Course description
Success: Practical Thinking Skills
An Award-Winning MOOC Expanded and Updated
Version 1.0 of this course received the prestigious prize as one of Top Ten Most Popular MOOCs in November 2017 awarded by Class Central, USA.
Version 2.1 scooped accolades as one of the Best Online Courses of all time and one of ten global finalists of EdX Prize , awarded by Class Central and edX respectively in 2020.
The current version (2.5) will continue to amaze you with further innovative pedagogies and updated course contents.
Positive Values and Powerful Skills for Your Success
This vibrant course consists of three parts and twelve units, with abundant case studies and examples. You will learn that the key to success of your work and personal life lies in the mastery of positive values and powerful problem-solving skills.
Positive Values from Three Great Masters
In Part A, you will be inspired by the insights of Aristotle, Kant and Mill. Their superb theories illustrate that a successful life consists in optimizing your potentials, acting on moral principles and contributing to social happiness respectively. As applications of their theories, two major case studies on job interviews and smart academic study are presented. In addition, interesting comic episodes are adopted to assist you to grasp these great masters’ otherwise abstract ideas.
Powerful Problem-Solving Skills
In Part B, you will study a bundle of effective problem-solving skills and decision-making strategies. They include five faces of creativity, ten methods of provocative operations and six thinking hats.
Upcoming start dates
Who should attend?
Prerequisites:
None
Training content
Part1: Positive Values for Success in Work and Life
- Introduction
- Aristotle – Optimizing Personal Happiness
- Kant – Acting on Moral Principles
- Mill – Contribution to Social Happiness
- Case Study: Smart Study in Higher Education
- Case Study: Success in a Job Interview
Part 2: Practical Thinking Skills
- Introduction
- Creative Problem-Solving Skills
- Five Faces of Creativity
- Ten Provocative Operations
- Six Thinking Hats
- Success Stories
- Bruce Lee
- Nick Vujicic
- J. K. Rowling
- Steve Jobs
- Micro-Move
- How to make a life-and-death decision
Part 3: Conclusion
- What makes your life successful for you?
Course delivery details
This course is offered through The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, a partner institute of EdX.
4-6 hours per week
Costs
- Verified Track -$79
- Audit Track - Free
Certification / Credits
What you'll learn
- Positive values that motivate you to succeed in work and life
- Powerful problem-solving skills that sharpen your competitive edge
- Success stories that empower you with visions for your own success in future
- Frontiers of knowledge from this exciting, interdisciplinary domain
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