Developing Self Directing Learners with Graham Watts, Associate Director, Institute for the Habits of Mind

What is it about your students that makes you think they need to learn how to think? What do you see them doing? What do you hear them saying? How are they feeling?

Column 1: What is it about your students that makes you think they need to learn how to learn? Fold a blank sheet of paper into three columns

Column 1: What is it about your students that makes you think they need to learn how to learn? Column 2: ‘HOW WOULD YOU LIKE THEM TO BE?’ Fold a blank sheet of paper into three columns

16 Habits of Mind (Costa & Kallick 2000)‏ 1. Persisting 2. Thinking & communicating with clarity & precision 6. Managing impulsivity 3. Gathering data through all senses 4. Creating, imagining, innovating 5. Responding with wonderment & awe 7. Listening with understanding and empathy 8. Thinking flexibly

10.Taking responsible risks 15.Applying past knowledge to new situations 11.Striving for accuracy 12.Finding humour 14.Thinking interdependently 13.Questioning and posing problems 9. Thinking about thinking (metacognition)‏ Remaining open to continuous learning 16 Habits of Mind (continued)‏

Which Habit of Mind? An icon, image, picture A poem, jingle, quote or rap List famous people who exemplify this Habit. A definition in your own words

Column 1: What is it about your students that makes you think they need to learn how to learn? Column 2: ‘HOW WOULD YOU LIKE THEM TO BE?’ Column 3: Find similarities between your Column 2 ideas and the Habits of Mind. Fold a blank sheet of paper into three columns

Sharing the Vision

FROM: Not only knowing the right answers Curriculum Mind Shifts TO: Also knowing how to behave when answers are not immediately apparent.