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These free online courses in critical thinking have everything you need to begin taking a more analytical approach to the world around you. A valued skill in both employment and on the whole, critical thinking allows you to make more informed and better decisions. Exploring topics such as rationality, self-discipline and more, these courses are an excellent place to begin....…Read More
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![Innovative STEM Integration for Montessori Educators Innovative STEM Integration for Montessori Educators](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/7162/alison_courseware_intro_7162.jpg)
Innovative STEM Integration for Montessori Educators
- Describe the core Montessori principles and practices an...
- Discuss the Integration of modern STEM technology with t...
- Explain the benefits and potential impact of ... Read More
![Critical Thinking and Sound Judgement Critical Thinking and Sound Judgement](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/6241/alison_courseware_intro_6241.jpg)
Critical Thinking and Sound Judgement
- Discuss the basics of critical thinking, including its t...
- Outline the basic steps to critical thinking
- Explain how to use critical thinking for bett... Read More
![Becoming a Level 1 Intelligence Analyst Becoming a Level 1 Intelligence Analyst](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/4950/alison_courseware_intro_4950.jpg)
Becoming a Level 1 Intelligence Analyst
- Recall the origin and requirements of intelligence analy...
- Discuss the emergence of intelligence analysis as a disc...
- Explain the ‘intelligence cycle’ Read More
![Problem Solving and Critical Thinking Skills Problem Solving and Critical Thinking Skills](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/2606/alison_courseware_intro_2606.jpg)
Problem Solving and Critical Thinking Skills
- Arrange your work area to improve productivity
- Analyze possible solutions to your problem
- Identify the best possible solution Read More
![Understanding Research Methods and Approaches Understanding Research Methods and Approaches](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/2959/alison_courseware_intro_2959.jpg)
Understanding Research Methods and Approaches
- Discuss the book entitled 'The Fieldworker and the Field...
- Define what a 'literature review' is and state the diffe...
- Explain the purpose of a literature review Read More
![Thinking Critically Thinking Critically](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/2136/alison_courseware_intro_2136.jpg)
Thinking Critically
- Identify problems to better understand them
- Discuss issues as a group
- Describe critical thinking methods
- Evaluate costs and benefits to different solu... Read More
![English for Media Literacy English for Media Literacy](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/1921/alison_courseware_intro_1921.jpg)
English for Media Literacy
- Describe what 'media literacy' means
- Explain how you can improve your own media literacy skil...
- Recognize the differences between traditional media and ...
- Learn the vocabulary that's necessary in orde... Read More
![Child Development: Critical Thinking Child Development: Critical Thinking](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/5284/alison_courseware_intro_5284.jpg)
Child Development: Critical Thinking
- Analyze the components of thinking skills
- Evaluate the higher-order thinking skills
- Discuss the development of critical thinking ... Read More
![Diploma in Soft Skill Development Diploma in Soft Skill Development](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/2183/alison_courseware_intro_2183.jpg)
Diploma in Soft Skill Development
- Discuss the overt implicit and explicit communication
- Identify how the communication process takes place, the ...
- Identify how the image component and the text... Read More
![The Art of Creative Problem Solving The Art of Creative Problem Solving](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/6095/alison_courseware_intro_6095.jpg)
The Art of Creative Problem Solving
- Explain how to find the root cause of a problem
- Discuss using different problem-solving models to find t...
- Outline Tim Hurson's ‘Productive Thinking Mod... Read More
![Early Political Philosophies and Ideologies Early Political Philosophies and Ideologies](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/3388/alison_courseware_intro_3388.jpg)
Early Political Philosophies and Ideologies
- Define the ‘Enlightenment’
- Outline the aims and objectives of moral philosophy
- Break down the idea of the ‘categorical imper... Read More
![Intrapersonal Communication and Development Key Traits Intrapersonal Communication and Development Key Traits](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/2187/alison_courseware_intro_2187.jpg)
Intrapersonal Communication and Development Key Traits
- Outline the various ways of improving your emotional int...
- Identify the importance of emotional management
- Explain the concept of empathy and its releva... Read More
![LSAT Prep: Everything You Need to Know LSAT Prep: Everything You Need to Know](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/5385/alison_courseware_intro_5385.jpg)
LSAT Prep: Everything You Need to Know
- Describe how conclusions are derived from the test stimu...
- Compare conditional and simple statements
- Contrast sufficient and necessary assumptions Read More
![Master Decision-Making Practices of Fortune 500 Leaders Master Decision-Making Practices of Fortune 500 Leaders](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/4454/alison_courseware_intro_4454.jpg)
Master Decision-Making Practices of Fortune 500 Leaders
- Analyse and master all decision-making best practices us...
- Identify the ruminations, ‘grey zones’ and mental blinds...
- Indicate the steps to adopt the best practice... Read More
![Analytical Thinking and Coaching in Fortune 500 Firms Analytical Thinking and Coaching in Fortune 500 Firms](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/4473/alison_courseware_intro_4473.jpg)
Analytical Thinking and Coaching in Fortune 500 Firms
- Solve typical challenges experienced by coaches in deali...
- Explain the benefits of addressing cognitive biases with...
- Describe how to establish trust and intimacy ... Read More
![Introduction to Developmental Research Introduction to Developmental Research](https://cdn01.alison-static.net/courses/2958/alison_courseware_intro_2958.jpg)
Introduction to Developmental Research
- State the way forward from research paradigms
- Explain how research and practice are linked to developm...
- Indicate if the different paradigms conflict ... Read More
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