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De Bono Centre for Education (Canada)
Dr. Edward de Bono & Peter de Bono
“Because we spend a lot of time thinking about things does not by itself improve our thinking skills.”
- Dr. Edward de Bono -
In collaboration with Peter de Bono, Chief Trainer and centre of the global de Bono education thinking training organization, Jump Start Solutions Inc established the De Bono Centre for Education (Canada) in 2007. The centre teaches thinking directly as a subject to students K-12. The centre is licensed to teach the de Bono CoRT Thinking Programme and Six Thinking Hats®.
De Bono CoRT Thinking Programme
The essence of the CoRT Thinking Method is to focus attention directly on different aspects of thinking and to bring together these aspects into definite concepts and tools that can be used deliberately.
The three basic principles underlying CoRT Thinking are as follows:
- Thinking is a skill that can be developed,
- Most practical thinking takes place in the perception stage,
- The tools method is used to teach thinking.
The CoRT Thinking Lessons are divided in six groups with 10 lessons in each group.
The complete set of 60 lessons for Students
CoRT 1 Breadth (10 lessons)
CoRT 2 Organisation (10 Lessons)
CoRT 3 Interaction (10 Lessons)
CoRT 4 Creativity (10 Lessons)
CoRT 5 Information & Feeling (10 Lessons)
CoRT 6 Action (10 Lessons)
The CoRT Thinking Lessons, are now in heavy use throughout the U.S.A., in the U.K., Ireland, Canada (British Columbia), Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Israel, the Middle East, Russia, China (Beijing, Shanghai…with more centres in other regions soon), Namibia and India (Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai).
- In the Dominican Republic, after a year's pilot programme, the CoRT Thinking Lessons have been added to the curriculum of every school and university in the country. A number of other countries have already expressed interest in following this example.
- In Malaysia companies send their new graduate recruits to a centre to be taught how to think. A course is being designed for universities.
- In Siberia schools for gifted children use CoRT because it ensures that children maintain an open mind.
- Also in Siberia the tools were used by a medical psychologist to help children with post operation trauma to recover.
- In India, efforts are underway to set up rural training programmes for the farmers in Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
The list goes on and on. The thinking tools are proven and can be considered as life skills.
De Bono Six Thinking Hats®
The 'Six Thinking Hats' is perhaps one of the most popular and effective thinking methodologies developed by Dr Edward de Bono. The 'Hats' are used in all manners of enterprise and indeed from Kindergartens to the Board rooms of major companies. The Six Thinking Hats provide the framework for parallel thinking and the avoidance of time wasting argument while at the same time incorporating reference to the 'Lateral Thinking' processes and with the potential to be substantially enhanced by the use of the thinking tools found in the CoRT Thinking Programme.
When we attempt practical thinking, there are three fundamental difficulties:
- Emotions. We often have a tendency not to think at all but to rely on instant gut feeling, emotion, and prejudice as a basis for action.
- Helplessness. We may react with feelings of inadequacy: "I don't know how to think about this. I don't know what to do next."
- Confusion. We try to keep everything in mind at once, with a mess as a result.
The six thinking hats method is a simple and practical way of overcoming all those difficulties.
- Six Thinking Hats enables students to focus on separate thinking skills, and then combine them to gain a complete perspective.
- Students associate the coloured hats with key words and questions that direct, redirect, and sequence their thinking.
By mastering the use of Six Thinking Hats®, students will know how to:
- Clear up confusion on rapidly changing challenges and complex issues.
- Become better focused and to the point in discussions.
- Separate out: facts from emotions; the positive from the negative; critical thinking from creative thinking.
- Focus on what is important rather what is irrelevant.
- Sidestep egos which get in the way of performance.
- Make better decisions based on thorough and clear thinking.
For more information, contact:
Angelo Lam, Co-founder and Director
Licensed Trainer:
CoRT Thinking Programme (Thinking Training for Education)
Six Thinking Hats® (Parallel Thinking);
Email: angelo@jumpstartnow.org
Affiliates
Centre for Training in Education – Greater China
Centro de Formação Juvenil D. Bosco Lar de Juventude
Estrada de Nossa Senhora, KÁ-HO, COLOANE, MACAO
Chief Executive Director: Savio Cho Law Yeung
Associates – Hong Kong
Kenji Kam, Associate Trainer
CoRT Thinking Programme
Six Thinking Hats® for Education
Email: kenji@jumpstartnow.org
Doris Ng, Associate Trainer
CoRT Thinking Programme
Six Thinking Hats® for Education
Email: doris@jumpstartnow.org
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