Growing a Learning Culture Habits of Mind – The NZ Way Andy Kai Fong Lincoln High School Christchurch

Key Points Value of shared understandings Changing approach to Habits of Mind Framework for Learning Tools and Strategies

Shared Understandings Team Learning Learning Teams Powerful Collaboration Personal professional development …with students …with parents Shared Vision Why School?

Team Learning 2002 –Professional Learning Group (PLG) 2003 –PLG 2 –Assessment Learning Group –Learning Area Teams –Class Learning Teams 2004 –PLG 3 –Action Learning Teams –Leadership Forum senior HOD’s –Class Learning Teams 4 classes at Yr 9 –Focused Study Teams structured readings –Assessment Learning Team (core HOD’s)

Habits of Mind - a changing approach from explicit instruction with common approach…..explicit instruction …to “caught not taught” with common approachcaught not taught

Framework for Learning Habits of Mind Shared Understandings / Team Learning Tools and Strategies Shared Vision and Why School?

Tools and Strategies Questioning and Problem Solving Thinking Flexibly Metacognition

Questioning & Problem Solving 3 Storey Intellect Question (Q-) Matrix

3 Storey Intellect “ There are one-storey, two-storey and three-storey intellects with skylights. All fact collectors who have no aim beyond their facts are one-storey people. Two storey people compare, reason, generalise, using the labour of fact collectors as their own. Three-storey people idealise, imagine, predict – their best illumination comes from above the skylight. ” - Oliver Wendell Holmes

Applying Processing Gathering Use the ideas, solve problems or make decisions. Apply new knowledge and understanding to new situations Manipulate the information Make connections to prior knowledge and previous experience Develop concepts Find the facts Understand the material Three Storey Intellect

Applying Processing Gathering Three Storey Intellect count, match, select, recite, define, identify compare / contrast, explain why, reason, classify, interpret, analyse imagine, predict, speculate apply, evaluate

Applications of 3 Storey Intellect Unit / Lesson Plans –any subject –scaffolding learning and thinking together Information Literacy Model –structure for research model Formulating questions / assessment criteria –illustrates thinking required to answer simple vs hard questions Subject specific –Maths (GSA)

Thinking Flexibly Compare and Contrast Thinking Maps®

Compare & Contrast Visual Tool designed to help students structure their thinking on a given task ie finding similarities and differences. Applications –novel / short story / cdnovelshort story cd

Metacognition Thinking about one’s thinking Planning, Monitoring and Evaluating ones thinking

“ learning occurs most readily and most effectively when whole brain processing is engaged, and in particular when the process of learning moves from experience to reflection on experience …” - Julia Atkin

Student Reflection I drew this picture because I found it difficult to concentrate and get stuff written down It is like smelling a rose without a nose: learning without concentrating

…student reflections “….next term I will focus on my listening skills as they need to be improved.”

“ I picked up some things but not others, like a magpie”