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Student Modules
Student Modules
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CED offers two foundational modules - Cognitive Processes and Problem Solving - for first-year students
as well as a higher year module - Reasoning Through the
Ages. These modules are designed to help you become more confident in the problem-based learning environment, as well as aware of your own learning processes.
CED supports students’ development of their critical
thinking ability by offering foundational and elective
modules.
Students in a
collaborative and IT-enabled learning environment.
Module Description
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G101 - Cognitive Processes & Problem-Solving
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G101 is aimed at allowing our students to explore
the cognitive processes and skills needed for
knowledge construction in a dynamic learning
environment. The module will allow students to
explore issues of knowledge and critical issues
related to education, along with sense making on a
personal and social level. Students will also be
introduced to various heuristic frameworks, and
apply appropriate strategies for learning, thinking
and problem solving.
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G102 - Cognitive Processes & Problem-Solving II
This
module builds upon your ability to appreciate knowledge
as dynamic. It focuses on honing your ability to think
and behave like a professional through applying
problem-solving skills within specific contexts.
You will revisit some of the skills introduced in
G101, such as hypothesis-testing, critical
problem-solving and sound argumentation. In addition,
you will be introduced to various industry-based
situations and environments in order to practise these
skills. The module will equip you with the necessary
mindset, methodologies and skills that make you an
effective learner in your other modules.
The
problems in this module are designed to allow you the
space to critique knowledge as we know it, and offer
alternative ways of perceiving, understanding and
organising it. You will learn what it takes to confront
real world issues and misconceptions. |
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G208 – Reasoning through the Ages
This module is designed to equip students with
the capacity to think critically. By building on the
foundation of G101 and G102, this module will also
explore the nature of rationality and how to harness
this in decision making. The module will focus on
the history of ideas, and scientific and
philosophical reasoning as well as give
opportunities for the students to apply their
reasoning skills in real life problems and
situations.
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