Classroom Habitudes

by Maiers, Angela

• ISBN13: 9781935542629
• ISBN10: 1935542621
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-05-12
• Publisher: Solution Tree

Summary

In this revised edition of Classroom Habitudes, author Angela Maiers offers teachers additional strategies and ideas to help their students become 21st century learners. According to Maiers, today¿s students must have imagination, curiosity, self-awareness, courage, adaptability, perseverance, and passion to foster the thinking, problem solving, innovation, and creativity skills needed to optimize learning and academic success. These traits collectively make up what Maiers terms habitudes. Classroom Habitudes (Revised edition): Teaching Habits and Attitudes for 21st Century Learning has nine chapters. Chapter 1 describes the instructional framework for teaching the habitudes. Chapters 2¿8 provide lesson templates and strategies for teaching the individual habitudes along with lists of resources for students and teachers. Maiers uses the final chapter to offer her closing thoughts about the concepts. Reproducibles include tools for defining and assessing the habitudes and templates for the habitudes notebook. Students¿ lives can sometimes be affected by circumstances that today¿s educators aren¿t familiar with or able to predict. However, Classroom Habitudes contends that teaching habits and attitudes about learning and life allows teachers to communicate that they believe in the students and their ability to do great things.

Table of Contents

About the Author	p. ix
Introduction: Redefining Success in the 21st Century	p. 1
The Seven Habitudes	p. 2
Why the Habitudes Matter to Students and Teachers	p. 4
How This Book Is Organized	p. 7
What's New in This Revised Edition	p. 7
How to Get the Most Out of the Lessons	p. 9
Your Readiness to Teach the Habitudes	p. 11
The Habitudes Self-Assessment	p. 13
Nurturing Genius: A Framework for Teaching and Learning the Habitudes	p. 15
Redefining Genius	p. 17
The Habitudes Instructional Framework	p. 18
Reflections	p. 28
Imagination	p. 31
The Pitch: Why Imagination Matters	p. 31
The Anchor: The Million-Dollar Conversation Starter	p. 32
Conversations That Last: Continuing the Dialogue	p. 34
Chapter Takeaway	p. 38
Reflections	p. 39
Imagination Resources for Students	p. 39
Imagination Resources for Teachers	p. 40
Curiosity	p. 41
The Pitch: Why Curiosity Matters	p. 42
The Anchor: The Million-Dollar Conversation Starter	p. 42
Conversations That Last: Continuing the Dialogue	p. 44
Chapter Takeaway	p. 54
Reflections	p. 54
Curiosity Resources for Students	p. 55
Curiosity Resources for Teachers	p. 56
Self-Awareness	p. 57
The Pitch: Why Self-Awareness Matters	p. 57
The Anchor: The Million-Dollar Conversation Starter	p. 58
Conversations That Last: Continuing the Dialogue	p. 61
Chapter Takeaway	p. 67
Reflections	p. 67
Self-Awareness Resources for Students	p. 68
Self-Awareness Resources for Teachers	p. 69
Perseverance	p. 71
The Pitch: Why Perseverance Matters	p. 72
The Anchor: The Million-Dollar Conversation Starter	p. 72
Conversations That Last: Continuing the Dialogue	p. 73
Chapter Takeaway	p. 81
Reflections	p. 81
Perseverance Resources for Students	p. 82
Perseverance Resources for Teachers	p. 83
Courage	p. 85
The Pitch: Why Courage Matters	p. 86
The Anchor: The Million-Dollar Conversation Starter	p. 86
Conversations That Last: Continuing the Dialogue	p. 88
Chapter Takeaway	p. 95
Reflections	p. 95
Courage Resources for Students	p. 96
Courage Resources for Teachers	p. 97
Passion	p. 99
The Pitch: Why Passion Matters	p. 100
The Anchor: The Million-Dollar Conversation Starter	p. 100
Conversations That Last: Continuing the Dialogue	p. 101
Chapter Takeaway	p. 107
Reflections	p. 107
Passion Resources for Students	p. 108
Passion Resources for Teachers	p. 108
Adaptability	p. 111
The Pitch: Why Adaptability Matters	p. 112
The Anchor: The Million-Dollar Conversation Starter	p. 113
Conversations That Last: Continuing the Dialogue	p. 114
Chapter Takeaway	p. 120
Reflections	p. 121
Adaptability Resources for Students	p. 122
Adaptability Resources for Teachers	p. 123
Closing Thoughts	p. 125
The Learners We Have, the Learners We Need	p. 125
The Habitudes Notebook	p. 129
Notebook Preparation	p. 129
Notebook Contents	p. 130
Online Notebook Options	p. 131
Evaluation Suggestions	p. 131
Introducing the Notebook	p. 132
Habitudes Notebook Reflection Templates	p. 133
The Habitude I'm Using	p. 134
How I Use the Habitudes	p. 135
My Beginning Thoughts About the Habitudes	p. 136
My New Thoughts About the Habitudes	p. 137
What I Have Learned About the Habitudes	p. 138
Habitudes Pre- and Postassessment	p. 139
Habitudes Pre- and Postassessment Worksheet	p. 140
References and Resources	p. 143
Index	p. 147
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