Video Resources

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Videos at the SPC Library

Communicating with Clients and Colleagues from Different Cultures [videorecording]
Mosby; Samuel Merritt College, Studio Three Productions. [St. Louis, Mo.]: Mosby-Year Book, c1995. Audio/Visual Mat Videorecording VHS 1 videocassette (26 min., 7 sec.): sd., color ; 1/2 in. + 1 guide (7 pages).

Critical Thinking: How to Evaluate Information and Draw Conclusions [videorecording]
Written, produced, and directed by John Hopkins. Mount Kisco, N.Y.: Center for Humanities, 1987. Audio/Visual Material Videorecording VHS 1 videocassette: sd., color ; 1/2 in. + 1 program guide.

Media Truth or Fiction: What Can You Believe? [videorecording]
Written and narrated by Jeffrey Schrank. Lake Zurich, Ill.: Learning Seed, c1997. Audio/Visual Material Videorecording VHS 1 videocassette (23 min.): sd., color ; 1/2 in. + 1 study guide (12 pages ; 22 centimeters)

Why Ads Work: The Power of Self-Deception [videorecording]
Lake Zurich, IL: The Learning Seed, c1996. Audio/Visual Material Videorecording VHS 1 videocassette (23 min.): sd., color; 1/2 in. + 1 study guide.

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YouTube Videos

General

Critical Thinking - Standards of Thought - Part 1
Critical Thinking - Standards of Thought - Part 2
Richard Paul from the Foundation for Critical Thinking on standards for evaluating critical thinking

Critical Thinking: A Reasoning Experience
General introduction, good visuals

Here Be Dragons - The Movie
40 minute introduction to critical thinking

Michael Strong and Socratic Practice
Interview of the author of Habit of Mind by the Universidad Francisco Marroquin (in English)

Monty Python - Argument Clinic
Humorous sketch on what entails a good argument

Accounting

Critical Thinking
An explanation by Dr. Billie Cunningham, Accounting professor at University of Missouri at Columbia regarding infusing critical thinking into accounting courses

College of Education

Critical Thinking for Children - 1. Introduction
Critical Thinking for Children - 2. Three Kinds of Thinkers
Critical Thinking for Children - 3. Standards for Thinking
Critical Thinking for Children - 4. Parts of Thinking
Critical Thinking for Children - 5. Intellectual Virtues
A reading of the Critical Thinking Guide for Children with cartoon images from the Foundation for Critical Thinking

Humanities

The Scream
A short BBC clip with an alternative point of view on the famous painting

Science

A Conversation with NASA Chief Mike Griffin
Critical thinking questions and links to further information to accompany an interview with the chief of NASA

Critical Thinking
A philosophical monologue on teaching for critical thinking in the sciences by Dr. Frank Schmidt, Biochemistry profession at University of Missouri at Columbia

Sign Language

Critical Thinking
Video using signing to convey information on the importance of critical thinking to the deaf community

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Videos Available Commercially