Should we celebrate making mistakes? Institute for Habits of Mind Co-Director Bena Kallick isn’t so sure. “I always love it when we say we celebrate
by Art Costa, Co-director, The Institute for Habits of Mindand Craig Gastauer, Life Science Teacher, Vista High School,Vista Unified School District The James Webb Space
By Allison Zmuda, Bena Kallick and Art Costa Empathy is a foundational part of healing from the political and social issues we are currently
By Arthur L. Costa, Bena Kallick, and Allison Zmuda “To listen fully means to pay close attention to what is being said beneath the
By Art Costa, Allison Zmuda, and Bena Kallick An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of
By Art Costa, Bena Kallick, and Allison Zmuda Healing is about taking the time to notice what gets in the way of feeling
In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love. In the midst of tears, I found there was within me, an invincible smile.
As we deal with contemporary issues such as race, global pandemic, international conflicts, displacement of people, and climate change, the need for redefining civility
By Art Costa and Robert Garmston Professors Emeriti, California State University, Sacramento How might we grow and protect a culture in which its members
The world right now feels exhausting and unpredictable. There are so many interrelated and complex issues that have incredibly high stakes in our day-to-day
Our ‘inner voice’ is what we use to reflect on what we do, how and why we behave in the way we do, how we
By Art Costa and Bena Kallick While we can all agree that the Habits of Mind pervade all subject areas and can be infused
By Bena Kallick, Art Costa, and Allison Zmuda Coaching to develop skills is different from coaching for thinking. When you coach students to build
By Art Costa Mark is a mentor/coach in a regional service center in a midwestern state. He was invited to take this position because
By Bena Kallick, Art Costa, and Allison Zmuda This is not the way any of us would have imagined the last weeks of school. Shuttering schools has
By Art Costa, Bena Kallick, and Allison Zmuda When we walked into school each day prior to COVID-19, we were accustomed to living in
By Art Costa, Bena Kallick, and Allison Zmuda As we are increasingly inundated with “great ideas,” free offers to use subscriptions to new tools,
by Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick Creativity is a survival skill! The brain is always looking for something that it didn’t know before,
By Bena Kallick and Arthur L. Costa “Nothing reaches the intellect before making its appearance in the senses.” Latin proverb Does this quotation shock
by Arthur L. Costa, Ed.D. and Bena Kallick, Ph.D. “Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions;
by Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick “Learning is the ability to make sense out of something you observe based on your past experience
By Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick Co-Founders, Institute for Habits of Mind International “The formulation of a problem is often more essential than
By Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick Co-Founders, Institute for Habits of Mind “The sign of intelligent people is their ability to control emotions
By Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick “When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself” Plato Game play can be a great
By Arthur L. Costa, Ed.D and Bena Kallick Ph.D. “Change is the new normal: no industry is standing still these days, and this means
By Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick “Empathic listening is a deep level of listening. When we are engaged in real dialogue and paying careful
By Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick “All of the top achievers I know are lifelong learners… looking for new skills, insights and ideas.
By Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick “Getting along well with other people is still the world’s most needed skill. With it…there is no
By Art Costa and Bena Kallick “Warning: Humor may be hazardous to your illness.” Ellie Katz Humor refers to our human ability to perceive
by Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick “There is a time for daring and a time for caution, and a wise man knows which
By Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick “Wonder is what sets us apart from other life forms. No other species wonders about the meaning
By Arthur L. Costa, Ed.D. and Bena Kallick Ph.D. “If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most
Education should prepare all young people to deal well with the real challenges of life. It should enable them to deal with tricky situations,
by Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick There is a gap between what is claimed as values for 21st Century educational essentials and what
by Arthur Costa, Bena Kallick and Morton Sherman Take a moment to join us in a snapshot of a classroom we recently observed: Students
By Arthur L. Costa Ed. D. and Bena Kallick, Ph.D. As we study the habits of mind, we are impressed by the international response
by Bena Kallick and Arthur Costa Rather than step backwards into the abyss of a “do your own thing” system in which questions of
By Robert E. Walker, Robotics Teacher, Moanalua High School, Honolulu, Hawaii and Arthur L. Costa, Professor Emeritus, California State University, Sacramento Robotics courses must
We respond to all messages in the shortest possible time and in the order received.