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THINKING SKILLS HABITS OF MIND RESPONDING WITH WONDERMENT AND AWE Learner Profile Attribute: Inquirers ATL Focus: Self-Management Skills & Thinking Skills Having a “can do”, “want to”, and “I enjoy”, attitude to the challenge of learning. Enjoying figuring out things for yourself. Be curious, enthusiastic and passionate about learning, thinking and solving problems. Ask yourself the following questions: • when have I been excited and surprised by something I learnt and why? • what do I look forward to learning and doing and why? • who has impressed me with his/her excitement and passion about learning and why? ___ Not Yet ___ Sometimes ___ Usually ___ Always Goal: I will use be passionate correct words and and curious terms about to explain learning. things clearly. THINKING INTERDEPENDENTLY Learner Profile Attribute: Open-Minded ATL Focus: Social Skills & Communication Skills Accepting that as human beings we seek to be part of groups and teams and draw energy and feedback from each other. Together, we have much more thinking power than you have when alone; and welcoming it. Being able to accept openness and feedback from others. Work together and learn together. Ask yourself the following questions: • what things have I learned when in a group and why? • when in a group, what role do I play and why? • who has impressed me with his/her willingness to share his/her learning with others and why? ___ Not Yet ___ Sometimes ___ Usually ___ Always Goal: I will share my thoughts and welcome other ideas. TAKING RESPONSIBLE RISKS Learner Profile Attribute: Risk Takers ATL Focus: Self-Management Skills Being prepared to leave your comfort zone and adopt an attitude of welcoming a challenge and the unknown. Realizing that not taking the risk of a challenge is missing an opportunity to improve yourself. Don’t be more afraid of a lack of success than a fear of failure. Ask yourself the following questions: • when and how have I shown a willingness to try new things in my learning? • what things can I do to challenge my thinking to change the ways I learn? • who has impressed me with his/her willingness to challenge his/her thinking and try something new? ___ Not Yet ___ Sometimes ___ Usually ___ Always Goal: I will leave my comfort zone and extend my efforts in new ways. REMAINING OPEN TO CONTINUOUS LEARNING Learner Profile Attribute: Reflective ATL Focus: Research Skills & Thinking Skills Consider that there could be a better way to do and to learn something and investigate it. Seeing problems and challenges as opportunities to develop and improve your thinking and you. Accepting that you don’t know then not being afraid to find out. Ask yourself the following questions: • when things are going well in my learning what do I feel like and why? • what are you really keen to learn and do and why? • who has impressed me with his/her willingness to want to learn more and more and why? ___ Not Yet ___ Sometimes ___ Usually ___ Always Goal: I will aim to learn something new everyday. FINDING HUMOUR Learner Profile Attribute: Balanced ATL Focus: Social Skills & Self-Management Skills Being able to appreciate others’ humour helps you to be more creative and think at a higher level. Be able to laugh at yourself rather than focussing on negatives such as others’ weaknesses or differences. Have a sense of humour. Ask yourself the following questions: • when have I really enjoyed my learning and why? • what things can I do to make my learning more fun and enjoyable? • who has impressed me with his/her enjoyment in his/ her learning and having fun in a positive way? ___ Not Yet ___ Sometimes ___ Usually ___ Always Goal: I will laugh with people, not at people. THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS ALWAYS THE HARD THING TO DO Learner Profile Attribute: Principled ATL Focus: Self-Management Skills Being able to accept and believe that you “just don’t do something”, but you must plan, reflect and think. Accepting that in all top performers in any activities, you find a higher level of thinking. Having the willingness to do the “hard things” and leave behind the everyday easy way of thinking; actually use Habits of Mind. Check out the following websites on the Habits: » www.habitsofmind.org » www.instituteforhabitsofmind.com Regularly complete the exercise on the next page to keep building good habits. Acknowledgement: Arthur Costa and Bena Kallick Discovering and Exploring, Habits of Mind. 17 2018/19 Intl Planner_DP_FRONT.indd 17 25/5/18 3:13 pm
THINKING SKILLS HABITS OF MIND: WHERE AM I AT? How do you know if something has become a habit; it becomes something that you do easily and often. It is second nature to you. When working towards building Habits of Mind into what you do everyday, regular reflection will benefit your progress. Select the options below that best describe your current progress. As you regularly reflect you will end up having ticks at a variety of levels. Always reflect up and celebrate your achievements while thinking about what you need to do next to make these Habits, habits. WHERE AM I AT? WHAT I DO NOW WHAT I NEED TO DO AWARE • Do I know all of the Habits of Mind? • Do I know what type of thinking each one describes? • Do I know why I should think differently in different situations? • Do I know the ways in which I think? RECOGNIZE • Can I see when other people use Habits of Mind? • Can I see when I vary my thinking using Habits of Mind? • Can I see real life situations where I can use Habits of Mind? • Can I see when I’m not thinking in the right way? SELECT • Do I know which Habits of Mind to use in different situations? • Do I know why other people have used a certain Habit of Mind? • Can I explain why I used a certain Habit of Mind? • Am I confident to select the right Habit to use in each situation? USE • Am I aware when I use a Habit of Mind? • Do I intentionally use Habits of Mind in my learning? • Do my teachers encourage me to use Habits of Mind? • In class groups do I encourage classmates to use Habits of Mind? 18 REFLECT • Do I need reminding to use Habits of Mind? • Are Habits of Mind benefitting my thinking and learning? • When in class am I thinking about my thinking? © Print & Marketing Services (Vic) Pty Ltd 2018/19 Intl Planner_DP_FRONT.indd 18 25/5/18 3:13 pm
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