Edward de Bono's Direct Attention Thinking Tools (D.A.T.T.)
TYPE OF TRAINING ACTIVITY
TRAINING AIMED AT PARTICIPANTS RECEIVING
A GRANT FOR EITHER COMENIUS OR GRUNDTVIG TARGET GROUPS
ORIGIN OF THE TRAINING
OTHER TYPE OF TRAINING ACTIVITY (please specify):
CONFERENCE OR SEMINAR
THEMATIC FIELD OF THE TRAINING
GENERAL IN-SERVICE TRAINING
Other general courses Thinking skills
LANGUAGES USED FOR THE TRAINING
MAIN LANGUAGE:
English
LANGUAGE VERSION(S) IN WHICH MATERIALS WILL BE PROVIDED:
English
EDUCATION SECTOR OF THE TRAINING PARTICIPANTS
SCHOOL AND PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION
Pre-Primary
Primary
General secondary
Vocational/Technical secondary
ADULT EDUCATION
Adult education provider
Second chance or remedial education
Adult education for disabled persons
Higher education institution offering outreach courses for adults
Organisations working with migrant groups/ethnic minorities
Centres for guidance, councelling or accreditation
Other sectors of adult education
TARGET AUDIENCE
Teachers (Pre-school, primary, secondary, vocational, adult, special needs)
Teacher trainers
Careers officers, educational guides and counsellors
Inspectors
Headteachers/principals/managers of schools/organisations offering adult education
Other (Paid or voluntary) management staff in the institution/organisation
Non-teaching administrative staff
Members of students/teachers councils in adult education
INSTITUTION ORGANISING THE TRAINING
NAME OF THE ORGANISATION:
The Edward de Bono Foundation
STREET AND NUMBER:
Villa East
6, Fjamma Street
POSTCODE:
SGN4153 -
TOWN / CITY:
Kappara
COUNTRY:
Malta
WEBSITE:
www.edwarddebonofoundation.org
ORGANISER/S OF THE TRAINING:
PERSON 1:
Stéphanie Ceccato
TEL NR:
+356 21389336
FAX NR:
+356 21385930
EMAIL:
sceccato@maltanet.net
FULL DESCRIPTION OF TRAINING CONTENTS
IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE TRAINING: (EN)
Preparation
No prior preparation to the course is required.
Objectives
- think clearly with great focus about the right thing
- reach optimal solutions more quickly
- look beyond the boundaries of self-limiting perspectives
- thoroughly judge a situation
EDWARD DE BONO’S DIRECT THINKING TOOLS (DATT) IS COMPOSED OF TEN
THINKING TOOLS DEVISED BY EDWARD DE BONO, THE INVENTOR OF LATERAL
THINKING. THESE ARE SIMPLE TOOLS WHICH WHEN USED EFFECTIVEL CAN BE VERY
POWERFUL. THE TOOLS MAKE YOUR PERFORMANCE MORE DELIBERATE, MORE
STRUCTURED,MORE ORGANISED AND MORE EFFECTIVE. DATT HELPS ONE TO AVOID
WRONG DECISIONS. OUR CURRENT THINKING IS USUALLY NOT WRONG, IT SIMPLY
IS NOT TARGETED AS WELL AS IT COULD BE. STUDIES HAVE PROVEN THAT WHEN
PEOPLE ARE SPECIFICALLY ASKED TO USE DATT THINKING TOOLS THEIR THINKING
DRAMATICALLY IMPROVES. KNOWLEDGE OF THE DATT THINKING TOOLS WILL HELP
PARTICIPANTS TO IMPROVE QUALITY, BECOME TEAM LEADERS AND ACCEPT NEW
RESPONSIBILITIES. IT WILL HELP TO BROADEN THEIR PERCEPTION, TAKE MORE
EFFECTIVE DECISIONS AND INNOVATE IN THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TIME.
Methodology
Detailed overview of the ten tools (theory) and applications with exercises.
Follow-up
Contact kept with participants and implementation in their working environment.
PROGRAMME OF THE TRAINING ACTIVITIES (DAY BY DAY)
IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE TRAINING:
Monday
Presentation of the participants and the trainer.
Presentation of Dr. Edward de Bono and his work.
Introduction to the program. The trainer and participants work together
through ice-breakers that will help to build the group.
Participants will share their backgrounds and themes that they would like to discuss
Dr. Edward de Bono’s DATT program is introduced
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Explanation and practice with the thinking tools together with the identification of the possible areas for transfer.
Various types of scenarios will be considered including fantasy items and real life items.
Friday
Various topics will be discussed in groups using the tools in a
sequence giving the participants the opportunity to share and discuss
issues related to the application of the tools in their school settings.
A course evaluation will be carried out. Information about future
cooperation and other possible programmes will be explored together
with the possible ways in which the skills learnt will be implemented
in the respective schools of the participants.
Certificates handed out.
TYPE OF CERTIFICATION OF ATTENDANCE AWARDED
IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE TRAINING:
de Bono Thinking Systems Inc. certificate of participation.
ENGLISH:
de Bono Thinking Systems Inc. certificate of participation.
INFORMATION ON COURSE SESSION/S
SESSION 1
DATE OF START:
13/07/2009
TIME OF START:
DATE OF END:
17/07/2009
TIME OF END:
13:00
Deadline for registration:
08/06/2009
HOST INSTITUTION EQUAL TO ORGANIZER INSTITUTION:
NAME OF HOST INSTITUTION:
The Edward de Bono Foundation
POSTCODE:
SGN4153
TOWN / CITY:
Kappara
COUNTRY:
Malta
Nearest big city: Valletta
Distance: 3km
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS COURSE SESSION, NAME AND TITLE:
Stéphanie Ceccato
TEL NR:
+356 21389336
FAX NR:
+356 21385930
EMAIL:
sceccato@maltanet.net
IDENTIFICATION OF THE TRAINER/S: NAME, PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION, ROLE DURING THE TRAINING:
a de Bono Thinking Systems Inc. Certified Trainer
