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Re: thinking education is an opportunity to listen to organic conversations between colleagues and partners from The Critical Thinking Consortium as they grapple with important pedagogical issues. Each episode will pull back the curtain on their critical, creative, and collaborative thinking and provide an opportunity for listeners to learn and reflect on their own practices.

You may also wish to browse through our selection of episodes from other organizations that have featured TC² facilitators and other team members as guests, discussing a wide variety of topics related to critical thinking.

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Nurturing a Thinking Classroom: Strategy #2

Usha James shares the second of five strategies to help nurture a thinking classroom. (1:00 minute)
Subjects: Professional Learning, Not Subject Specific
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Embedding critical thinking throughout project-based learning

In this webinar, sponsored by the Buck Institute for Education, Roland Case explores ways to “tweak” project and lesson design with critical challenges and “fortify” students with explicit teaching of thinking tools. (57:25 minutes)
Subjects: Professional Learning, Not Subject Specific
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Our secret mission

In this video,  teachers from Chemainus Elementary explain a "secret mission" project and students talk about their most important learning after undertaking a hidden heroes’ assignment. (3:30 minutes)
Subjects: English/Language Arts, Social Studies, Professional Learning
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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Nurturing a Thinking Classroom: Strategy #3

Usha James shares the third of five strategies to help nurture a thinking classroom. (1:00 minute)
Subjects: Professional Learning, Not Subject Specific
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Embedded skill development

This video explains ways to enhance students’ understanding and develop their ability to think and learn effectively by integrating skill and content learning. (6:32 minutes)
Subjects: Professional Learning, Not Subject Specific
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Critical Thinking, Assessment and Intellectual Tools

Garfield Gini-Newman discusses ways that critical thinking and assessment can play together in a university setting, while distinguishing between assessment 'of' and assessment 'for' learning. (2:50 minutes)
Subjects: Professional Learning, Not Subject Specific
Grades: Post-secondary
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