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-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------d) Emphasizes the diversity of students, in
multimodality and multiliteracy (Kalantzis &
Cope, 2006).
The artful thinking
It is a process that brings in the learning process of
a different color and a strategy that involves asking
deep critical thinking questions such as “what do
you see”, and “what do you think”, “what do you
understand seeing this piece of art”? The
systematic use of art to learning is a key thematic
nucleus of a program of Harvard University: the
Artful Thinking (entechnos reasoning). The purpose
of the Artful Thinking program (Harvard, 2004), is
to help teachers to use regularly and systematically
the works of art in their teaching in ways that foster
critical thinking by offering new dimensions to
learning.
Blue: I'm asking, I wonder, scan, look into
Green: observe and describe
Orange: compare and connect
Violet: explore the complexity
Yellow: scan from different viewing angles
Red: motive
Case study: Online Training Course of the
Directorate of Secondary Education Drama,
Learning by Six Thinking Hats
"Learning by Six Thinking Hats" is a project
implemented by the Directorate of secondary
education Drama in collaboration with the
Democritus University of Thrace (Department of
electrical and computer engineering) and the
Diorthodox Center of the Church of Greece, with the
methodology of Web Quest and is based on the
theoretical model of Edward de Bono's Six Thinking
Hats (Bono, 2000). A special character named
Anestis was the key person for many activities.
The online activities
September 2012 Login – Ice-breaking activities –
Our coordinators
1.10-14.10.2012 Grouping – 6 thinking hats
15.10-28.10.2012 Change groups – learning by
design
29.10-11.11.2012 Artful thinking
12.11-18.11.2012 Take your favourite hat
19.11.2012-28.02.2013 Plan, Implementation and
Assessment of activities at school
1.03-15.03.2013 Submissions of the final products
16.03-25.03.2013 Total evaluation of the online
lesson
26.03-28.03.2013 The conference “Learning by 6
Thinking Hats” project in Drama City.
Conclusions
The annual lesson learning by "Six Thinking Hats"
of the Directorate of Drama secondary education,
created by innovative volunteer teachers and
attended by teachers who wanted to build new
projects (eTwinning, Comenius, etc) and transfer
their learning outside of class. Distance e-learning
gives new opportunities for training of teaching
staff in every corner of the Greek territory,
irrespective of their geographical location. New
technologies by themselves do not improve
learning, however a well qualified teacher knows
how and when to use it in the lesson in order to
create a better learning environment for students
outside the classroom. The combination of the three
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