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

“What influences thinking”

A peaceable class and school

Rescue

Teamwork/Training

“The immordality of influence” Salome Thomas-el

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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…? © 2010 Garfield Park Academy 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 © 2010 Garfield Park Academy Problem solving Being more mindful of ways of thinking, as well as others point of view Brainstorming Group work Much more

…and six hats © 2010 Garfield Park Academy 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 © 2010 Garfield Park Academy 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 © 2010 Garfield Park Academy 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 © 2010 Garfield Park Academy 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

© 2010 Garfield Park Academy 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

© 2010 Garfield Park Academy 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

© 2010 Garfield Park Academy Positive & speculative Positive thinking, optimism, opportunity Benefits Best-case scenarios Exploration

Green Hat Thinking

© 2010 Garfield Park Academy 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 © 2010 Garfield Park Academy 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 © 2010 Garfield Park Academy Thinking about thinking Instructions for thinking The organization of thinking Control of the other hats Discipline and focus

The blue hat role © 2010 Garfield Park Academy 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… © 2010 Garfield Park Academy 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 © 2010 Garfield Park Academy What we have achieved Outcome Conclusion Design Solution Next steps

Six hats summary © 2010 Garfield Park Academy 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 © 2010 Garfield Park Academy White: Yellow: Green:

Exercise © 2010 Garfield Park Academy You want to move a student either up or down a level. Wear each hat and arrive at a decision.

© 2010 Garfield Park Academy 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

© 2010 Garfield Park Academy Six Thinking Hats In Group Counseling Brainstorm several ideas Present at least one to the other groups

© 2010 Garfield Park Academy Six Thinking Hats During Class Meetings Brainstorm several ideas