INSTRUCTORS: Roll of Thinking Instructors
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The ‘Brilliant’ Model
Based on his military training and service as a Vietnam vet, Dr Hewitt-Gleeson utilised this experience to design a “train-the-trainer” strategy for School of Thinking. He says the first time he was formally taught metacognition in the form of brain software was in the Australian Army. He was taught and drilled in the practical use of the 5 Paragraph Order – S.M.E.A.C.
“I still use SMEAC whenever I’m planning a project or mission for SOT and that’s 40 years later!”
Hewitt-Gleeson is a third generation Australian returned serviceman following his father and grandfather who both served in the 2nd AIF in World War II.
Hewitt-Gleeson contends that military science has evolved, in a darwinian sense over thousands of years, certain robust training strategies. In Australia, compared to business training, our military training is far superior because of the pressure of a much stronger bottom line.
In the 1980s he was the first to apply these strategies to accelerate the dissemination and teaching of thinking skills in the Learn-To-Think Project in North America and on the internet. DARPA’s invention of the internet, itself, is a military invention.
SOT’s “train-the-trainer” model has now become the biggest and fastest growing movement in the world for teaching metacognition. When Edward de Bono first saw it he described Hewitt-Gleeson’s model as “brilliant“. He was a Professor of Investigative Medicine at Cambridge University in the UK and he appreciated the value of military training for developing metacognitive skills.
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FACULTY DFQs
COMMENTS STUDENTS
Since 1995, a unique innovation of the online School of Thinking is that the students–as individuals and as a body–are also part of the faculty.
In response to the SOT daily feedback questions (DFQs) students around the world voluntarily contribute many thousands of comments on the SOT lessons and articles. Many insights, edits, suggestions, corrections and improvements result from this ongoing interactive and daily collaborative effort.
SOT students range widely from farmers, truck-drivers and retirees to young school students, teachers, parents, scholars and Nobel scientists to knowledge-workers in media, business, sport, politics and the arts, and from more than 50 countries worldwide.
As a result of all this collaborative work over the past 16 years, the SOT instruction model has evolved to become a very robust and effective training method for transferring metacognitive skills online, pro-bono, and at a distance.
In 2001, Wikipedia launched a similar model of an online encyclopedia where the readers also become the writers. This is also an example of a voluntary and collaborative online model which has proven to be very effective.
In 2008 SOT established the Roll of Thinking Instructors. Since then, all SOT Thinking Instructors (TISOT) have been listed on this Roll and also, where records permitted, prior to 2008. Names have been ordered according to date of creation.
SOT Members are qualified to receive the TISOT Certificate who have either attended two live masterclasses with Michael (4-hours), or who have completed all 79 lessons of these two training programs:
1. ET: English Thinking
2. L-MHG: Advanced Thought Leadership.
These SOT members from schools, businesses, government and families in 45 countries around the world have qualified and received their TISOT Certificate.
The Official School of Thinking
Roll of Thinking Instructors
Clive Pilley
Denis Alexander
Eugene McGarry
Natalia Zhgunova
Walter M Edey
Opher Brayer
Rukhsana Ahmed
Meghana Palwe
Hans Meirhofer
Adriana Roman
Joseph F Cotto
Denis Alexander
Ian McCormick
Igor Gazdik
Iwuji Friday Chukwudinma
Jonathan Tompkins
Satrajit Sanyal
Colleen Gilmour
Tsevi Dzordzordzi
Tracey Brett
Clem Frazer
Alan Ward
Lachezar Kutsarov
Julie Hutchin
Teacher Lily Liu Liqing
Mohemmad Reyaz
Jack Maurice
Jonaku MetuAssalol
Dr Sarfraz Akram Mohammad
Iwuji Friday Chukwudinma
McLytton N. Clever
Kathryn Hurr
Shelley Cox
Héctor Cartagena
Sophia Chao
Arthur Waldock
Dr Richard Rosenbloom
Neluka Ariyawansa
Roberta Horrobin
Kirsten Murphy
Alana Nott
Rebecca Pike
Louise Price
Mel Ranieri
Alison Reid
Chris Riley
Sarah Rosenweg
Melinda Sanders
Rebecca Saunders
Sue Siegmaier
Paul Simpson
Charmaine Sinclair
Helen Singh
Candice Skinner
Peter Smith
Judith Spivak
Alicenne Stevens
Jody Stirling
Christina Tolias
Marlowe Torres
Hoang Vu
Emma Walker
Tania Whitehead
Justine Wickham
Helen Woodward
Hana Zappner
Belinda Belfrage
Ildi Citler
Erica Clague
Marcia Coghlan
Katrina Davey
Marcia Davis
Deanna de Sousa
Anna Dinneen
Kerry Dundas
Judy Farrugia
Florence Fournier
Susannah Gardner
John Giannopoulos
Gary Grach
Sharyn Hadlow
Don Heath
Glenis Heath
Phil Hosking
Barbara Jolly
Samantha Kenney
Michelle LeTisser
Paula McBain
Alison McBeth
Sarah McKenzie
Jacquie McKinnon
Darlene Mawson-Thompson
Vasanthi Michael
Len Borrow
Jeannene Bradbury
Cheryl Broderick
Mike Biggs
Felicity Urquhart
Christine Thibou
Sally Wall
Deborah Pettigrew
Alison Stucas-Norman
Greg Mason
Trudy Thompson
Jean McQuarie
Jacqueline Sidaway
Polly Flanagan SISOT
Fiona Quinn
Judi Thompson
Marcus Roberts
Paula Donnelly
Claire Johns
Kate Morrison
Jules Aldous
Rob Braby
Julie Green
Marion Piper
Sarah-Jane Mulcahy
Chris Zielinski
Yuki Banks-Smith
Frank Paton
Andrew Williams
Chris Stafford
Graeme McLeod
Dr David Wood
Kevin Gabriel
Baard Røsvik
Rob Wallace
Dr R Eswaran
Muyiwa Bigg Ogunyemi
Dr Gopi Nath Ghosh
Abdul Enoch Kokori
Karl Xu
Howard Feight
Ethann Castell
Neville Dean
Richard Corry
Brett Gilbee
Lizette Gradidge
Ockert Moller
Steve Singleton
Frankie Eck
Ross Kennedy
Janine Howlett
Erik K. Dzordzordzi
Ron Barnhart
Barry Sheales
Garry Whatling
Isla Gillespie
Susan Honeyman
David Stuart
Tim Yarbrough
Linda Carroll
Silva Sheibenbogen
Matthew Jordan
Mark Nicholls
Patsy Harcourt-Cooze
Clive Smith-Shaw
Chris Lynch
Tara Horner
Rosalind Edgar
Voight Holgar
Teresa Holgar
Monika Holgar
Carl Gribble
Tara Horner
Chris Lynch
Peter Chaly
Terry Cronin
Mike Kilshaw
Pam Kilshaw
Victoria Menzies
Rachael Pickup
Kieu Tran
Victoria Parker
Patrick Connolly
Sinclair McLay
Mark Hopgood
Peter Babbage
Dheemant P R Ambedkar
Darlene Sartore
Dragan Simic
Cheryl Sanders
Dr Benjamin Paul Ford
Maria Jaciow
Saira Singh
Andrew Falkland Brown
Jennie Kennedy
Blair Richardson
Michele Nolan
Janet Gold
Rama Fakhoury
Melinda Kinniburgh
Andrew James
Bev Park
Katrina Spicer
Rhonda Luxton
Mary Cooper
Helen Macdonald
Fiona Pisani
Vas Gavrilos
Delia Cioban
Natasha Menidis
Elizabeth Lowerson
Denise Purss
Patricia Hyatt
Garry Martin
Maria Karakostas
Ian James
Sue Palmer
Lis Spencer
Pat Miller
Steven Leder
Fiona Barrie
Maria Spice
Rorine Braganza
Maria Kolmar
Deidre Keane
Dexter Siriwardene
Richard Lloyd
Susan Macintosh
Ben Ford
Frankie Eck
Harvey Robson
Janet Blake
Linda Wickman
Rabin Bangaar
Paul Henley
Lawrence Lee
Debbie Ball
Katherine Loft
Deb Stephenson
Jane Metcalfe
Judi Marshall
Peter Roberts
Liz Jeans
Robyn Hyatt
Lynda Corr
Panchasheelprabha P Ambedkar
Krishna Tunga
Eilleen Shields
George Kruszewski
Peter Wright
Paul Sheahan
Chris Bradtke
Polly Flanagan
Achikoch Kon
Ilga Haase
Hector-Jack Cheung
Tom Phillips
Stephen Field
Tom Hardham
Nutthadech Banditakkarakul
John Linacre
Martina Young
Deanna Bates
Kidison Testaye
Bella Katz
Matthew Greenwood
Jesse Richardson
Olivia Langdon
Hannah Larsen
Charlotte Swinburn
Jennifer Worthing
Laura Maile
Sam Batters
Sean Daley
Renee Azzopardi
Anthony Bertini
Anne Fusco
Chris Butler
Bryan M Wezwick
Gena Cone
Dan Dunne
Jerry Wolf
Barbara Janoff
Alisia Mackie
Winfield Oldham
Jay Purvis
Roberta Rinaldo
Roy Vickery
Stan Tannen
Edward Andrews
Dr Robert Friedman
Syeus Mottel
Marshal Ostrow
Sally Ostrow
Dr Martha Weisman
Robert Bernstein
Pat McClure
June Christensen
Ray Vanderslice
Paul Schurr
Elliot Seif
Bob Stuart
Subbiah Sankaran
Miles Grenadier
David Thursdale
Dr Paul MacCready Jr
Gregg Churchill
Harvey Castro
Dr Charles E Smith
Kenneth Thomas
Jane Barrow
Richard Ruth
Peter Tse
Madeline Klein
Ernest Baker
Albert Frech
Howard Kachele
Richard Chalfant
Graeme Elliott
Richard G Grover
Maralee Burdick
Pat Jenna
Carrie Winkle
Paul Wick
Dr Maru Alujas
Joyce Cundiff
Thomas Scholet
Margaret Levy
Gary Smith
Eric Bienstock
Janie Noble
Tandi Atkinson
Lyra Srinivarsan
Dr Rudy Magnan
Barbara Glabman
David Lee
Chazzer Watson
Joe Cody
Paul Jacobs
Gerson Shapiro
Gus Rios
Leon Mysch
Earl Perel
Bill Fiffick
Gordon Maloney
Joe Searle
Joan Wilson
Phylis Jackson
Jean Murai
Hari Das
Aaron Goldberg
Gil Backerman
Bernice Goldberg
Naomi Hellig
Bob Loffreda
Valerie Goldberg
Victor Rangel-Ribiero
Jim Fletcher
Joyce Weiss
Robert McGee
Andre Dezanger
Marguerite Fisher
Kalman Toth
Jill Berman
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April 3rd, 2012 at 6:09 pm
I ‘m glad to see the past achives of sch.of thinking.i will be oblarge if i found mysalf among them.
September 18th, 2011 at 5:59 am
How delightful to find fellow Trainers and myself on the list:
1980 Janie Noble
Eric bienstock
1983 David Thursdale
Maralee Burdick (now Knowlen)
Wondrous experiences leading SOT workshops. Changed my life and the lives of many other thinking friends.
All the best in helping the world one thinker at a time.
Maralee
August 23rd, 2011 at 8:43 pm
Hi Michael’
I am greatly enriched by the two experiences of the 72 lessons. There was not a night that I did not look forward to the lessons.
Thanks a heap Clem
June 16th, 2011 at 6:20 pm
Hi Michael, Thank you so much much for this acknowledgemnt, I feel very pleased that over the years I have committed to my SOT Training and I am looking forward to ensuring that others find it worthwhile also. I acknowledge the other previous years Graduates with respect and esteem. Kind regards, Julie Hutchin
May 27th, 2011 at 6:23 pm
Dear Mr.Michael,
it was a beautiful journey through the 72 lessons. Hope we can continue further. I shall spread the message and have more people leran this critical skill.
Regards.
M.Reyaz
January 27th, 2011 at 5:58 am
Thanks Michael for sharing this with anyone who’s willing to undertake the challenge. For me it was a paradigm shifting experience and I’m really glad to have bumped into it.
August 11th, 2010 at 9:26 pm
[...] your thinking by upgrading your brain software I have recently become a Senior Instructor of the School of Thinking. My goal is that of the School which is to help people and companies to think [...]
December 16th, 2009 at 5:03 am
Good to have the certificate. Is a masterpiece!
November 29th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
I am enrolling myself for “Thinking Instructors SOT (TISOT)”
August 6th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Thank you to the School of Thinking for supplying a vast array of thinking theories, problems, solutions, ideals, discussions and arguements. Thinking to think about thinking is something that I am very passionate about. Thinking to think hasn’t always been an easy event that came naturally to me. So, it is with this perspective in mind that I teach thinking in the same way as any other skill that requires a PRR with a CVS2BVS in mind.