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Hats can be used can be used in any matter, but most often will follow this pattern:

Blue: Start with the approach and process

White: Review the facts

Green: Generate new ideas without judgement

Yellow: Focus on the benefits

Red: Consider emotional responses to any ideas

Black: Apply critical thinking after the benefits have been explored to test the viability of the new ideas

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http://www.parade.vic.edu.au/md/teacher_research_guide/defining/defining_debono.htm

http://www.heartsunlimited.net/happy-hearts-software/six-thinking-hats.html

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Take a peek at this two minute video to give you the perfect overview of this theory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ8vF8HRWE4

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Here is a great video to show how a teacher could use the Six Hats theory within a lesson in his/her classroom! Give yourself seven minutes to watch this one!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt0BymHNj30

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Disadvantages:

Time-consuming way to process thinking

Some team-members prefer to think alone rather than in a group

Conflicts can still arise between people of different perspectives

Advantages

Adds structure to brainstorming process

Shorter and more productive thinking processes

Reduces conflict within a team

Motivates a clearer thinking process

Avoids potential threats to situation and helps avoid them

Inspires creative thinking

Allows us to think from the perspective of others

Extends one's way of thinking

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This theory can be put to use when a teacher is looking for longstanding impact with the culture and climate of a classroom or for a school-wide solutions to various problems. It gets students and staff to look at issues from six different perspectives or styles of thinking. This theory helps separate fact from emotion and uses critical thinking and problem solving skills creatively

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Everyone contributing "wears" the same hat at the same time

Can be combined with other techniques such as mind mapping or brainstorming

Many options as to when the group wears which colored hat and in what order, but there are some suggestions out there on the order and frequency of wearing the hats.

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...is the hat of structure, aka the control hat. It manages thinking, facilitates the discussion, creates the agenda, keeps the group focused, and summarizes data or next steps.

Activities while wearing the blue hat:

Sets the agenda.

Sets the timing.

Decides on the next step.

Keeps everyone on the focus.

Handles requests.

Keeps the discipline when using the hats.

Handles the summary and conclusions.

Asks for decisions.

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...is the hat of creativity, it considers alternatives and possibilities. It is not necessary for this hat to be logical.

Questions asked while wearing the green hat:

We need further alternatives.

We need to make a creative effort.

Are there other ways to do this?

What else could we do here?

How else might we carry through this concept?

What are the possibilities?

What will overcome our difficulties?

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...is the hat of emotion; it has feelings. This hat allows people  to express their feelings in the moment, to reduce conversations after the meeting that can negatively impact the group's decisions. This hat allows for intuition; no reasons are needed to justify or defend oneself.

Activities while wearing the red hat:

Take no more than 20 to 30 seconds

This is to signal intuition, feelings and emotions.

Remind yourself that no explanation is needed!

Give feelings and intuition validity.

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The Six Thinking Hats way of thinking was created by Edward de Bono, Nobel Prize in Economics 2005 nominee, Rhodes Scholar, Masters of Arts in physiology and psychology from Oxford, Ph.D from Cambridge, and professor at Oxford, Cambridge, London, and Harvard, to name a few accolades. De Bono is known for his direct teaching about thinking as a skill and his background in self-organizing systems which he applied to the brain. The Six Thinking Hats is a way to rethink problems and solutions in business, although it has found use in other fields such as education.

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...is the hat of logical judgment and caution. The "what can go wrong hat."  A person is able to identify risks and problems,  or point out reasons a solution might not work. Must have reasons to back up  thinking.

Questions asked while wearing the black hat:

What could be the possible problems?

What could some of the difficulties be?

What are points for caution?

Right now we are using the black hat, so you must make a real effort to come up with the negatives.

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...is the hat of optimism. This thinking hat uses logic to find benefits, value, and feasibility.  It looks for why solutions might work in the short and long term.  One must have reasons to back up  thinking.

Questions asked while wearing the yellow hat:

What are the benefits?

What are the positives?

What are the values?

Are there savings?

Is there a competitive advantage?

Is there potential value?

Is there a concept in this idea that looks attractive?

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...is the hat of objective information. Data and facts the important pieces when thinking in this direction. Compare information to any gaps that need to be researched. Think about what is known and what is yet needed to be known.

Questions asked while wearing the white hat:

What information is available?

What information would we like to have?

What information do we need?

What information is missing?

Include both sided of disputed information.

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De Bono's Six Thinking Hats: Summary & Examples. (n.d.). Retrieved March 21, 2017, from http://study.com/academy/lesson/de-bonos-six-thinking-hats-summary-examples.html

Dyck, B. (2004). Put On Your (Six) Thinking Hats. Retrieved March 29, 2017, from http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/voice/voice102.shtml

Edward de Bono. (n.d.). Retrieved March 22, 2017, from http://www.debonogroup.com/edward_debono.php

Gala, K. (2014, January 22). Six Thinking Hats: A technique of Business Analysis. Retrieved March 21, 2017, from http://systemsplusgroup.blogspot.com/2014/01/six-thinking-hats-technique-of-business.html

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