In-service 02/06/12 Part: I Thinking about ________.

In-service02/06/12

Part: I

Thinking about ________.

“What influences thinking”

A peaceable class and

school

Rescue

Teamwork/Training

“The immordality of influence”Salome Thomas-el

Be…A bridge…

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_a46WJ1viA

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The Six Thinking Hats: Edward de Bono

Inspiration from: Dale Starcher and Steven Morris GARFIELD PARK ACADEMY

© 2010 Garfield Park Academy

Six Thinking Hats

A way to have your/our head into thinking about problem-solving

So the six hats are…?


• Six colors of hats for six types of thinking– Each hat identifies a type of thinking

– Hats are directions of thinking

• Hats help a group use parallel thinking– You can “put on” and “take off” a hat

– Learn to switch your view and attitude

Uses for Six Hats


• Problem solving

• Being more mindful of ways of thinking, as well as others point of view

• Brainstorming

• Group work

• Much more

…and six hats


• White: objective facts & figures

• Red: emotions & feelings

• Black: cautious & careful

• Yellow: hope, positive & speculative

• Green: creativity, ideas & lateral thinking

• Blue: control & organization of thinking

General hat issues


• Direction, not description– Set out to think in a certain direction– “Let’s have some black hat thinking…”

• Not categories of people– Not: “He’s a black hat thinker.”– Everyone can and should use all the hats

• A constructive form of showing off p-s– ‘Show off’ by being a better thinker– Not destructive right vs. wrong argument

• Use in whole or in part

Benefits of Six Thinking Hats


• Provides a common language• Experience & intelligence of each person (Diversity of

thought)• Use more of our brain power• Helps people work against type, preference…i.e.

breaking-out, reducing stereotype• Removal of ego (reduce confrontation)• Save time• Focus (one thing at a time)• Create, evaluate & implement action plans

Using the hats


• Use any hat, as often as needed• Sequence can be preset or evolving• Not necessary to use every hat• Time under each hat: generally, short• Requires discipline and buy in from each person• Adds an element of excitement and/or play, by

playing along• Can be used by individuals and groups

White Hat Thinking

White Hat Thinking


• Neutral, objective information• Facts & figures • Questions: what do we know, what

don’t we know, what do we need to know• Excludes opinions, hunches, judgements• Removes feelings & impressions• Two tiers of facts

– Believed Facts– Checked Facts

Red Hat Thinking

Red Hat Thinking


• Emotions & feelings

• Hunches, intuitions,

impressions

• Doesn’t have to be logical or consistent

• No justifications, reasons or basis

• All decisions are emotional in the end

Yellow Hat Thinking

Yellow Hat Thinking


• Positive & speculative

• Positive thinking, optimism, opportunity

• Benefits

• Best-case scenarios

• Exploration

Green Hat Thinking

Green Hat Thinking


• New ideas, concepts, perceptions

• Deliberate creation of new ideas

• Alternatives and more alternatives

• New approaches to problems

• Creative & lateral thinking

Black Hat Thinking

Black Hat…cont.

Black Hat Thinking


• Logical & truthful, but not necessarily pleasant; Cautious and careful

• Logically negative – why it won’t work• Critical judgment, can have pessimistic

view• Separates logical negative from emotional• Focus on errors, evidence, conclusions

Blue Hat Thinking

The blue hat


• Thinking about thinking

• Instructions for thinking

• The organization of thinking

• Control of the other hats

• Discipline and focus

The blue hat role


• Control of thinking & the process• Begin & end session with blue hat• Facilitator, session leader’s role• Choreography

– open, sequence, close– Focus: what should we be thinking about– Asking the right questions– Defining & clarifying the problem– Setting the thinking tasks

Start the day and each period with the blue hat…


• Why we are here• what we are thinking about• definition of the situation or problem• alternative definitions• what we want to achieve• where we want to end up• the background to the thinking• a plan for the sequence of hats

…and end with the blue hat


• What we have achieved

• Outcome

• Conclusion

• Design

• Solution

• Next steps

Six hats summary


Blue: control & organization of thinking

White: objective facts & figures

Red: emotions & feelings

Yellow: hope, positive & speculative

Green: creativity, ideas & lateral thinking

Black: cautious & careful

Red Hat Thinking

More…Green Hat Thinking

More, Yellow Thinking

Skip for today

On to cases __________

Understanding Opposites


White:

Yellow:

Green:

Exercise


You want to move a student either up or down a level.

Wear each hat and arrive at a decision.


Six Thinking Hats During Academic Instruction

Starting with the Handouts, come up with different ideas for implementing the Thinking Hats in during instructional times.

Pick one strategy and present it to the other groups


Six Thinking Hats In Group Counseling

Brainstorm several ideas Present at least one to the

other groups


Six Thinking Hats During Class Meetings

Brainstorm several ideas

In-service 02/06/12 Part: I Thinking about ________.

Documents

Transcript of In-service 02/06/12 Part: I Thinking about ________.