Cognitive Research Trust

CoRT is a package of 60 lessons for the teaching of Conctructive thinking in schools from approximate age of 8 upwards.

CoRT, named after the Cognitive Research Trust established by Dr. De Bono in Cambridge, England, is now the most widely used course in the work for the direct teaching of thinking. Over 7 million students in over 30 countries including the U.K., the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, Singapore, Venezuela and Ireland are using it.

It is generally accepted that one of the most important tasks that formal education can hope to accomplish, is to produce individuals who can think for themselves and who can become what they think they can become people who:

• can judge for themselves
• have developed a much greater understanding and appreciation of their own potential and that of their fellow human beings
  


• can effectively participate in social, economical and political processes
  


• are proactive and constructive
  


• have become free in far more than the political sense of the world

The CoRT Thinking Programme represents the most comprehensive approach to the teaching of thinking. It includes generative and creative thinking, operational and constructive thinking.

It is used by children and adults across a broad span of age and ability levels. When used in any kind of classroom, it effects positive change in the learning environment. The thinking skills it teaches provides pupils not only with tools to improve their academic records, but also gives them real life skills.

Success in using the CoRT tools does not depend on prior knowledge, a great memory, or reading or writing skills. Students of varying abilities benefit from CoRT, including special education students, gifted and talented students, ESL students, and at-risk youth.