Critical Thinking in Education: Teaching, Learning and Decision-Making

Explore logic, reasoning, and active learning strategies to cultivate lifelong critical thinking abilities.

Course summary

This interactive 5-day course provides learners with the knowledge and practical tools to cultivate critical thinking in contemporary education. Participants will explore the foundations of critical thinking, learn to analyse arguments, evaluate evidence, recognise logical fallacies and cognitive biases, and critically assess information from digital media and AI-generated content. Through active learning, collaborative activities, case studies and hands-on workshops, participants will experience evidence-based teaching strategies that promote inquiry, reflection and informed decision-making. The course also explores the opportunities and challenges of using digital technologies and artificial intelligence to support critical thinking in educational settings. The programme concludes with the design of practical learning activities, enabling participants to confidently integrate critical thinking into their own teaching practice and support learners in becoming reflective, responsible and independent thinkers.

Target groups

  • Teachers across all educational sectors
  • Adult educators and trainers
  • School leaders and educational managers
  • Teacher educators and instructional designers
  • Erasmus+ coordinators and project managers

Programme

DAY 1 – UNDERSTANDING CRITICAL THINKING

09:00 - 10:30 Welcome & Getting to Know Each Other
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 - 12:15 Critical Thinking Fundamentals
12:15 - 12:30 Coffee break
12:30 - 14:00 Critical Thinking in Educational Contexts
14:00 Free afternoon

09:00 - 10:30 Arguments as Building Blocks of Critical Thinking
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 - 12:15 Recognising Reasoning Traps: Fallacies, Biases and Better Thinking
12:15 - 12:30 Coffee break
12:30 - 14:00 Critical Thinking in Action: Analysing Arguments Workshop
14:00 Free afternoon

09:30 - 10:30 Evidence and Evaluating Information
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 - 12:15 Navigating Information in the Digital Age: Media, Misinformation and AI
12:15 - 12:30 Coffee break
12:30 - 14:00 Critical Thinking Challenge: Evaluating Information in Practice
14:00 Free afternoon

09:00 - 10:30 Teaching for Critical Thinking
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 - 12:15 Active Learning Strategies for Improving Critical Thinking Skills
12:15 - 12:30 Coffee break
12:30 - 14:00 Outdoor Learning and Critical Thinking: Learning Beyond the Classroom (Outdoor Activity)
14:00 Free afternoon

09:00 - 10:30 Lesson Design Workshop: Creating Critical Thinking Learning Experiences
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 - 12:15 What have we learned - interactive quiz
12:15 - 12:30 Coffee break
12:30 - 14:00 Reflection and evaluation
14:00 Free afternoon

Dates

  • 21.09.2026.-25.09.2026. Planned course
  • 26.10.2026.-30.10.2026. Planned course
  • 23.11.2026.-27.11.2026. Planned course
  • 07.12.2026.-11.12.2026. Planned course

Learning Outcomes

  • Explain the core concepts and principles of critical thinking and their importance in education and lifelong learning.
  • Analyse arguments by identifying claims, evidence, assumptions, logical fallacies and common cognitive biases.
  • Evaluate the credibility of information from traditional media, digital sources and AI-generated content using critical thinking principles.
  • Apply active learning, inquiry-based learning and problem-based learning strategies to foster critical thinking in educational settings.
  • Design collaborative learning activities that promote questioning, reflection, argumentation and evidence-based reasoning.
  • Integrate appropriate digital and AI-supported tools to enhance the development of critical thinking skills in teaching and learning
  • Reflect on their own thinking processes and teaching practices to support continuous professional development and lifelong learning.

    Course fee

    € 80

    / per person / per day

    Course fee includes

    • administration costs
    • organisational costs
    • participation in the programme/course

    We provide the following documents

    • Erasmus+ certificate
    • Europass mobility
    • Learning agreement and other necessary documents!

    Additional

    • our programmes include study visits to public institutions, business hubs, institutes, and other organisations
    • we can provide accommodation reservation services in hotels in the city centre
    • we can adapt the programme of the course to your needs – or prepare a new course!

    Contact us for more information

    Are you interested in our Critical Thinking in Education: Teaching, Learning and Decision-Making programme? Fill out the form and we will contact you with more details shortly. You can also reach us by email at mobility@dante-ri.hr