St Mary Star of the Sea 12 October 2009. Identify the habits of the mind. Understand their importance Explore definitions for each of the 16 habits Available.

St Mary Star of the Sea12 October 2009

Identify the habits of the mind.

Understand their importance

Explore definitions for each of the 16 habits

Available resources

Consider how HOM fit into our school curriculum

and how we might integrate them into our

teaching.

HOM , a term developed by Professor Art Costa, is a repertoire of strategies that helps students develop ways of thinking and acting that lead to success. This approach helps students and their teachers become better thinkers able to employ specific thinking strategies.

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day,

And at last we cannot break it.

Horace Mann, American educator, 1796-1859

The 16 Habits of Mind *Persisting

*Managing Impulsivity

*Listening to Others-with Understanding and Empathy

*Thinking Flexibly

*Thinking About our Thinking (Metacognition)

*Striving for Accuracy and Precision

*Questioning and Posing Problems

*Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations

*Thinking and Communicating with Clarity and Precision

*Gathering Data through All Senses

*Creating, Imagining and Innovating

*Responding with Wonderment and Awe

*Taking Responsible Risks

*Finding Humour

*Thinking Interdependently

*Learning Continuously

The HOM give freedom to a broad range of character traits, so that individual differences come to the fore. HOM encourage individual expression and are not tied to a particular way of working or intelligence.

Research tells us that intelligence is not static and that it can be taught and learned.

We can help students to get into the habit of behaving intelligently and improving their ability to think.

“We are what we repeatedly do.

Excellence then is not an act, but a habit.”

Aristotle

Hang in there Stick to it There are many ways

to solve a problem Don’t give up Try another way It may take time Stay focused Look for ways to reach

your goal

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” Dale Carnegie

Managing Managing ImpulsivityImpulsivity

Take your timeTake your time

Remain calmRemain calm

Think before you actThink before you act

Consider the alternativesConsider the alternatives

Stop, think and make a Stop, think and make a good decisiongood decision

Gather informationGather information

Listen to others point of Listen to others point of view before decidingview before deciding

“Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.”

Lorraine Hansberry

Listening to Others –Listening to Others –with Understanding and with Understanding and

EmpathyEmpathyUnderstand OthersUnderstand Others

Make an effort to Make an effort to perceive another’s point perceive another’s point of view and emotionsof view and emotions

Devote mental energy to Devote mental energy to another person’s another person’s thoughts and ideasthoughts and ideas

Spend time and energy Spend time and energy listening attentivelylistening attentively

“If there is any secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from his angle as

well as from your own.”

Henry Ford

We need to teach children how to listen.

Thinking FlexiblyThinking FlexiblyLook at something Look at something another wayanother way

It is okay to change your It is okay to change your mind and your opinionmind and your opinion

Be open Be open

Think laterallyThink laterally

Consider opinions and Consider opinions and alternativesalternatives

Take into account Take into account additional informationadditional information

“If you never change your mind, why have one?”

Edward DeBono

Thinking About our Thinking Thinking About our Thinking (Metacognition)(Metacognition)

Verbalise your thinkingVerbalise your thinking

Plan your strategiesPlan your strategies

Reflect on your thinkingReflect on your thinking

Develop a plan of actionDevelop a plan of action

Search for information Search for information and meaningand meaning

Develop a mind mapDevelop a mind map

Mentally rehearse and Mentally rehearse and monitor your planmonitor your plan

“I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.” Socrates

Striving for Accuracy and Striving for Accuracy and PrecisionPrecision

Check it againCheck it again

Desire greater resultsDesire greater results

Work to attain highest Work to attain highest possible standardspossible standards

Pursue ongoing learningPursue ongoing learning

Take pride in what you Take pride in what you dodo

Find your own errorsFind your own errors

Continue to redo, revise Continue to redo, revise and improveand improve“He who stops being better, stops being

good.” Oliver Cromwell

Questioning and Posing Questioning and Posing ProblemsProblems

How do you know?How do you know?

Find problems to solveFind problems to solve

Ask a variety of Ask a variety of questionsquestions

Be involved in Be involved in developing your own developing your own questionsquestions

Develop a range of Develop a range of questioning strategiesquestioning strategies

Have an inquiry Have an inquiry approachapproach

Find out and discoverFind out and discover

“Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton asked why.” Bernard Baruch

Applying Past Knowledge to Applying Past Knowledge to New SituationsNew Situations

Use what you learnUse what you learn

What does this remind you What does this remind you of?of?

Learn from past mistakesLearn from past mistakes

Use meaning from a Use meaning from a previous experience to previous experience to apply it to a new situationapply it to a new situation

Recall similar problemsRecall similar problems

Access prior knowledgeAccess prior knowledge

“Look back to learn how to look forward.”

L Thomas Holdcroft

Thinking and Communicating Thinking and Communicating with Clarity and Precisionwith Clarity and Precision

Be Clear!Be Clear!

Become specific Become specific

Communicate accurately Communicate accurately when speaking and writingwhen speaking and writing

Support your statements Support your statements with explanations and with explanations and evidenceevidence

Avoid over generalising Avoid over generalising

Use correct namesUse correct names

“What we don’t understand, we don’t possess.”

Johan Wolfgang von Goethe

Gathering Data through All Gathering Data through All SensesSenses

Hands on, activity basedHands on, activity based

Use all sensory pathways-Use all sensory pathways-smell, taste, move, hear, smell, taste, move, hear, see, touch, visualise and see, touch, visualise and verbaliseverbalise

Do it!Do it!

Experiment and Experiment and experienceexperience

Arts and music improve Arts and music improve mental functioningmental functioning

“Tell me and I’ll forget. Show me and I may remember. Involve me and I’ll understand.” Native American

Proverb

Creating, Imagining and Creating, Imagining and InnovatingInnovating

Try a different way!Try a different way!

Examine alternative Examine alternative possibilitiespossibilities

Generate new ideasGenerate new ideas

Be open to constructive Be open to constructive criticism and take riskscriticism and take risks

Think outside of the Think outside of the squaresquare

Be original!Be original!

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”

Albert Einstein

Responding with Responding with Wonderment and AweWonderment and Awe

Have fun figuring it out!Have fun figuring it out!

Have passion for what you Have passion for what you dodo

Enjoy your learningEnjoy your learning

Be fascinated by the worldBe fascinated by the world

Have a positive attitudeHave a positive attitude

Find beauty and be Find beauty and be intriguedintrigued

Show your enthusiasmShow your enthusiasm

Be optimisticBe optimistic“The great man is he who does not lose his child-heart.”

Mencius

Taking Responsible RisksTaking Responsible Risks

Be adventurousBe adventurous

Don’t always stay in your Don’t always stay in your comfort zonecomfort zone

Draw on past knowledge Draw on past knowledge and take an educated riskand take an educated risk

Is the risk worth taking?Is the risk worth taking?

Challenge yourself without Challenge yourself without behaving impulsivelybehaving impulsively

Take a chanceTake a chance

“You’ll always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”

Wayne Gretzky

Finding HumourFinding Humour

Laugh !Laugh !

Have a sense of humourHave a sense of humour

Look on the bright sideLook on the bright side

Be able to laugh at yourselfBe able to laugh at yourself

Initiate humourInitiate humour

Appreciate other’s humourAppreciate other’s humour

Be fun to be aroundBe fun to be around

Be cheerful and positiveBe cheerful and positive

“The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed.”

Sebastien-Roch Nicolas de Chamfort

Laughter is Good for You!

The senior choir invites any member of the congregation who enjoys sinning to join the choir

Miss Charlene Mason sang "I Will Not Pass This Way Again," giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.

Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days.

Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Don't forget your husbands.

The peacemaking meeting scheduled for today has been cancelled due to a conflict.

The Rev. Merriwether spoke briefly, much to the delight of the audience.

During the absence of our pastor, we enjoyed the rare privilege of hearing a good sermon when J.F. Stubbs supplied our pulpit

Thinking Thinking InterdependentlyInterdependently

Work together!Work together!

Develop group and social Develop group and social skillsskills

Contribute to the groupContribute to the group

Learn from and with othersLearn from and with others

Co-operation and Co-operation and collaborationcollaboration

Sharing ideas and the work Sharing ideas and the work loadload

Being sensitive to the needs Being sensitive to the needs of othersof others

“Achievement is a we thing, not a me thing, always the

product of many heads and hands.”

J.Atkinson

Learning ContinuouslyLearning ContinuouslyLearn from your own experiencesLearn from your own experiences

Search for new and better waysSearch for new and better ways

Strive for growth and Strive for growth and improvementimprovement

Make use of opportunities to Make use of opportunities to learnlearn

Be open to new learning and Be open to new learning and ideasideas

Show an eagerness to learnShow an eagerness to learn

Don’t be afraid to admit what you Don’t be afraid to admit what you don’t knowdon’t know

“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest

thing in life is to keep your mind young.” Henry Ford

Useful websites:• www.habitsofmind.org• www.mindfulbydesign.com

Books

HOM are dispositions that individuals possess to varying degrees.

These may be developed by designing learning activities that

require students to use their HOM.

There are 5 dimensions to the development of HOM:

1. Exploring meaning (What / Understanding)

2. Expanding capacity (How)

3. Increasing Alertness (When & Where)

4. Extending value (Why)

5. Building commitment (Self assess/ self direct)

Remember only a few dimensions are likely to be

considered in any given unit of work.

The handout contains examples designed: • to stimulate your thinking

• Are not prescriptive

• Lacking content learning outcomes

Each dimension is independent, although may overlap,

and may be developed independently.

Not intended to represent any sort of sequence or

hierarchy.

Examples of how HOM have been included in teaching & learning

Recommended that integration into the curriculum and

teaching be taken up and developed in future MS and PS

staff meetings.