School of Thinking

School of Thinking

The School of Thinking (SOT) was founded by Michael Hewitt-Gleeson and Edward de Bono in New York, United States, in 1979 to teach 'thinking' as a skill. Presently, SOT is a free, virtual school, based in Melbourne, Australia, that uses a daily series of 10 free emailed lessons to teach speed thinking, creative thinking, positive thinking, lateral thinking, and new brain software which goes beyond 'critical thinking'.

History

SOT's initial mission was to get 'thinking' into schools as a school subject. Under Hewitt-Gleeson's direction, the School of Thinking trained many thousands of people around the United States, and also installed thinking skills into school districts, corporations, and government organizations. Within five years, 'teaching thinking' in US schools had become, according to the New York Times, the biggest new trend in education. On January 9, 1983, the New York Times, in its Education Winter Survey, wrote:: "A major new effort to teach thinking skills is planned by the University/Urban Schools National Task Force, which will soon initiate a program in the public schools of New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Detroit, Minneapolis and Memphis... The School of Thinking in New York is the base in this country for teaching de Bono's theory, disseminated from its headquarters in London, which includes breaking out of traditional thinking patterns. This means trying to devise new ways of looking at problems... it affirms the belief that without specific efforts there is no assurance students will learn to think clearly." [http://www.schoolofthinking.org/schools.html Official website of the School of Thinking] ]

In 1988, Hewitt-Gleeson started the SOT in Australia when he conducted Australia's first SOT thinking lesson in Canberra, in the presence of both Sir Ninian Stephen, the Governor General and Robert Hawke, the Prime Minister. [ [http://www.bookedout.com.au/inspirational/Michael_Hewitt-Gleeson/index.html Booked Out Speakers Agency] ]

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the School of Thinking, the co-founders, Edward de Bono and Michael Hewitt-Gleeson, designed a new global initiative - The Family Learn-To-Think Project - which was launched in January 2004. This is a special online coaching program to assist families who wish to become much better 'family thinkers'. [http://www.schoolofthinking.org/debono.html Official website of the School of Thinking] ] It aimed to be the largest program in the world ever to teach thinking skills to families. The Family Learn-To-Think Project is free to all families worldwide who have an email address.

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External links

* [http://www.schoolofthinking.org The School of Thinking] – official web site


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