1. Habits for Highly Effective learners
Noreen Caplen-Spence
12th March 2011
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2. Please greet the person next to you.
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Water
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4. Ideas and framework inspired by Stephen R. Covey
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‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People’
(2004 edition

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Overview
Definition
Identification
Consolidation
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6. Which face do you like most?

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A habit is….
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A habit is…
An acquired pattern of behaviour that has become almost involuntary as a result of frequent repetition.
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What are habits?
‘ We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit …’
(Aristotle in Covey 2004)
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10. Recognise this character?
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Ability and desire
Phil benson
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What makes a habit?
Knowledge
(what to do &
why do it)
HABITS
SKILLS
(how to)
DESIRE
(want to)
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Pairs - A & B
Listening and speaking
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14. In pairs A & B. Me What I think & feel about this session so far
What I want
to know from this session
Why I came to this session
Do later
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Habit 1: Be Proactive
Dependence (You)
I wait for someone else to do it for me.
I need others to get what I want.
Independence (I)
I’m responsible. I choose.
I get what I want through my own effort.
Interdependence (We)
We can do it. We can co-operate.
We combine our efforts with the efforts of others to achieve greatest success.
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16. “Change starts from within.”
Habit 1: Be Proactive
“Change starts from within.”
Act rather than react.
The role of questions in the learning process.
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Bridging the gap
Between what the learner understands through their own experience _______X_______X__________________ and what they can do with the help with ‘more able’ others.
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18. Habit 1: The role of questions
People
Questions?
Context
Resources
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19. Habit 1: Be Proactive Summary
Highly effective learners want:
To learn
To know what changes are needed
To know how to make changes
To discover…so surprise them sometimes
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20. Habit 2 Put first things first
Find a partner
Tell your partner something you are good at.
How did you become good at it?
When did you know you were good?
What are the implications for the classroom?
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21. Habit 2: Put First Things First
Are you any of these?
Focused, hard-working, talented, motivated,
independent, fearless, confident, reflective
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22. Habit 3: Begin with the End in Mind
‘All things are created twice .. The mental, first creation, and the physical, second creation …’
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23. Habit 3: Begin with the End in Mind
Backward Design Process What do we want our students to know and be able to do?
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24. Autobiography in 5 chapters
I walk down the street
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk
I fall in
I am lost
It is not my fault
It takes forever to find a way out
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25. Autobiography in 5 chapters
I walk down the street
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk
I pretend I do not see it
I fall in again
I cannot believe I am in the same place
But it is not my fault
It still takes a long time to get out.
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26. Autobiography in 5 chapters
I walk down the street
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk
I pretend I don’t see it, I still fall in
My eyes are open, I know where I am
It is my fault, I get out immediately
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27. Autobiography in 5 chapters
I walk down the street
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk
I see it, I still fall in
It is a habit
My eyes are open, I know where I am
It is my fault, I get out immediately
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28. Autobiography in 5 chapters
I walk down …………………..
Adapted from a poem by Portia Nelson 1985
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29. Habit 3: Begin with the End in Mind
SUMMARY:
Have some clear goals
Know how to…..
Know who can help
Encourage discovery
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Put the me in memory What were the first 3 habits? Put me in memory..Remember
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31. Habit 4: Seek First to Understand … Then to be Understood
‘Communication is the most important skill of life’
(Covey 2004)
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32. Habit 4: Seek First to Understand … then to be Understood
- listen to concern - listen to ideas - understand that interdependence can be stronger than working independently
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33. Habit 4: Seek First to Understand … then to be UnderstoodM
ogether
veryone
chieves
ore
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Habit 5: Synergize
Synergistic communication
Opening Head, Heart and Hands
Synergy in the classroom
Brainstorming
Synergy and communication
Opportunities for excitement and creativity
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‘ … that which we persist in doing becomes easier – not that the nature of the task has changed, but our ability to do has increased …’
(Emerson in Covey 2004)
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Put the me in memory What were the five habits? Put me in memory..Remember
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Habit 6: Think win/win
L1 and L2 self?
Third culture kids?
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“The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.” Carl Rogers
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Ability and desire
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Ability & Desire
I can
……and I will
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41. Time to reflect and consolidate
Write/draw/paint what you have experienced in the last 40 minutes Put on the walls to share
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42. Me What I want to take away from this session.
What I think & feel about this session so far
What I want
to know from this session
Why I came to this session
What I want to take away from this session.
Do later
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43. Thank you
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44. Goodbye