Critical Thinking Podcast

November 5, 2012 CriticalVoter Podcast One comment

Each Critical Voter podcast provides a weekly critical thinking lesson on a specific subject, such as bias, logic and persuasive speech (rhetoric). Each lesson will draw examples from the presidential election to study the critical thinking subject of the week.

As Election 2012 continues, we will start to apply specific critical thinking skills to subjects like media coverage and political TV ads, using the tools we have been studying to see how the presidential candidates stack up with regard to their ability to convince and persuade.

You can just listen to the podcast to learn about (and think about) the range of critical thinking activities that make up a presidential election campaign. If you are using material on this site to teach critical thinking in the classroom, the podcast can be used as an introduction to the critical thinking subject of the week, or as a homework assignment used in conjunction with other material on this site (such as the critical thinking curriculum, blog posts and lists of resources).

Use the links below to subscribe to the podcast.

Each podcast episode is also listed below. Clicking on a link will bring you to a page where you can listen to or download the podcast. Each page also contains additional critical thinking resources related to the topic, as well as a place for you to submit comments.

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Critical Voter Podcast 1 - Welcome!

Critical Voter Podcast 2 - Bias

Critical Voter Podcast 3 - Modes of Persuasion

Critical Voter Podcast 4 - Argumentation

Critical Voter Podcast 5 - Rhetorical Devices

Critical Voter Podcast 6 - Arrangement

Critical Voter Podcast 7 - Media Literacy

Critical Voter Podcast 8 - Information Literacy

Critical Voter Podcast 9 - Mathematical Deception

Critical Voter Podcast 10 - Debate Analyais and Interview with Kevin deLaplante

Critical Voter Podcast 11 - Consistency and Interview with Jay Heinrichs