Critically Guided. Critical Thinking Instruction Solutions for 2nd Language Teachers. A Critically Minded Network Podcast

In this episode, I discuss how the production of dispositions-focused online exercises led to the creation of a second podcast.

In this episode, I tell how I used text reconstruction exercises to bridge the gap between out-of-class podcast listening and in-class activity.

In this episode, I tell about some of the early days of what led me to producing Critically Minded with Nicholas Bufton. I discuss some of the advantages of implementing podcasts into a course design. I provide a description of the podcast series. In Teacher's Journal segment, I describe how this effort initially failed as a result of students not recognizing the podcast as a relevant part of the class--a problem I later solved with a solution I will describe in the following episode.

In this episode, I provide an overview of SETS I-VII of the core language items of the Critically Minded Network dialogic discourse lexicon. In the first installment of the Teacher's Journal segment, I tell about how the semester got off to a rough start, due to some general technical difficulties.

An introduction to the podcast. In this episode, I discuss the aims of the podcast, a little personal background, and what educators will gain from listening to this podcast.

An introduction to the podcast