ESM-YA Catalog (Introduction and sequences)

Project ESM-YA under ERASMUS+ YOUTH Application n° 2014-2-ES02-KA205-005432 Session 3 Annex 6 Page 1 European joint approach on Educative tools to improve employability and selfreflection for Sentenced Minors - Young Adults (ESM-YA) Activity name Six Thinking Hats Experimenting Context In which Session and action did your activity came in complement Session 3 Annex 6 Duration of the Activity Max 40 minutes Material 6 hats (different colour) Method Group dynamic and individual Interest of the exercise evaluated by the group [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] This is an activity that supports a person in focusing his or her thinking. In wearing a particular thinking Hat, participants can increase their way of thinking in various subjects. For instance, one could play the devil’s advocate, even if only for the sake of generating discussion. The purpose of devil’s advocacy is to deliberately challenge an idea: be critical, look for what is wrong with it. Participants can improve the dialogue techniques and explore new ways of thinking. The activity can increase participants’ selfesteem, selfconfidence and selfawareness. Each of the Hats is named for a colour that is mnemonically descriptive of the perspective one adopts when wearing the particular hat. For example, the devil’s advocacy is what one engages the Black Thinking Hat. The 6 hats and the perspectives they represent are: White (Observer) White paper; Neutral; focus on information available, objective Facts, what is needed, how it can be obtained. - Neutral and objective - What do I know? - What do I need to find out? - How will I get the information I need? Red Fire, warmth; EMOTIONS, FEELINGS, intuition, hunches, present views without explanation, justification. - My feelings right now - Feelings can change - No reasons are given