Video and Multimedia
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Video
Video 1: The science of thinking
Description: How the brain works, how we learn, and why we sometimes make stupid mistakes.
Video 2: Using writing as tool to promote critical thinking skills
Description: Charles Haddad teaches writing in a small workshop setting in the School of Journalism at Stony Brook University. He uses the Socratic Method to teach critical thinking and pushes as much of the work toward the students as possible. Writing provides him with a mechanism for insight into the thinking process of his students.
Video 3: Al Tompkins | Poynter ‘The Power of Critical Thinking for Journalists’
Description: Al Tompkins was the keynote speaker at the Broadcast Educators Association of Canada conference. (www.beac.ca). The Poynter Institute’s senior faculty for broadcasting and online says “critical thinking” is the most important skill you can have as a journalist.
Web
Web 1: Critical thinking: What do you mean by that?
Description: Newsroom managers tell me they want the journalists on their teams to use better “critical thinking skills.” Just what do they really mean by that?