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’?
Word
Number
Body
Music
Picture
People
Self
Nature

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. PERSISTING Stick to it! Trying different strategies
Finding different ways to reach your goals
Remaining focused

8. MANAGING IMPULSIVITY Take 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 FLEXIBLY Look 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 & UNDERSTANDING Understand 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?
Before last point – students to pair up and each to briefly say what their favourite chocolate bar is and why, other person is to listen then I will select a few students from audience to summarise what the other said

11. STRIVING FOR ACCURACY Check 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 thinking METACOGNITION Know 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?
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Ask students to add the above sum in head (answer is 408)
How did they work it out? E.g = 300, = 100, 6+2 = 8

13. QUESTIONING & POSING PROBLEMS How 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
What questions do you ask of someone you’ve met for the first time?
Find someone you don’t know well
What would you like to find out from that person?
What questions did you ask? How many of you asked questions that got a yes or no answer? We all do it
Examples of questions asked

14. APPLYING PAST KNOWLEDGE TO NEW SITUATIONS Use what you learn!
Access prior knowledge
Take knowledge beyond the situation in which it was learned
‘Numb3rs’
The show NUMBERS – using Maths knowledge to solve cases
Applying learning of another language to understanding of English

15. THINKING & COMMUNICATING WITH CLARITY AND PRECISION Be 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
Nobody likes when it gets to 40 degrees – really?
Important when writing essays and giving oral presentations

16. CREATING, IMAGINING, INNOVATING Try a different way
Coming up with new ideas
Being original
Including a DVD of an activity completed in class to include in your portfolios

17. TAKING RESPONSIBLE RISKS Venture 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?
Giving talks
Start small – slowly edge out
Practice speaking in front of a friend, then family, then a class then eventually the school
Doesn’t mean doing dangerous things – it’s about challenging yourselves

18. GATHERING DATA THROUGH ALL SENSES Use your natural pathways
Tasting, smelling, touching, moving, listening, seeing
Gathering different sorts of data
Learning best by taking information in using all our senses
What data could you gather if you were to do an assignment on dogs?
Information from encyclopedia, Internet, etc
Interview dog owners
Watch dogs being trained, at a park, etc
Play with/pat dog

19. THINKING INTERDEPENDENTLY Work together!
Working with others
Learning from others
Team work
Working effectively
Again it takes practice

20. FINDING HUMOUR Laugh 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
This doesn’t mean laughing when inappropriate
Rather it is about being able to see the light side of life
Break time – work in groups of about four and get yourselves laughing!!

21. RESPONDING WITH WONDERMENT & AWE Have 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 LEARNING I 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 POINT Nothing’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. Responding & interacting
THE 16 HABITS OF MIND
Thinking
Thinking about your thinking (metacognition)
Thinking and communicating with clarity & precision
Thinking interdependently
Thinking flexibly
Responding & interacting
Listening with understanding and empathy
Taking responsible risks
Responding with wonderment and awe
Finding humour
Remaining open to continuous learning
Data gathering
Applying past knowledge to new situations
Questioning and problem posing
Gather data through all senses
Completing a task
Persisting
Managing impulsivity
Striving for accuracy
Creating, imagining & innovating

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