Teaching Habits of Mind Through a Picture Book
By Robyn Ackerman One of my most favorite ways to teach children curriculum is through the pages of an engaging picture book! M is for Mindful is an extraordinary example! Author Robin L. Flanigan uses beautiful prose to describe each letter of the alphabet in such a thought-provoking way, you can’t help but see […]
Looking Back to Look Forward
Carol Flanigan is currently a kindergarten teacher at Council Rock Primary School, an International Habits of Mind Learning Community of Excellence. Carol has taught kindergarten, first and second grade at Council Rock for 26 years and has been infusing Habits of Mind in her classroom and school community for 7 years. Carol has been […]
16 Habits of Mind Fostering Successful Language Learning
by Keith Mason How can the Habits of Mind help foster language learning? The Habits of Mind framework, a series of 16 problem-solving strategies, can help an individual throughout life. Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick have been promoting the Habits of Mind through books, articles, seminars and online venues. Developing Habits of Mind […]
Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations
by Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick “Learning is the ability to make sense out of something you observe based on your past experience and being able to take that observation and associate it with meaning.” Ruth and Art Winter Intelligent human beings learn from reflecting on and making sense of their experiences. When […]
Developing Self-Directed Teacher Leaders Using Habits of Mind
By Thomas R. Feller, Jr., Seth Brown, Ph.D., and Lauren Bowers Sometimes the best solutions to a wicked problem come from a well formed question. One wicked problem our district has been facing is the loss of some of our best teachers. Upon some internal investigation we discovered that many teachers who left […]
Habits of Mind: Dispositions of Success
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 to the questions: “What is it about your students that makes you think they need to learn how to think?” and “How would you like them to be?” These questions […]
