Podcasts and Videos

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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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Professional learning videos

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Nurturing a Thinking Classroom: Strategy #5

Usha James shares the fifth 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

Understanding critical thinking

This video, prepared with support from The Learning Network, explains the core features of the TC2 definition of critical thinking. (4:32 minutes)
Subjects: Professional Learning, Not Subject Specific
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Nurturing a Thinking Classroom: Strategy #4

Usha James shares the fourth 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

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

Three effective strategies for building a thinking classroom: Strategy #1

Maria Vamvalis shares the first of three top tips for how to build 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

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