Transcript Edward DeBono The teaching of thinking

Edward DeBono
The teaching of thinking
By: Catherine Chacon
TIE 512
Edward Debono
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Dr. Debono was born in Malta
He was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford
He holds several degrees from Oxford and
Cambridge.
a D. Des (Doctor of Design) from the Royal
Melbourne Institute of Technology
He has written 62 books that are in 37
languages and has spoken in 58 countries.
The teaching of thinking
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Edward de Bono is regarded by many as the
leading authority in the field of creative
thinking, innovation and the direct teaching of
thinking as a skill. He is equally renowned for
his development of the Six Thinking Hats®
technique and the Direct Attention Thinking
Tools™ (D.A.T.T.™) framework.
Debono Believes
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Thinking is a skill that can be taught deliberately.
Thinking can be taught directly as a curriculum subject in
schools.
In the USA and elsewhere around the world an increasing
number of schools are putting thinking on to the curriculum as a
skill and separate class.
Debono says that “Teaching knowledge is not enough. In order
to survive and thrive in a complex world every youngster
leaving school needs to be equipped with basic thinking skills.
Just being good at argument and critical thinking is insufficient”.
According to Debono thinking is: “The operational skill
with which intelligence acts upon experience”
Edward Debono has developed:
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DATT framework
Six Thinking Hats framework
Six action shoes framework
Lateral Thinking
Parallel Thinking
The Debono Code
CoRT thinking Lessons - CoRT stands for Cognitive
Research Trust. The program was designed for
schools and is now widely in use throughout the
world.
DATT Framework (Direct Attention
Thinking Tools)
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Tool 1: Consequences and Sequels
Look ahead to see the consequences of some action, plan,
decision or rule
Tool 2: Plus, Minus, Interesting
Ensure that all sides of a matter have been considered before
a decision or commitment is made
Tool 3: Recognise, Analyse, Divide
Break a larger concept into smaller, more manageable parts
Tool 4: Consider All Factors
Explore all factors related to an action, decision or plan
Tool 5: Aims, Goals, Objectives
Focus directly and deliberately on the intention behind actions
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Tool 6: Alternatives, Possibilities,
Deliberately try to find alternatives
Tool 7: Other People's Views
Choices Look at other people's viewpoints
Tool 8: Key Values Involved
Ensure that out thinking serves our values
Tool 9: First Important Priorities
Select the most important ideas, factors, objectives
Tool 10: Design, Decisions, Outcome, Channels, Action
Direct attention to the outcome of the thinking and action that
follows
Six Thinking Hats Framework
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White Hat:
White hat thinkers focus on the data available.
Red Hat:
Red hat thinkers look at the decision using intuition, gut
reaction, and emotion.
Black Hat:
Black hat thinkers look at things pessimistically, cautiously and
defensively.
Yellow Hat:
Yellow hat thinkers think positively.
Green Hat:
Green Hat thinkers think with creativity.
Blue Hat:
Blue Hat thinkers think in a process control way.
Six Action Shoes Framework
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NAVY FORMAL SHOES
Routines and formal procedures
(A pilot completing a complex pre-flight check)
ORANGE GUMBOOTS
Explosions and danger
(Reacting to a sudden hostile takeover bid)
PINK SLIPPERS
Warmth and relaxed comfort
(Comforting a colleague who didn’t get the promotion)
BROWN BROGUES
Sensible and practical
(Cutting through red tape and get the new building finished on schedule)
GREY TRAINERS
Thinking and investigation
(Collecting competitive information for launching a new brand of baby food)
PURPLE RIDING BOOTS
Authority
(Issuing orders to your staff to complete an urgent job)
Lateral and Parallel Thinking
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Lateral thinking is concerned not with playing with
the existing pieces but with seeking to change those
very pieces. Lateral thinking is concerned with the
perception part of thinking. This is where we
organize the external world into the pieces we can
then 'process'.
With 'parallel thinking' both sides or all parties are
thinking in parallel in the same direction. There is cooperative and co-ordinated thinking. The direction
itself can be changed in order to give a full scan
of the situation. But at every moment each thinker is
thinking in parallel with all the other thinkers.
Debono Code
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The "de Bono Code Book" sets out eighteen different
codes for complex situations. There are negotiating codes,
youth codes, meeting codes, project status codes, travel
codes, relationship codes etc.
It may be difficult for a youngster to say to his or her
parents: "Mum, I am in deep trouble. I need your help and
advice. But I do not want the usual sermons, preaching
and 'I told you so'. Can we work on this together? Can we
discuss it? Can you help me?"
Some youngsters might find that awkward to say. How
much easier to say: "Mum, I have an 8/1 here.“
There are 257 codes which become an 'inter-language' for
international use (among other benefits such as
compression for m-commerce).
Debono Video’s
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http://gsa-ada.org/2009/articles/78/the-debono-code
There are some video’s on creativity, lateral
and parallel thinking, the six hats, critical
thinking for children and others.
References
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http://www.edwarddebono.com
http://www.edwdebono.com/
http://www.edwdebono.com/debono/tt.htm
http://www.edwdebono.com/debono/gamesi.htm - Thinking
Games
http://debonoforschools.com/pdfs/80850_CoRT1_Introduction_
Section.pdf - CoRT Thinking Lessons
http://www.edwdebono.com/debono/workdatt.htm
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTED_07.htm
http://www.croydonsc.vic.edu.au/foundation2/Think/DeBono
http://www.edwarddebono.com/concept8.htm