Introduction to the Habits of Mind
Name:_____________________________________ PCL Class:__________ Teacher: ____________________
Introduction to the
Habits of Mind
Year 8 Pastoral Care
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The Habits of Mind are the work of Art Costa and Bena Kallick.
Their most recent book is:
Costa, A. and Kallick, B (2009) Learning and Leading with Habits of Mind. Moorabbin: Hawker Brownlow Australia.
Habits of Mind
|Persisting |[pic] |
|Listening with empathy and understanding |[pic] |
|Thinking about your thinking (metacognition) |[pic] |
|Questioning and problem posing |[pic] |
|Thinking and communicating with clarity and precision |[pic] |
|Creating, imagining and innovating |[pic] |
|Taking responsible risks |[pic] |
|Thinking interdependently |[pic] |
|Managing impulsivity |[pic] |
|Thinking flexibly |[pic] |
|Striving for accuracy and precision |[pic] |
|Applying past knowledge to new situations |[pic] |
|Gather data through all senses |[pic] |
|Responding with wonderment and awe |[pic] |
|Finding humour |[pic] |
|Remaining open to continuous learning |[pic] |
Lesson 1: Match the Habit of Mind to the explanation
|Persisting |Having humility and pride when admitting we don't know; resisting complacency; becoming a |
| |life-long learner |
|Listening with empathy and understanding |Generating new and novel ideas; approaching problems with originality |
|Thinking about your thinking (Metacognition) |Devoting mental energy to another person's thoughts and ideas; holding in abeyance one's own |
| |thoughts in order to perceive another's point of view and emotions |
|Questioning and problem posing |A desire for exactness, fidelity and craftsmanship |
|Thinking and communicating with clarity and |Having a questioning attitude; knowing what data are needed and developing questioning strategies |
|precision |to produce those data; finding problems to solve |
|Creating, imagining and innovating |Finding the whimsical, incongruous and unexpected; being able to laugh at oneself |
|Taking responsible risks |Thinking before acting; remaining calm, thoughtful and deliberative |
|Thinking interdependently |Being able to work with and learn from others in order to enhance everyone’s understanding and |
| |competence |
|Managing impulsivity |Being adventuresome; living on the edge of one's competence, particularly as it relates to |
| |academic risk-taking |
|Thinking flexibly |Gathering data through all the sensory pathways--gustatory, olfactory, tactile, kinaesthetic, |
| |auditory and visual |
|Striving for accuracy and precision |Finding the world awesome, mysterious and being intrigued with phenomena and beauty |
|Applying past knowledge to new situations |Accessing prior knowledge; transferring knowledge beyond the situation in which it was learned |
|Gather data through all senses |Being able to change perspectives, generate alternatives and consider options |
|Responding with wonderment and awe |Persevering with a task through to completion; remaining focused |
|Finding humour |Striving for accurate communication in both written and oral form; avoiding errors, |
| |generalisations, distortions |
|Remaining open to continuous learning |Being aware of one's own understanding, thoughts, strategies, feelings and actions |
Lesson 3: Using Habits of Mind
Fill in the table below, being sure to find an example for each box.
|Habit of Mind |What does this look like at school? |What does this look like on the sporting field or |What does this look like in real life? |
| | |in the arts? | |
|Persisting |[pic] | | | |
|Listening with empathy and understanding |[pic] | | | |
|Thinking about your thinking (Metacognition) |[pic] | | | |
|Questioning and problem posing |[pic] | | | |
|Thinking and communicating with clarity and |[pic] | | | |
|precision | | | | |
|Creating, imagining and innovating |[pic] | | | |
|Taking responsible risks |[pic] | | | |
|Thinking interdependently |[pic] | | | |
|Habit of Mind |What does this look like at school? |What does this look like on the sporting field or |What does this look like in real life? |
| | |in the arts? | |
|Managing impulsivity |[pic] | | | |
|Thinking flexibly |[pic] | | | |
|Striving for accuracy and precision |[pic] | | | |
|Applying past knowledge to new situations |[pic] | | | |
|Gather data through all senses |[pic] | | | |
|Responding with wonderment and awe |[pic] | | | |
|Finding humour |[pic] | | | |
|Remaining open to continuous learning |[pic] | | | |
Lesson 4: Diagnosing Habits of Mind in others
| | |Characters from TV Shows, Movies, Books and real life that display these |
| | |Habits |
|Persisting |[pic] | |
|Listening with empathy and understanding |[pic] | |
|Thinking about your thinking (Metacognition) |[pic] | |
|Questioning and problem posing |[pic] | |
|Thinking and communicating with clarity and precision|[pic] | |
|Creating, imagining and innovating |[pic] | |
|Taking responsible risks |[pic] | |
|Thinking interdependently |[pic] | |
|Managing impulsivity |[pic] | |
|Thinking flexibly |[pic] | |
|Striving for accuracy and precision |[pic] | |
|Applying past knowledge to new situations |[pic] | |
|Gather data through all senses |[pic] | |
|Responding with wonderment and awe |[pic] | |
|Finding humour |[pic] | |
|Remaining open to continuous learning |[pic] | |
Lesson 5: Rank the Habits of Mind, in order from most important (1) to least important (16), ensuring you can justify your ranking to your class and teacher.
|My rank order|My partner/ |My class’s | Habit and Explanation |
| |group’s rank|rank order | |
| |order | | |
| | |
|Weaknesses |Threats |
|Habits you know you’ll need to get better at |Situations that will make it harder for you to use your Habits better |
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