Edward de Bono's CoRT Thinking Program for Schools

Don't just urge children to think - teach them how to do it - with this revolutionary program used successfully by millions.

CoRT is a 60 lesson, 2 year program that teaches students of all abilities to effectively apply their intelligence to any academic, personal, or social situation. The lessons are generic enough to be taught at any grade level from K - 12, with minor adaptations. 

CoRT is broken into 6 segments of 10 lessons each. Each lesson teaches a new thinking tool The first segment of 10 lessons is sequential. After you have completed it you can pick and choose the segments that best meet your students needs, or you can teach the  whole program systematically.

CoRT 1: Breadth. Helps students broaden perception - as fundamental to thinking as vocabulary is to reading.

CoRT 2: Organization. Shows students how to organize their thinking.

CoRT 3: Interaction. Helps students observe the thinking involved in arguments, how a point of view is presented or defended, and the value and types of evidence.

CoRT 4: Creativity. Students find out how to change concepts and patterns for great results in design thinking.

CoRT 5: Information and Feeling. Asks what information do we have? What do we need? How can we get it? What values and feelings can we apply to the information?

CoRT 6: Action. Introduces visual symbols that can be used to direct thinking.

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