The Six Thinking Hats

Duration : 45 mins                                                 

The Green Hat.

Aim :     To help pupils  generate different creative ideas.  Pupils will learn to develop more innovative solutions.

For the explanation of the Six Thinking Hats,  we will use the same basic example so that we can identify the use of each hat.

Situation:    A friend of yours asked you to go on a holiday with his/her family.

Explanation of the Green Hat:

How can we do it differently? What alternatives do we have?

The Green Hat helps us to generate di

This hat is easily worn by everyone.  However, we must make sure not to overuse it.

Activity:

A friend of yours asked you to go on a holiday with his/her family.  Use the White Hat to gather all the information possible.

Procedure.

1.  Group pupils in small groups of 4.  Chose a group secretary and a spokesperson for every group.

2.  Give out the situation.

3.  Allow a few minutes for the pupils to generate responses. 

4.  Stop students from generating responses.  (after approx. 5-7 minutes). 

5.  Pupils now share the outcome of their groups.

N.B. As this is the first time for the pupils, the teacher could do this as a class activity on the board.  It will be much easier for the pupils to grasp the concept.  They will then be able to do it on their own.

Processing:

Teacher asks the pupils the following questions to stimulate metacognitive talk. 

1.  How did you feel when using the Green Hat?

2.  How do you think that looking for the negative points only  can help you?

3.. Where and when would you use the Green Hat?

Practice item 2.  Let's organise a party! (10 minutes)

Pupils work in small groups.

Processing:

Pupils now share the outcome of their thoughts 

Materials needed:

Loose sheets of paper (Unless they have the Thinking Diary already in hand)

Flipchart paper and markers if there is no board in the room being used for the sessions.

Portable reverse timer

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