 | Literacy Thinking Hats |
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I was really interested when I came across Edward de Bono's work. His work has focused around The Six Thinking Hats. Modelling a great way to get students to use different types of thinking. Each hat represents a different focus while discussing/analyzing text. The great part is you can use the Thinking Hats in any subject! White Hat-Information (What information do you already know? What are the facts? What information do I need? What do I want to know?) Red Hat- Feelings (What do you like about the idea? How do you feel about this? What don't you like about this?) Black Hat-Judgement (What is wrong with this? Will this work? Is it safe? Can it be done? What are the dangers and the problems?) Yellow Hat-Benefits (What are the good points? Why can this be done? Why is this a good thing?) Green Hat-Creativity (What new ideas are possible? What is my suggestion? Can I create something new?) Blue Hat- Overview thinking about thinking (What sort of thinking is needed? Where are we now? What is the next step? Where have we been?) By using this method of teaching it can help expand your questioning and student responses by asking students to put on the Green Hat and think about what could happen next after the story is over. If you are interested in using The Six Thinking Hats check out this website: http://www.kurwongbss.eq.edu.au/thinking/Hats/hats.htm Where you can find printable hats to use with your students. As well as lesson plans for using this teaching style. It is spectacular! Here is an example of a resource in the UK that uses the Thinking Hats to aid teachers with discussion. In the video the teacher demonstrates using some of the Thinking Hats with her class. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySNUsYwZ64o Enjoy! |