Discussion 4: Strategies – Six Thinking Hats
Explanation of the theory
Using six thinking hats strategy is a simple, effective parallel thinking process that helps people to be more productive, focused, and mindfully involved. Essentially, by utilizing these caps, we will have the capacity to assist thinking process of the students. The strategy was published by Edward de Bono in 1985 as a conceptual method for effective team meetings, problem solving, decision making and evaluation. In other words, individuals will experience to look different points of view and finalize their decisions based on those insights.
There are vairous visuals and resources define skills of each hat, here you may find the defination and skills of each hat;
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The black hat provides a proactive perspective to evalute and judge the solutions. While doing so, the person should avoid personal and emotional biases to the table.
Questions that might lead the thinkers are:
• What is the fatal flaw within this ideas?
• What is wrong with this?
• Will this work?
• How many ways is this likely to fail?
• What are the potential risks and consequesnces associate with this?
The Yellow Hat thinker is a optimisitc and constructive thinker. In other words, the thinker tries to explore best sceniro and why the idea is good by looking the pros. The methaphorical role of the yellow hat might be The Sun. Since the sun brings positivity same as yellow hat thinker.
The question might foster the thinker might be:
• How can I best approach this problem?
• What are the positive aspets of current situation?
• What positive outcomes could result from this action?
• What are the long term benefits of this action?
The Green hat thinker foceses on the new ideas, posibilities and alternatives. They think out of the box and refine and develop ideas. The metaphorical role might be the Seedling, since when it grows and expands, it reaches unexpected directions.
• What alternative posibilities could exist
Explanation of the theory
Using six thinking hats strategy is a simple, effective parallel thinking process that helps people to be more productive, focused, and mindfully involved. Essentially, by utilizing these caps, we will have the capacity to assist thinking process of the students. The strategy was published by Edward de Bono in 1985 as a conceptual method for effective team meetings, problem solving, decision making and evaluation. In other words, individuals will experience to look different points of view and finalize their decisions based on those insights.
There are vairous visuals and resources define skills of each hat, here you may find the defination and skills of each hat;
Blue …show more content…
The black hat provides a proactive perspective to evalute and judge the solutions. While doing so, the person should avoid personal and emotional biases to the table.
Questions that might lead the thinkers are:
• What is the fatal flaw within this ideas?
• What is wrong with this?
• Will this work?
• How many ways is this likely to fail?
• What are the potential risks and consequesnces associate with this?
The Yellow Hat thinker is a optimisitc and constructive thinker. In other words, the thinker tries to explore best sceniro and why the idea is good by looking the pros. The methaphorical role of the yellow hat might be The Sun. Since the sun brings positivity same as yellow hat thinker.
The question might foster the thinker might be:
• How can I best approach this problem?
• What are the positive aspets of current situation?
• What positive outcomes could result from this action?
• What are the long term benefits of this action?
The Green hat thinker foceses on the new ideas, posibilities and alternatives. They think out of the box and refine and develop ideas. The metaphorical role might be the Seedling, since when it grows and expands, it reaches unexpected directions.
• What alternative posibilities could exist