Academic Skills
The aim of this course is to introduce students to the academic culture and to familiarize them with academic values and practices.
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Opis kursu
INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION
During the course you reflect upon what it is to be a member of the academic community, either a student or a professor. You listen to scholars, read excerpts of scholarly literature and reflect upon these communications. You are asked to consider ethical aspects of their involvement with the academic community. You have a chance to improve specifically academic social skills. Finally you are given an opportunity to improve many specific academic skills, such as evaluating credibility of information, defining, categorizing, inferring causes, describing, balancing conflicting views.
PRELIMINARY REQUIREMENTS
The course is aimed at students. There are no special requirements.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
You will:
- know how to seek trustworthy information on the topics within your academic specialty
- know how to effectively obtain reliable scientific information
- know how to study effectively and how to solve problems
- be able to collect, analyze, integrate information, draw conclusions and solve problems
- be able to define terms, categorize instances, describe categories of objects or events, draws causal inferences, balances conflicting arguments
- read and deeply understand academic texts
ISSUES DISCUSSED
- Academic disciplines
- Ethical issues
- Entitlement
- Dishonesty
- Social dimension
- Motivation
- Prior knowledge
- Failures of instruction
- Reasoning
- Logical fallacies
- Motivated reasoning
- Credibility of information
- Defining
- Categorization
- Description
- Numerical reasoning
- Causal reasoning
- Problem based learning
- Problem solving
- Writing style
CONDITIONS TO BE FULFILLED TO GET A PASS
To pass, you need to take the final test and obtain at least 40% correct answers.
CONDITIONS TO BE FULFILLED TO RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE
To receive the certificate, you must complete the course. To pass, you need to take the final test and obtain at least 40% correct answers.
COURSE STAFF
Dr. Andrzej Tarłowski
Andrzej Tarłowski
is an assistant professor at the Institute of Psychology, University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw.
His research concerns how early experiences with nature shape the development of biological knowledge.
He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Warsaw and held postdoc positions at Northwestern University and the University of the Basque Country.
