David Perkin's keynote address from the International Conference on Thinking. It is quite long (an hour) so I haven't watched it yet but think it should be worthwhile.
It is very interesting especially as he gives a clear overview of the development of the 'teaching thinking' movement. What I found the most interesting is his focus on getting students alert and motivated before expecting them to deal with thinking tools (starts at 39.01) .
If anyone is interested in watching this but unwilling to deal with the unreliable Internet at school, I downloaded the file so you can get a copy from my computer.
I grabbed this after reading the transcript of Donald's post. It seems as though a few Wyatt Earps 'ave rustled inna Dodge City and ain't no lie which kern 'scape their skinwagons.