habits of success in school, work and life. things are more like they are today than they ever have...
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HABITS OF SUCCESSIN SCHOOL, WORK
AND LIFE
“ Things are more like they are today than they ever have been.”
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
“ Insanity is continuing to do the same thing over and
over and expecting different results.”
Albert Einstein
SHARING THE VISION
Habits of Success attend to:
Value - choosing to behave intelligently
Inclination- deciding to use a certain behavior
Sensitivity- knowing when to use them
Capability- having skills & capacity to use them
Commitment- reflecting on improvement
“ HABIT IS A CABLE;WE WEAVE IT EACH DAY, AND AT LAST WE CANNOT BREAK IT.”
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MIND SHIFTS
FROM: Not only
knowing right answers.
TO:
Also knowing how to behave when answers are not immediately apparent.
ARE WE PREPARING
STUDENTS FOR A LIFE OF TESTS OR FOR THE TESTS
OF LIFE?
.
Stick to it!
1. PERSISTING
Persevering on a task even though the resolution is not immediately apparent.
SHARE AN EXAMPLE ;OF A TIME IN YOUR LIFE WHEN
PERSISTENCE PAID OFF FOR YOU.
2. MANAGING IMPULSIVITY
Take your time!
Acting with forethought and deliberation.
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MANAGINGIMPULSIVITY
“ DON’T CALL OUTIN ASSEMBLY IFYOU LOOSE A
TOOTH. YOU WAITUNTIL ASSEMBLY
IS OVER.”GAGE, GRADE 1
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3. LISTENING WITH UNDERSTANDING AND EMPATHY
Understand others!
Devoting mental energies to understandingothers’ thoughts and feelings.
•Pause
•Paraphrase
•Probe• Inquire• Clarify
LISTENING SEQUENCE:
Pausing:
Using wait-time before responding
to or asking a question allows time for more complex thinking, enhances dialogue and improves decision making.
Paraphrasing:
Lets others know that you are listening, that you understand or are trying to understand them and that you care.
Probing:
Increases the clarity and precision of the group's thinking by refining understandings, terminology and interpretations.
Speaker: Finish this sentence:
“AS I REFLECT ON MY DAUGHTER’S PROGRESS SO FAR THIS SCHOOL YEAR SO FAR, I AM MOST PROUD OF………”
Listener: Use the Pause, Paraphrase Probe sequence
Speaker: Finish this sentence:
“AS MY DAUGHTER ANTICIPATES THE REMAINDER OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, SHE IS MOST EXCITED ABOUT…….”
Listener: Use the Pause, Paraphrase Probe sequence
4. THINKING FLEXIBLY:
4. THINKING FLEXIBLY
Look at it another way!
Changing perspectives, generating alternatives, considering options.
Think about your thinking!
5. METACOGNITION
Being aware of your own thoughts, feelings, and actions and their effects of on others
Metacognition:
Think
Aloud
Problem
Solving
THINK ALOUDPROBLEM SOLVING
Pose challenging problems then:
Invite your child to describe their plans and strategies for solving the problem.
Share their thinking as they are
implementing their plan.
Reflect on/evaluate the effectiveness of their strategy.
Sustaining and Engaging Metacognition
1. Check for Accuracy2. Clarify3. Provide data not answers4. Resist making judgments5. Stay focused on thinking6. Encourage Persistence
6. STRIVING FOR ACCURACY
Check it again!
Desiring exactness, fidelity and craftsmanship.
7. QUESTIONING AND POSING PROBLEMS
How do you know?
Having a questioning attitude.Developing strategies to produce needed data. Finding problems to solve.
QuestioningAndProblemPosing
8. APPLYING PAST KNOWLEDGE TO NEW SITUATIONS
Use what you’ve learned!
Accessing prior knowledge and transferring it to novel situations.
Think Clearly!
Striving for accuratecommunication in writtenand oral form.
9. THINKING AND COMMUNICATING WITH CLARITY AND PRECISION
10. GATHERING DATA THROUGH ALL SENSES
Using all sensory pathways: gustatory, olfactory, tactile, kinesthetic, auditory, visual.
Use your natural pathways!
11. CREATING, IMAGINING, INNOVATING
Try a different way!
Generating new and novel ideas; fluency, originality.
12. RESPONDING WITH WONDERMENT AND AWE
Awesome!
Finding the world fascinating, mysterious, intriguing and phenomenal.
“ All thinking begins
with wondering”Socrates
13. TAKING RESPONSIBLE RISKS
Venture Out!
Being adventuresome.Living on the edge of one's competence
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TAKING RESPONSIBLE RISKS:
What school and classroom conditions must exist to foster creative thinking and risk-taking?
14. FINDING HUMOR
Laugh a little!
Finding whimsy, incongruity and playfulness.Laughing at yourself.
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15. THINKING INTERDEPENDENTLY
Work together!
Working with and learning from others in reciprocal situations.
16. REMAINING OPEN TO CONTINUOUS LEARNING
Having humility and pride in admitting there is more to learn. Resisting complacency.
Continue to learn!
MODELING:
“ What you are speaks so loudly, they can’t hear what you say.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
DON’T WORRY THAT CHILDREN NEVERLISTEN TO YOU; WORRY THAT THEYARE ALWAYS WATCHING YOU.
ROBERT FULGHUM
“ WE ARE WHAT WE REPEATEDLY
DO.EXCELLENCE, THEN, IS NOT
AN ACT BUT A HABIT.”
Aristotle