Critical thinking and scientific posture

lfsm1103  2024-2025  Louvain-la-Neuve

Critical thinking and scientific posture
4.00 credits
37.5 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Language
French
Main themes
  • Importance of developing critical thinking
  • Stereotypes, biases and preconceptions in the field of motor science
  • Speech decoding
  • Evaluation of the quality of sources
  • Process and limits of the scientific approach
  • Introduction to the different fields of research in motor science
  • Introduction to the concepts of data, data analysis, representation (descriptive analysis of data: concept of sample, indicators of average, dispersion, etc.) and interpretation of data
  • Introduction to the concepts of statistics and level of significance.
Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

- Decode the biases and mechanisms at work behind our stereotypes (9.3 and 11.1 physiotherapist) / (7.3 and 9.1 EP)
- Identify how the staging of content can manipulate us (9.3 physiotherapist and 11.1 physiotherapist) / (7.2 and 9.1 EP)
- Determine the reliability of information and its source (6.3 physiotherapist and 11.1 physiotherapist) (2.2 and 7.2 and 9.1 EP)
- Describe the type of sources and the type of literature (6.1 and 6.3 physio) / (2.1; 2.4 and 7.2 EP)
- Explain and illustrate the place and limits of science today (6.3 physiotherapist and 11.1 physiotherapist) / (2.4 and 9.1 EP)
- Describe the concept of scientific approach and the different types of reasoning (6.1. physiotherapist) / (2.1 EP)
- Describe and illustrate the fields of research in the field of motor skills (6.1–2.1)
- Interpret scientific data and their graphic representations. (6.1-6.3-11.1 Physio – 2.1 and 2.3EP)
 
Teaching materials
  • Diapositives du cours
Faculty or entity


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Bachelor in Motor skills : General

Bachelor in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation