Mining the Gems: Individual Development
Audio/Video Materials

Compiled by: W. Huitt
Last Revised: December 2009

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I.  Introduction (Part A)

Science

• Martin Seligman (TED): Why Is Psychology Good? (2004)
  • Conference Presentation (24 minutes)
• Tom Dissington, The Scientific Method, Grail Style (2006)
  • Homemade Video Using Film Clips (8 minutes)
• Sylvester James Gates, Jr. (BigThink): Scientific Literacy (2008)
  • Short Presentation (5 minutes)
• Sylvester James Gates, Jr. (BigThink): Science and Society (2008)
  • Short Presentation (3 minutes)
• David Deutsch (TED): Our Place in the Cosmos (2005)
  • Conference Presentation (20 minutes)
• Herbert Gintis (VideoLectures.net): Five Principles for the Unification of the Behavioral Sciences (2009)
  • Conference Presentation (57 minutes)

Religion

• The Elijah Interfaith Institute: Sharing Wisdom, Fostering Peace (2007)
• David Suzuki: The Archaic Revival of the Wisdom Traditions of the First Nations (2008)
  • Conference Presentation (7 minutes)

Science and Religion

• Ronald de Sousa: Religion is the Price You Pay for Science (2006)
  • Conference Presentation: (18 minutes)
  Jeffrey Kasser: Problems With Social Constructivism and Post-modernism (2008)
  • Course Lecture (6 minutes)
• Gretta Vosper (CFI): With or Without God (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (2008)
  • Guest Lecture (19 to 30 minutes each)
• BigThink Interviews: Does Religion Inform Your Worldview (about 3 minutes each)
  • Kwame Anthony Appaih, Philosophy Professor, Princeton University (2007)
  • Billy Collins, Poet, Former U.S. Poet Laureate (2007)
  • Dan Gilbert, Psychology Professor, Harvard University (2007)
  • Zac Posen, Fashion Designer (2007)
  • Sashi Tharoor, Former U.N. Under Sec. Gen. for Communications (2007)
  • Adam Bly, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Seed Magazine (2008)
  • David Chang, Chef & Owner, Momofuku Restaurants (2008)
  • Dana Gioa, Poet; Former Chmn, National Endowment of the Arts (2008)
  • David Kennedy, History Professor, Stanford University (2008)

Philosophy

• Richard Dawkins (TED): The Universe Is Queerer Than We Can Suppose (2005)
  • Conference Presentation (22 minutes)
• Garrett Lisi (TED): A Beautiful New Theory of Everything (2008)
  • Conference Presentation (22 minutes)

II.  Introduction (Part B)

The Information and Conceptual Age

• Kevin Kelly (TED): The Next 5000 Days of the Web ( (2007)
• Conference Presentation (22 minutes)
• Flech et al. video modified by XPlane: Did You Know? 3.0 (2009)
  • Slideshow Video (5 minutes)
• Brad Paisley (CMT): Welcome to the Future (2009)
  • Professional Video (3 minutes)

Holistic Views of Development, Education, and Schooling

• Dalton Sherman (Dallas Independent School District): Do You Believe In Me? (3rd grader gives keynote address) (2008)
  • Conference Presentation (20 minutes)
• Elders Speak: Indigenous Native American Prophecy (Part 1) (Part 2) (2007)
  • Professional Video (15 minutes)
• Sir Ken Robinson: (TED) Do Schools Kill Creativity?? (2006)
  • Conference Presentation (20 minutes)
• Tom Peters: Educate For A Creative Society (2007)
• Professional Video Segment (4 minutes)
• John Stanford International School (Edutopia): Preparing Citizens for the World (2007)
  • Professional Video (8 minutes)
• Joel Klein (BigThink): Reforming Education (2008)
• Professional Video (7 minutes)
• Michelle Rhee (Time Magazine): Can She Save Our Schools? (2008)
  • Professional Video (5 minutes)
• Learn to Learn: A Nation In Crisis: America's Education System Is Broken (2008)
  • Video Slideshow (9 minutes)
• Bill Gates (TED): How I'm Trying To Change The World Now (2009)
  • Conference Presentation (20 minutes)

III. Spiritual Development

Spirituality

• Father Thomas Keating: Religious, But Not Spiritual? (2007)
  • Conference Presenation (15 minutes)
• Ken Wilber: The Spirituality of Tomorrow (2007)
  • Conference Presentation (18 minutes)
• Karen Armstrong: Charter for Compassion (2008)
  • Professional Video (3 minutes)
• Karen Armstrong: Making the Case for God (2009)
  • Interview (10 minutes)
    

Science and Spirituality

• Ken Wilber: Spirituality and the 3 Strands of Deep Science (2006)
  • Conference Presentation (8 minutes)

IV. Moral Character Development

• Beyond Belief: Enlightenment 2.0 (2007)
  • Jonathan Haidt: Enlightenment 2.0 Requires Morality 2.0 (30 minutes)
• Beyond Belief: Candles in the Dark (2008)
  • Jonathan Haidt: When Righteous Minds Light Candles: A Few Cautions (24 minutes)
  • Sam Harris: Can We Ever Be Right About Right and Wrong (21 minutes)
  • Marco Lacoboni: The Evolutionary Precursors of Human Morality (22 minutes)
  • Patricia Churchland: What Can Science Teach Us About Morality (16 minutes)
• Michael Sandel: Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? (2009)
  • Harvard University Course (each segment 55 minutes)

V. Personal Style

Overview

• Joseph Chilton Pearce: Educating The Whole Child (Part 1) (Part 2) (2004)
• Guest Lecture (10 minutes each)
• Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD): The Whole Child (2007)
  • Professional Video (6 minutes)
    

Learning Style

• Daniel Willingham: Learning Styles Don't Exist (2008)
  • Video Slideshow (7 minutes)
• Raising Small Souls: Animal School Movie (2008)
  • Video Slideshow (5 minutes)
    

Personality, Temperament

• Zach Anderson: Four Basic Personality Types (Temperaments): In Hungarian with subtitles
  • Demonstration (3 minutes)

VI. Cognitive/Reasoning Development

Overview

• Steven Pinker (TED): The Stuff of Thought (2005)
  • Conference Presentation (17 minutes)
• Michael G. Harmon (BigThink): The Host of Reason (2008)
  • Talking Face (11 minutes)
• Tom Wujec (TED): Three Ways The Brain Creates Meaning (2009)
  • Conference Presentation (6 minutes)

Information Processing

• Annenberg Media: The Learning Classroom: Cognitive Processing
  • Professional Video (28 minutes)
• Annenberg Media: Discovering Psychology (Professional Video; 28 minutes each) (1990, 2001)
  • Cognitive Processes
  • Remembering and Forgetting

Multiple Intelligences

• Annenberg Media: The Learning Classroom: Multiple Intelligences (2003)
  • Professional Video (28 minutes)
• Dr. Louis Pugliese (interview) (VideoJug) (2007)
  • Types of Intelligence (12 minutes)
  • Helping Your Child Learn (12 minutes)
  • Middle-school Verbal and Mathematical Skills (12 minutes)
  • Middle-school Rhythmic and Spatial Skills (12 minutes)
  • Middle-school Inter- and Intrapersonal Skills (12 minutes)

Cognitive Development

• David Elkin (Davidson Films): Piaget's Developmental Theory: An Overview (1989)
  • Professional Video (4 minutes)
• Examples of Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development
  • Student Video (4 minutes)
• Davidson Films: Vygotsky's Cognitive Developmental Theory: An Introduction (2004)
  • Professional Video (4 minutes)

Critical Thinking

• Linda Elder (The Foundation for Critical Thinking): Mission and Purpose (2008)
  • Professional Video (5 minutes)
• Richard Paul (The Foundation for Critical Thinking): On The Elements of Thought (2008)
  •  Professional Video (5 minutes)
• Richard Paul (The Foundation for Critical Thinking): Standards of Thought (Part 1) (Part 2) (2008)
  • Professional Video (9 minutes each)

Creative Thinking

• teacher.tv: The Case for Creativity in [Primary] School (2006)
  • Professional Video (15 minutes)
• Edward de Bono: Creative Thinking (2006)
  • Interview (4 minutes)
• Edward de Bono: Six Thinking Hats (2008)
  • Interview (3 minutes)
• Edward de Bono: Lateral Thinking (Part 1) (Part 2) (2008)
  • Interview (12 minutes each)

Metacognition

• Annenberg Media: The Learning Classroom: Metacognition (2003)
  • Professional Video (28 minutes)

Problem Solving & Decision Making

• Annenberg Media: Discovering Psychology--Judgment and Decision Making (1990, 2001)
  •  Professional Video (28 minutes)
• Barry Schwartz (TED): The Paradox of Choice (2005)
  • Conference Presentation (20 minute)

Wisdom

• Wisdom: directed by Andrew Zuckerman
  • Interviews; Segments of 60 minute professional video (10 minutes)
• Barry Schwartz (TED): The Real Crisis? We Stopped Being Wise. (2009)
  • Conference Presentation (20 minutes)

VII. Affective/Emotional Development

Overview

• Annenberg Media: The Learning Classroom: Emotions and Learning (2003)
  • Professional Video (28 minutes)
• Richard J. Davidson (Edutopia): The Heart-Brain Connection: The Neuroscience of Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning (2007)
  • Conference Presentation (20 minutes)
• Edutopia: Why Champion Social and Emotional Learning? (2008)
  • Professional Video: Introduction to Multiple Resources (30 seconds)

Positive Affect and Happiness

• Dan Gilbert (TED): Why Are We Happy? Why Are We Not Happy? (2004)
  • Conference Presentation (21 minutes)
• Matt Harding and Melissa Nixon: Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth (2008)
  • Dances Around The World (5 minutes)
• Dr. Lynn Ianni  (VideoJug): Get Happy
  • Interview (6 minutes)
• Beyond Belief: Candles in the Dark (2008)
  • Anthony Grayling: Happiness versus Flourishing (15 minutes)
  • Sonja Lyubomirsky: Happiness and Human Flourishing (16 minutes)

Positive Emotions

• Helen Fisher (TED): The Science of Love, And The Future of Women (2006)
  • Conference Presentation (16 minutes)
• Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Creativity, Fulfillment and Flow (TED) (2008)
  • Conference Presentation (22 minutes)
• Barbara Fredrickson: Positivity (2009)
  • Interview (26 minutes)
• Sanford Danziger: Staying Positive: Becoming a Totally Responsible Person (2009)
  • Workshop Presentation (30 minutes)

VIII. Conative/Volitional Development

• Barry Schwartz (TED): The Paradox of Choice (2005)
  •  Conference Presentation (20 minutes)
• Brian Tracey: If You Could Achieve One Goal In 24 Hours (2007)
  • Workshop Presentation Segment (2 minutes)
• Carol Dweck: How Mindset Influences Success (2007)
  • Interview (4 minutes)
  Wayne Dyer: The Power of Intention (2008)
• Professional Video Segment (10 minutes)
• Nick Vujicic: Are You Going To Finish Strong (2008)
  • Workshop Presentation (3 minutes) (Videos from LifeWithoutLimbs)
• Philip Zimbardo (TED): A Healthy Take on Time (2009)
  • Conference Presentation (6 minutes)
• Richard St. John (TED): Success is a Continuous Journey (2009)
• Conference Presentation (4 minutes)
• Maya Carlson: Self-Efficacy (2008)
  • Interview (8 minutes)

IX. Social Development

• Annenberg Media: The Learning Classroom: Learning In A Social Context (2003)
  • Professional Video (28 minutes)
• Davidson Films: Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory: An Introduction (2003)
  • Professional Video (4 minutes)
• Robert Wright (TED): How Cooperation (Eventually) Trumps Conflict (2007)
  • Conference Presentation (19 minutes)
• Daniel Goleman (GoogleTalks): Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships (2007)
  • Conference Presentation (52 minutes)
• James Fowler: Connected: Social Networks 1 2 3 4 (2009)
  • Book Presentation (about 10 minutes each)
• Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler (Microsoft Talk): Connected 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (2009) 
  • Invited Presentation (each segment about 10 minutes)

X. Awareness and Consciousness

Terence Mckenna: The Radiating Field of Consciousness
• Conference Presentation Segment (2 minutes)
• What The Bleep Do We Know?: Quantum Physics and Consciousness (2004)
  • Professional Video Clips (10 minutes)
• Louis Lefebvre: Consciousness: An Animation of Spirit (2006)
  • Professional Animation (2 minutes)
• Peter Russell: The Global Brain (Part1) (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (2008)
  • Video Slideshow (10 minutes each)
• Bruce Greyson: Near Death Experiences: Beyond the Mind-Body Problem (2008)
  • Conference Presentation (4 minutes)
• Jeffrey Schwartz: Beyond the Mind-Body Problem (2008)
  • Conference Presentation (3 minutes)
• Henry Stapp: Beyond the Mind-Body Problem (2008)
  • Conference Presentation (4 minutes)