INFUSING HABITS OF MIND AT YEAR 7 Religious Education, English and Mathematics

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INFUSING HABITS OF MIND AT YEAR 7Religious
Education, English and Mathematics
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OUR QUESTION

• How can we be more explicit in our curriculum
  planning and teaching of content as a means of
  infusing Habits of Mind in our subject areas of
  English, Religious Education and Mathematics?
• How can we use open ended tasks to explicitly
  teach Habits of Mind within subject areas?
• What Habits of Mind will be presented/used within
  a subject area?

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CONTEXT

• Currently our enrolment stands at approximately
  1300 of which there are 240 Year 7s
• At St. Josephs there have been significant
  initiatives aimed at supporting the boys during
  their transition into secondary school
• The aim of this project was to enhance the
  academic well being of the students in Year 7
• The target group would be three Year 7 classes
  and the process would take place throughout Term
  3 and 4

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THE PROCESS BEGINS THREE STORIES

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• Identifying the boys strengths and weaknesses
  and empowering them to take action through H.O.M
  to address their weaknesses, through the
  discipline of Religious Education

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THE PROCESS BEGINS THREE STORIES

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• Improving the effectiveness of class discussion,
  encourage stronger independence in the
  preparation and execution of the writing task and
  open students to a greater awareness of the
  Habits of Mind that impact on the quality of
  their relationships and learning

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THE PROCESS BEGINS THREE STORIES

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• Investigating which habits aligned themselves
  more closely to Mathematics than other habits. It
  was hoped that the boys would gain a greater
  understanding of which habits they were able to
  implement effectively in Mathematics learning and
  which habits needed improving. From here it would
  be hoped that boys would implement change in
  learning habits where applicable to their
  learning of Mathematics

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FUTURE PLANNING 1

• We intend to share our experience of being
  involved in the Individualized Learning project
  at a whole staff meeting on November 10th.
• We would like to facilitate professional
  development on the Habits of Mind within our
  school, possibly at Homeroom Teacher meetings or
  faculty meetings
• Our aim would be to have a shared understanding
  and language of Habits of Mind across Year 7 as
  well as a shared pedagogy across Year 7 staff

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FUTIRE PLANNING 2

• Include Habits of Mind into our curriculum
  documentation and to incorporate it into our
  students personal goal setting as per the VELS
  reporting requirements
• Provide parents and families with information on
  the habits through our fortnightly newsletter and
  our school website.
• Continue to enhance our teaching practice through
  the use of Habits of Mind, applying it to all
  subject areas

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• Think of a student you have taught for several
  years.
• He comes to you and asks you to write a reference
• for him.
• Think of some of the words / phrases you would
• like to be able to include on this reference.

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• Recipe For Success
• We all want our students to be successful and to
  experience success.
• Habits of the Mind are part of this recipe for
  success.

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• What do these intelligent people do when they are
  confronted with problems, the resolutions of
  which are not immediately apparent?

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• Habits of Mind
• Persisting
• Managing Impulsivity
• Listening with Empathy and Understanding
• Thinking Flexibly
• Thinking about your Thinking (Meta-cognition)
• Questioning and Posing Problems
• Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations
• Striving for Accuracy and Precision

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• Thinking and Communicating with Clarity and
  Precision
• Gathering Data Through all Senses
• Creating, Imagining and Innovating
• Responding with Wonderment and Awe
• Taking Responsible Risks
• Finding Humor
• Thinking Interdependently
• Remaining Open to Continuous Learning

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• Research Base for Habits of Mind
• Derived from studies of highly successful and
• intelligent individuals
• Based on several decades of research into the
  nature of intelligence
• Gardner Multiple intelligences is an idea that
  maintains there exist many different types of
  "intelligences" ascribed to human beings.
• Feuerstein Intelligence can be taught
• Goleman social and emotional learning programs
  pave the way for better academic learning.

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• More than just someone's good idea

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• Misconception Alert!
• The Habits of Mind are something new, a fad.
• The Habits of Mind are not something new they
  are simply a
• way of providing a common language, and common
  focus
• on behaviors that are valued by teachers, parents
  and the
• wider community

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• Common language common focus
• The common language empowers both the teacher and
  the student.
• It provides a framework for what we do with every
  student in behavior management, curriculum and
  the maintaining of relationships.

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• Dispositional Thinking Survey
• Rate your Habits of Mind

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Habit Rating Evidence
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• Our Success with Habits of the Mind

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• Self management of behavior through
  identification of the habit he most needed to
  work on
• because at home I get out of hand and I get
  angry. Lately I have manage (sic) at home to not
  get angry but I am still trying to figure out
  what strategies I am using to manage my
  impulsivity.

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• Our Success with Habits of Mind

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• Self management of learning in Mathematics
• I cant do this, this is too hard.
• poor body language
• self defeating language
• poor preparation for tests
• I want to continue to be persistent, and if I
  want to improve I need to work harder at striving
  for accuracy more consistently. I want to move
  my score from a 4 to an 8 or 9 by the end of the
  year.

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• Our Success with Habits of Mind

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• Self management of the development of
  relationships
• I find it difficult to understand how someone
  else feels about something.
• Difficulty fitting in forming new relationships
• helped me become more aware of what Im doing.
  It could help me make new friends.

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• Re-visit those qualities you would like to be
  able to include on a reference for that student
  you have known for a number of years

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Striving for Accuracy
Desiring exactness, craftsmanship
and fidelity. Check it again!
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Persistence 
Persevering on a task even though the
resolution is not immediately apparent. Stick
to it!!
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Thinking about Thinking - Metacognition
Know your knowing!  Being aware of your own
thoughts, strategies, feelings and actions and
their effects on others.
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Finding Humor
Laugh a little! Finding the whimsical,
incongruous and unexpected.  Being able to
laugh at oneself!!
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