GT+Weekly+Teaching+Strategy+Six+Thinking+Hats

 **GT Weekly Teaching Strategy:** =  EDWARD DE BONO’S SIX THINKING HATS      = // Edward de Bono is regarded by many to be the leading authority in the world in the field of creative thinking and the direct teaching of thinking as a skill. His techniques are proven to be effective and can easily be used with young students in classroom discussions and problem solving situations. //  **White ** hat – Facts & Information   Participants make statements of fact, including identifying information that is absent and presenting the views of people who are not present in a factual manner. The key information that represents input to the session are presented and discussed.  **Red ** hat – Feelings & Emotions   Participants state their gut reactions, intuition, or feelings about an issue under discussion. They may also examine the feelings and emotions of others who may be affected by the issue or problem.  **Black **<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">hat – Critical Judgment <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Participants identify barriers, hazards, risks and other negative connotations related to the issue at hand. This involves critical thinking, looking for problems and mismatches. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> **<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: yellow; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Yellow **<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> hat – Positive Judgment <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Participants identify benefits associated with an idea or issue. This is the opposite of black hat thinking and looks for the positive reasons in favor of something. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> **<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: green; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Green **<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> hat – Alternatives & Creativity <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> This is the hat of thinking new thoughts. It is based around the idea of provocation and thinking for the sake of identifying new possibilities. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> **<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Blue **<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> hat – The Big Picture <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> This is the hat under which all participants discuss the thinking process. The facilitator will generally wear it throughout the process and members of the team will periodically put it on to think about directing their work together. This hat should be used at the start and end of each thinking session, to set objectives, to define the route to take to reach them, to evaluate where the group is, and where the thinking process is going. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> __<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Tips for using the process in the classroom: __
 * <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Model each role before expecting students to work through them individually
 * <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Students can wear hats of different colors that they make or you bring in
 * <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> The process can be used to discuss classroom or school issues
 * <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> The process can be used throughout the curriculum to discuss problems or issues in any subject area
 * <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Students can alternate roles/hats during a discussion or take one role throughout an entire discussion
 * <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Hats can be combined and students can take on double roles during discussions
 * <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Set rules and protocols for each role/hat and group discussion
 * <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Assign students roles/hats that are opposite of or don’t match their typical thinking style