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RED HAT
Emotions
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• How do you feel about the situation?
• What do you know about it so far?
• How do you think the French government
is reacting?
• How do other people in the group feel?
YELLOW HAT
OPTIMISM
• Perhaps you are a bit of an optimist, you see the
positive side of any situation.
• So it is perhaps difficult to make a decision
about measures the government has taken
already, as you can see many good propositions
already.
• So you need to put yourself in the position of
people concerned by the problem.
• Is enough being done ?
• Is it effective? How ? Why ?
BLACK HAT
Pessimism
Problems
logic
• You look on the cautious side of things. You feel
that whatever decision have been made, there are
always problems resulting from them, or obstacles
in the way.
• What are the problems associated with campaigns
or laws already implemented in France?
• Think of the increase in drug taking in the last few
years. What sort of problems have appeared ?
You could range from health problems to social
problems, personal safety to consequences
suffered by others.
How difficult are these problems for the French
government to resolve?
WHITE HAT
Neutral
Factual
• This symbolises a neutral advisor – you do
not take sides according to how you are
feeling. What you are interested in is
impartial facts and figures to help you sort
out whether the French government is
addressing the problem effectively or not.
• You need to try to pick up on factual
evidence about the law, the help provided
for people with drug problems (from the
government or other organisations) and
any prevention campaign in existence.
GREEN HAT
Creativity
• You are the lateral thinker here, trying to find
how the government is helping, but you need to
first identify the problems and then look at the
help/support/prevention laws/campaign on offer.
Then start “Thinking outside the box” – so to get
you started –
• Does the government do enough (what, how,
where)?
• Are some organisations helping (effective or
not)?
• What is already in place (what format)?
• What is the impact of it?
• Is it targeting the right people?
• According to research, surveys, reports…is it
effective, why?
BLUE HAT
Summarise
Synthesis
• This is where you have to organise and
evaluate the information from the different
perspectives studied and presented by all
members of the group.
• After you have seen “presentations” on all
of the 5 aspects and have had a chance to
discuss the various views, all materials will
be shared in order to produce your own
personal argument.
• Help with range of lexis (written Vs spoken
French)
• Oral marking scheme