19
Lateral and Parallel Thinking by De Bono
The psychologist, Edward de Bono, known worldwide for his work on the subject of
thinking, offers several tools designed to improve our thinking skills. De Bono suggests that
thinking should be taught explicitly and intentionally. Edu1st has studied his proposal, the tools
it contains, and has made a careful integration of it into the VESS model, while taking into
account the ages with which we work.
Others
In developing VESS, the areas and stages of child development, the scope and sequence
of learning and comprehensive development, and philosophical approaches such as the Socratic
dialogues, the philosophy for children, Vygotsky's proposal to develop thinking, and others, have
also been taken into account.