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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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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

Explain the image

This video focuses on using visual clues to develop informative explanations of images. (1:55 minutes)
Subjects: English/Language Arts, Social Studies, Professional Learning
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Building a Thinking Community in the Math Classroom

Laura Gini-Newman shares a few strategies for building a thinking community in the math classroom. (1:00 minute)
Subjects: Mathematics, Professional Learning
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

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

Recognizing bias

This video explains how to distinguish biased perspectives from those that are unbiased or impartial. (2:38 minutes)
Subjects: Professional Learning, Not Subject Specific
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12