1. Examples of HOM from teacher training session
Gill Hubble & GrahamWatts
St Cuthbert’s Collge

2. Striving for accuracy and precision

3. When important/ not important?
Important to use:
where product is important eg art, written work,technology/math
where materials are expensive
where safety is important
Not important to use:
in generating ideas
in focusing on process
where creativity important
when learning something new

4. metacognitive questions to ask:
Stories to tell/ activities to do: William Tell partners with blindfolds following partner’s directions cooking lesson using accurate measurements
metacognitive questions to ask:
what situations in the last 2 weeks have you been in where accuracy and precision have been important?
What are some situations where you need to practise accuracy?
Who would you want to rely on to be very accurate in their job?
How could you improve your precision/ accuracy in a learning experience?
When you are practising accuracy in your learning what would you be doing?

5. Thinking flexibly

6. When important/ not important to use
in problem solving
decision making
introducing new ideas and concepts
outdoor education, maths, science, technology, social studies, music
negotiating through conflict
where limited resources
to improve an existing idea
Not important where
time limit
task to be done where set of steps need to be followed
defined rules/ norms eg speed limit
where safety issues or cost issues restrict usefulness

7. Fun way to introduce “Belinda” by Pamela Allen
Three little pigs story:
wolf showed persistence but no flexibility- same strategy used over and over again, sane repetitive and ineffective language.Did not remain open to continuous learning!Had not gathered data using all the senses! Took irresponsible risks! Didn’t manage his impulsivity so jumped down chimney without checking fire.
pig was flexible and quick thinking, problem solved the situation. Found humour in the situation. ? responded with wonderment and awe when discovered the pig had survived etc
“Belinda” by Pamela Allen
Click Clack Moo - cows that type
Officer Buckle and Gloria
real life situation eg school pool is being constantly vandalised and not able to be used for several weeks: brainstorm solutions to stop vandalism, use BAR to crate a visual presentation of agreed solution

8. Metacognitive questions
How many ideas did your group consider before deciding on the agreed solution?
How did your group show flexibility in your thinking?
How did thinking flexibly help you in solving this problem?
How could you have shown greater flexibility?
Give another situation where you could use this thinking.

9. Listening with understanding and empathy

10. not important? In individual work fun ways to introduce?
When important?
in group work
peer work
learning new content
in conflict situations
not important? In individual work
fun ways to introduce?
Chinese whispers
barrier games
listening games back to back etc
story of the Boy Who Cried Wolf

11. Metacognitive questions
How does it feel when no one listens to you? When you are listened to?
How can you show you are being an active listener? And you have empathy for the other person

12. Questioning and problem posing

13. When important to use? when to be careful? fun way to introduce?
Always
when to be careful?
Where inappropriate or hurtful on personal level
needs to be contextually and culturally appropriate
fun way to introduce?
Human graph - ask the questions before making final decisions
Technology challenge - an observer records all the questions and they are analysed and categorised

14. Managing impulsivity
Looks like: slow considered activity,stop before you act. (stop.look.think.)
sounds like:ask yourself questions,ask ohers,clarify before you act
where important to use? Decision making,physical activities, high stake activities
not important to use?immediate danger/ intuition
fun way to introduce:scatter ball/ games activities
reflective questions: what is your natural impuse, how could you manage it,did you manage it,could you have done better,where could you use this Hom again?

15. Taking responsible risks
Looks like:a challenge,giving it a go,volunteering,trying a new activity or approach,learning new things
sounds like:can I do it,am I prepared,I'll try, I can do this because..
Feels like: rewarding, satisfying, exciting, scary
Fun activity:Edmund Hillary role play, Cat in the Hat, Jack and the Bean Stalk, Harry Potter

16. Metacognitive questions:
how important is preparation when you are taking a risk?
What’s the difference between a risk/ responsible risk?
How did you make your risk responsible?
How do you know when you have taken one?

17. Finding humour
Word splash: laughter,happy,giggle,joy,friends,tears,jokes, fun, riddles, a twist,puzzled,subtle
feels like: stress release,happy, friendly
model: where do bees wait.. At the buzz stop… (sharing of jokes), knock/knock who’s there
important to: laugh with people not at people, not make people feel unhappy or foolish, not inappropriate
question: did the(humour) make you feel any different about...

18. persisting
Looks like:concentrating on tasks, not giving up, trying to improve, not interrupting others, frustration, sharing different ways to do it
sounds like: let’s keep going on this, asks for help, encourages others, try again.
Feels like: proud, satisfied
usful? where teaching a new skill
not useful? Where becomes an emotional issues due to self esteem, work overload, time, perfectionists
important? Any situation where objective not immediately met
story? Tigger loses his Bounce, Horton Hatches the Egg, real life stories of people
questions: give an example of when you persisted to overcome something. ..are you happy with that? How did you solve it?what’s another way to try?how did you feel about finishing that?how did you feel when the task got hard?what did you do next?did that help you complete the task?would you do it differently next time?