HABITS OF MIND

1. HABITS OF MIND

2. YEAR 7 • Multiple Intelligences • Each person is able to learn • All humans are born with eight different intelligences • Each intelligence learns differently • QUICK QUIZ – What are the eight ‘smarts’?

3. YEAR 8 • Building upon what you did in year 7 • Taking it a step further • What are your strengths? • What areas would you like to work on? • What Habits would you like to develop?

4. What are the HABITS OF MIND? • Art Costa • Research into the behaviour of successful people – the best in their field, e.g. athletes • What do they have in common with the way they go about using their minds? • Learning to behave more intelligently • Came up with 16 habits

5. You are already using many of the habits, at school and outside of school • Giving you a language to use

6. THE 16 HABITS OF MIND

7. PERSISTINGStick to it! • Trying different strategies • Finding different ways to reach your goals • Remaining focused

8. MANAGING IMPULSIVITYTake your time! • Thinking before acting (how many of us DON’T do that?) • Choose your response • ‘Think time’ and ‘wait time’ – e.g. count to three before call out

9. THINKING FLEXIBLYLook at it another way • Looking at something one way and imagining it a different way • Being open to alternatives, differences, change • Coming at problems from a different angle • Redefining what the problem is • ‘As a result of hearing everyone’s opinions, I have changed my mind…’

10. LISTENING WITH EMPATHY & UNDERSTANDINGUnderstand others • Understanding where another person is coming from • Another’s point of view and emotions • LISTENING versus HEARING • Are we always able to summarise the opinions of others?

11. STRIVING FOR ACCURACYCheck it again • Striving for your personal best • Set high standards • Getting it right – doing it better • Checking and finding ways to improve constantly • Is ‘satisfactory’ good enough?

12. Thinking about your thinkingMETACOGNITIONKnow your knowing • Being aware of your own thoughts, strategies, feelings & actions • Reflecting – what works and what doesn’t work? • Metacognitive awareness – how did you solve your problem? • 176 + 232 = ?

13. QUESTIONING & POSING PROBLEMSHow do you know? • Having a questioning attitude • Do you remember when you were five? • Knowing what data you need • Developing questioning strategies to develop that data

14. APPLYING PAST KNOWLEDGE TO NEW SITUATIONSUse what you learn! • Access prior knowledge • Take knowledge beyond the situation in which it was learned • ‘Numb3rs’

15. THINKING & COMMUNICATING WITH CLARITY AND PRECISIONBe clear! • Fuzzy language – ‘EVERYBODY thinks that this is so…’ Really? Is there not ONE person who doesn’t think this way? • Being accurate when talking and writing • Avoiding over generalising, distorting, deleting, exaggerating

16. CREATING, IMAGINING, INNOVATINGTry a different way • Coming up with new ideas • Being original

17. TAKING RESPONSIBLE RISKSVenture out! • Reach for the stars • Trying something new • Going outside your comfort zone – growing as a person • Measuring up the risks • How many of us find talking in front of a group scary?

18. GATHERING DATA THROUGH ALL SENSESUse your natural pathways • Tasting, smelling, touching, moving, listening, seeing • Gathering different sorts of data • Learning best by taking information in using all our senses

19. THINKING INTERDEPENDENTLYWork together! • Working with others • Learning from others • Team work

20. FINDING HUMOURLaugh a little! • Seeing the funny side of things • Laughing at ourselves • Not about putting others down • This habit is demonstrated by the most successful people • Most advanced form of intelligence – it is a difficult thing to do

21. RESPONDING WITH WONDERMENT & AWEHave fun figuring it out • Passionate, amazed, intrigued • Love doing what you are doing • The most successful love what they do –examples? • Opposite of: • ‘That’s boring…’ • ‘Who cares…’

22. REMAINING OPEN TO CONTINUOUS LEARNINGI have so much more to learn • The teacher myth: ‘we know it all’ • Door staying open • The most successful people always want to learn more, to improve, to get better • Opposite of being arrogant • ‘I know it all’

23. ONE LAST POINTNothing’s stopping you from becoming the most successful person you can be.

24. HABITS OF MIND PORTFOLIOS WHAT IS A PORTFOLIO? • Collection of work • Shows effort, growth and achievement • Reflecting about learning • Self evaluating • Setting goals

25. WHAT CAN YOU INCLUDE? • Tests • Oral presentations • Worksheets • Role plays • Journal writing • Musical pieces • Artwork • What else?

26. PORTFOLIO PROCESS • Collect – in your log • Select – pieces to include • Reflect – using the portfolio entry sheet • Connect – at parent-teacher interviews

27. TERM 1 • Becoming familiar with the Habits of Mind • Use your Year 7 Multiple Intelligences portfolio to work out your strengths and problem areas and to set learning goals for the year • Based on your goals, you will then select four Habits of Mind – one from each category • Cover page of portfolio

28. THE 16 HABITS OF MIND

29. You will show your development in each habit by selecting a minimum of two pieces of work or activities • A total of 8 entries – 2 x 4 habits • Each piece you include must come from a different subject

30. Term 1 • Goal setting • Parent-Teacher Interviews • Presentation of goals

31. Term 2 • Parent-Teacher Interviews • Goal update • Complete entries for two of the habits you have chosen • Portfolio entry sheet for each piece you include

32. Term 3 • Complete entries for other two habits you have chosen • Present portfolios at parent-teacher interviews in August

33. Term 4 • Finishing touches • Revisit goal setting – have you achieved your goals and how? • Present completed portfolios to classmates