Thinking and Communication Skills

    - a Course for Undergraduates

SYLLABUS

(What to Teach?)

a) Course ProForma & Weekly 

  Schedule

b) Detals of Weekly Schedule

TEACHING OF THINKING APPROACHES

(How to Teach?)

a) Teaching Strategy (suggested

  approach)

b) Teaching Strategy (diagram)

c) Socratic Questioning

d) Questioning Techniques

e) Guideline for Developing

  ThinkingPoints

f) What are ThinkingPoints?

G) Conducting Small Group

  Sessions

ASSESSMENT OF THINKING AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS

(What and How to Assess?)

a) Assessment Approach

b) Sample Written Test Items

c) Assessment Checklist for

  Presentation Skills  

  (example)

d) Assessment Checklist for

  Group Participation

  (example)

e) Rubric for Assessing Written

  Project Work (example)

This is a course specifically designed for undergraduates incorporating the teaching of critical and creative thinking as well as the development of effective communication. The course is based on the conviction that thinking and communication skills can be developed if taught in an organised and meaningful way.

Prof. Dr. John Arul Phillips

Faculty of Education,

University Malaya