Teaching critical thinking with film
FlickThink is your partner in sparking critical thinking in the realm of business education beyond textbooks.
With our evidence-informed tools, online courses, and an engaged community of curious teachers, we empower you to transform your teaching through the captivating medium of film.
With our evidence-informed tools, online courses, and an engaged community of curious teachers, we empower you to transform your teaching through the captivating medium of film.
Start with our free film activites
We offer ready-to-use film activity plans that help you incorporate critical thinking in your classroom.
Fishbowl
Level 2 to 3 ✱ In this dialogue, students seated inside the “fishbowl” actively participate by asking questions and sharing their opinions connected to a statement, while students standing outside listen carefully to the ideas presented.
Cliffhanger Clip
Level 1 ✱ This activity is designed to engage students in critical thinking and speculation about film scenes. By pausing the clips just before unexpected events occur, students are prompted to craft ideas and predictions about what might happen next.
Our Approach
When teaching sparks
How to spark critical thinking in students’ brains? Our research and teaching practices show that using film can be an effective way to achieve this goal.
Documentaries, for example, are a perfect vehicle for making students think critically about certain topics. But students need guidance - especially in critical engagement with (visual) media.
We've developed some practices that we'd love to share with you so that you can implement them too!
New to critical thinking and film?
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How to teach critical thinking with film - an introduction
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- 27 Lessons
Proudly presenting: How to teach critical thinking with film – an introduction, powered by Research Group Change Management (The Hague University of Applied Sciences).
In 10 chapters, we will provide you with tips and tricks on how to combine critical thinking education with film education. It is set in the International Business context, but you can easily adapt it to your own context, using different film clips.
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