de Bono Education Academy
Teach Your Students How to
Think with de Bono Train-the-Trainer Programs
The purpose of our de Bono
Education Academy is to prepare a new generation of exceptional teachers, faculty members,
and education consultants
to become de Bono thinking experts--to be able to teach students
and administrators powerful creative and innovative thinking tools that
are being taught in schools
around the world
with great success--de Bono is a global brand.
A de Bono Education Academy
program is filled with relevant content, new workable ideas, and expert
coaching designed to meet the specific needs of your group.
Perhaps you already know how
impactful de Bono tools are---you want us to come in and lead a de Bono
Train-the-Trainer workshop for a core group of
teachers and faculty. You want to teach your students how to think. Here
are some possibilities:
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Gifted students love
learning Six Thinking Hats. It gives them a fresh new way to
expand their thinking on any subject.
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Add de Bono Student
Academy Thinking Lessons at your school.
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Start a critical and
creative thinking skills class.
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Embed the tools in any
curriculum subject to help students learn to think about what they
are learning, rather than to just memorize the facts for test
taking.
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Start a Learning to
Love Literature with Six Thinking Hats program K-6 to increase
reading comprehension.
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Support a parallel
thinking skills program for students working in groups. Teach them
how to be better collaborators. Equip them with productive thinking
together tools to create outstanding project work.
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Include in MBA programs
to equip our future leaders to be critical creative, innovative, and
thorough thinkers. Set them up to create the next benchmarks for
business excellence. Imagine--Leadership Thinking as a class.
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Strengthen college
orientation programs to give students an edge. Imagine--I'm a
Thinker classes.
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Start a thinking skills
program for your athletes. Our culture is full of pressure on these
young people. Let's equip them to make good choices. Make it
mandatory. Participating in athletics is a privilege. Imagine--de
Bono Thinking for Football Players.
"When I started talking about thinking nearly a lifetime ago, many
people frankly thought the idea was rather peculiar. Thinking wasn't a
learned or a deliberate skill. It was just ... thinking.
Fifty years later, policy-makers, scientists, and educators the world
over recognize that thinking is not something that 'just happens.' We
have to work at it. Thinking can be good, or bad, And we choose which we
do. As individuals, and as societies, we think badly, or we think well.
And everything else flows from that."--Edward de Bono
You may also want us to present a de Bono Education
Academy program at your
professional
development event, education conference or executive retreat to
provide your attendees with a top notch experience filled with content
and ideas they can put into practice right away. Perhaps you need us to
work with your board of directors to help them navigate more effectively
through these challenging times. Give us a call to
discuss how we can help you boost the thinking power of your groups.
One of the key values we
bring to your event is our expertise with de Bono tools which we support
with consistent materials. Each group receives the same materials
regardless of their rank in your system--faculty, board member,
administrator, student. This ensures a smoother implementation of the
tools for you, and reinforces thinking as a skill that can be learned
regardless of your age. When you need more materials you can order
directly from our online
store.
Location: We come to your campus.
Train-the-Trainer Workshops: Six Thinking Hats
and CoRT
Duration: 3 days. Day 1 we teach you the tool. You attend as
a participant to experience the rhythm and idiom of the tool. Day 2-3
are spent learning to teach the tool in depth. You will do practice
teaches and receive immediate expert coaching. You will have evening
assignments to prepare for the next day. You will spend time
planning to embed the tool in your curriculum and aligning with
education goals. It is a very intense, hands-on experience. Plan to
clear your calendar and devote your full attention to the experience.
Customization: We customize each Education Academy to meet
your specific needs. Perhaps you have a reading program and want to
strengthen it by incorporating our Learning to Love Literature
Series. Or, you want to launch a creative thinking class. These are
just two examples.
Education
Pricing: Our pricing is all inclusive: Master Trainer,
train-the-trainer materials, and travel expenses are included. The price
will depend upon the number of participants.
Group Size: Up to 8 participants
Materials: Official de Bono for Schools materials are
provided for each attendee.
To
Schedule: Call de Bono Education Academy President--Lynda Curtin at 818-507-6055
or email info@LyndaCurtin.com
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