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Habitudes for the 21st Century and Beyond

CCSAMarch 2014

Driving Question

What issuccess?

Card Groups

#1 (Legislator) #2 (Parent) #3 (Student) #4 (Business leader)

Hard Facts on Soft Skills

Habitudes Defined

Habits + Attitudes

that show a new mindset and way of

thinking.

• Imagination• Curiosity• Self-awareness• Adaptability• Courage• Perseverance• Passion

• Imagination• Curiosity• Self-awareness• Adaptability• Courage• Perseverance• Passion

John Hattie’s Research

800+ meta-analyses 50,000 studies 200+ million students

Student-Teacher Relationship = .72

Understanding Effect Size

Under 0.00 = negative effect 0.00 - 0.20 = marginal effect 0.20 – 0.40 = positive effect 0.40 - 0.60 = substantial effect 0.60 – 2.00 = enormous effect

A classroom environment that fosters respect

is one where studentstake risks, are engaged and feel they are taken

seriously.

This matters.

Self-Assessment

“Can’t teach what you don’t know.

Can’t lead where you don’t go.”

Self-Assessment Results

Imagination

"Imagination is more importantthan knowledge."

-Albert Einstein

Imagination

Imagination is the foundation for all

thinking.Pose a problem.Pose a question.

Card Groups

Never Quit Hope Success Hero

Relationship?

What do you see as the relationship between

imagination and students living in poverty?

Consider

Our capacity to dream, hope andplan for the future is impacted by

our understanding of our imagination.

-Angela Maiers

How Do We Teach Imagination

Focus on problem/solution (mind mapping). Encourage strategic planning and goal setting. Use resources (such as Odyssey of the Mind

materials) to stimulate thinking. Model for students: Teachers as Practitioners

“Imaginative students need imaginative teachers.”

How to Grow the Good in Your Brain

Curiosity

Curiosity Matters

Curiosity Matters

Keeps the brain active and awake Keeps the brain ready for new ideas Creates suspense and “hooks” students and

encourages questions. Strengthens the brain Teaches delayed gratification

How Do We Teach Curiosity

Encourage and embrace questions

Ask provocative questions Build curiosity even with ‘boring’

topics (example: rocks) Build questioning tools

Questioning

Ask genius questions (Q-cards). Don’t squelch the WHY. Curious learners are happy learners.

What is the role of curiosity in your classroom?

Are you curious about your card?

Perseverance

The ability to sustaininterest, effort and commitment

in any circumstance that life presents.

What is Required

Patience Self-awareness GRIT Reflection Plan, Follow-

Through, Adjust “Some assembly required”

Mathematical Practices

Mathematical Practices

GRIT video

Teaching Perseverance

“We form our habits and then our habits form us.”-Ron Gilbert

Teaching Perseverance

“We form our habits and then our habits form us.”-Ron Gilbert

Teaching Perseverance

Interview people with strong habits Look at famous people who have

persevered Discuss how failure is the real

teacher

Adaptability

The ability to cope with change,to recognize its positive and

negative aspects,and to manage one’s actions to

address the change.

The Challenge

Think Outside the Box

Duncker’s Candle

Duncker’s Candle Solution

Shifts

Teaching Adaptability

Nurture ideas. (Let’s try it…) Turn “Yes, but…” into “Yes, how…” Encourage problem solving. Recognize that failures can be

opportunities. Encourage calculated risk. Pose complex, multi-step problems.

In the Workplace

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who

cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn,

unlearn and relearn.”-Alvin Toffler

Driving Question

What issuccess?

Creating Success

Where are these habitudes present or not present in your

school? In your system? In yourself?