Authentic Classroom Examples
This video documents Year 8 students utilising De Bono's Six Thinking Hats approach and discussing Joy Cowley's story, "Mum's Diet" which has recently featured in the media.
ICT was used throughout the learning process. The Interactive White board was utilised to learn about how one uses the thinking hats and then to read Cowley's story. An iPad was used to record the Thinking Hats in action and document the students working through De Bono's thinking process. Lastly, the students made digital posters of the responses of their Thinking Hat group to present their ideas and learning.
ICT was used throughout the learning process. The Interactive White board was utilised to learn about how one uses the thinking hats and then to read Cowley's story. An iPad was used to record the Thinking Hats in action and document the students working through De Bono's thinking process. Lastly, the students made digital posters of the responses of their Thinking Hat group to present their ideas and learning.
De Bono's Six Thinking Hats used in conjunction with the Q Matrix
Images sourced from Google Images:
Q Chart: http://oneandwonder.blogspot.co.nz/2011_11_01_ archive.html Dice: http://www.watershedassociates.com/negotiationblog/ can-probing-ever-backfire-negotiations Spinner: https://s-media-cacheak0.pinimg.com/736x/b8/ d4/a5/b8d4a53925798f01ea22264f59d95f50.jpg |
A Questions Chart, or Q-chart, is a great tool to help frame questions. It works by starting the questions with a word from the left column followed by a word from the top row and then a phrase related to the content you are questioning. The Q-Chart can be divided into four quadrants based on the type of depth of question being asked and can be used in conjunction with the following Thinking Hats, they are:
How this can be applied in the classroom: 1. Make giant dice or spinners to indicate different question beginnings to stimulate discussion, for example, "Who?", "What?", ‘Where", "Why?", "When?", and "How?" 2. Make giant dice or spinners based on questions with a focus question prompt, for example, brainstorming: "Why is?", "Why did?", "Why can?", "Why would?", "Why will?", and "Why might?" 3. Each group has their question matrix chart. Instruct the participants to roll the dice, ask a question using one of the question beginnings, and to then place a counter on that square. The question beginning cannot be used again in the same round, encouraging the formulation of different kinds of questions by the group. 4. The Thinking Hats can be put on in relation to the roll of the dice with students adopting several hats throughout the session, for example, a roll of "What did?" would require the student to put on the White Hat and identify the factual information of the scenario. (NET Interactive and Educational Media, 2012) |