WEEK 7

During course the main focus this week was to look at another critical thinking problem solving technique. This was in the form of De Bono's six thinking hats. The system of hats, is to allow you to simply look at the issue in hand and gain six different perspectives on the issue. for example when thinking with the 'white hat' on you need to take a neutral view on the issue. In some ways i found today's task easy to relate to and a simple technique to use, however on the other hand my very limited knowledge of the treaty of Waitangi, meant my views on the issue were very limited so i actually spent a lot of time looking into the treaty itself and not actually contributing to much to the actual analysis of the issue in hand. having said that i did find the simplicity and the way you break the issue down using the 6 hats perspective a very simple and effective way of analysing a particular issue. Unfortunately this week as a group we were not really able to collaborate due to attendance, however we did all go away and do our own analysis and critical thinking, and have since then combined all our work into one document which is now looking good! On another note, we also received our second written assignments today, and in all honesty i was quite confident about the topic, as i have looked at something very similar in the previous year, as well as my confidence being high after gaining a very satisfactory mark for the first assignment.