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How it works:
There are six hats, each representing a different element of thinking. Students are given a hat
(real or imaginary) and asked to think through the discussion using that hat.
The idea is to
thus create a map covering all the different elements of an issue or idea. The class could be
divided into different hats and the teacher manages the discussion.
Six Thinking Hats (De Bono)
White hat: facts, neutral, objective information
Red hat: emotions, hunches, intuition, gut feelings
Black hat: critic, analyst, logical negative
Yellow hat: sunshine, optimism,
logical positive
Green hat: creative, growth, possibilities,
ideas
Blue hat: cool, agenda, process, organizer, overview,
decision
FREE DISCUSSION
Purpose
:
Encourage responsibility, student
‐
led, avoids teacher focus or retreading of tired points.
Set Up
:
Groups or whole class, circle, pods or table and chairs
How it works:
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This can be done with smaller groups or the whole class. As it is not
structured this sort of
discussion may require some more facilitation. This can be the teacher or session leader for
the whole group but if there are a number of groups staffing may not allow a facilitator for
each group. In this case one option may be to ask one of the students to act as a facilitator,
this is probably a technique to use once the students have experienced positive models of how
a facilitator should act and discussed key aspects of behavior in this role.
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