the development of those skills. Please […]

Critical Thinking in Geoscience – A 5 Da

Critical Thinking in Geoscience – A 5 Day Workshop

What is Critical Thinking? We hear so much these days about the need for more “Critical Thinking”.  But what is critical thinking?  Critical thinking is many things, but this definition from Wikipedia captures the essence: “The process of actively and skilfully conceptualizing, applying, analysing, synthesizing and evaluating information to reach an answer or conclusion” This […]