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Habits of MindInduction @ BLGPS
Session 1
Cpdd session
15 August 2019
❧❧What are Habits of Mind?
❧BLGPS Applied Learning Programme?
❧Background of HOM @ BLGPS?
❧The 16 Habits of Mind
Success Criteria
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What are Habits of Mind?
"Habits of Mind are the characteristics of
what intelligent people do when they are
confronted with problems, the resolutions
of which are not immediately apparent."
(Costa)
Video
❧❧natural tendencies...to act and think when
one faces an issue or problem (knowing how to behave intelligently when you DON’T know the answer)
❧patterns of intellectual behaviours that lead to productive actions
❧thinking dispositions
What are the Habits of Mind?
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Developing Self-Directed Learners through HOM
BLGPSApplied Learning Programme
Use HOM as a thinking curriculum to inculcate thinking
dispositions and develop Self-directed learners in
BLGPS
❧❧Started as ground up initiative in 2013 to address
key concerns raised during FuSE (result analysis)
Why HOM in BLGPS?
❧Students lacked thinking skills and good learning habits.
❧Structured approach (HOM) was introduced to cultivate thinking dispositions and nurture good learning habits in students to help them become Self-Directed Learners.
❧Why HOM in BLGPS?
❧Findings shared during Staff Symposium
❧Potential of HOM in shaping Self-Directed Learners who are ‘Future Ready with Strong Fundamentals’, equipped with the 21st Century Competencies, leading them to become ‘Reflective and Innovative’ Thinkers, ‘Confident and Responsible’ Leaders & ‘Passionate and Empathetic’ Contributors.
Habits of Mind Journey
2013• Formulation of PLT
2014• Staff Training (March)
• Sharing of HOM during
Assemblies
• Explicit teaching of HOM
during Learning Buffet
• Sharing with PSG
• Selected KP training in
BBSS
2014• Infusion of HOM through
worksheets
• Infusion of HOM during
lessons
• HOM Games @ Learning
Buffet
2015• HOM Explicit lessons for P1 &
P2 during FTGP
• Infusion of HOM in ERA
lesson design
2016• HOM Explicit lessons for P1 to
P6 during FTGP
Discovering & Exploring
Activating & Engaging
Assessing & Reporting
Integrating & Sustaining
2015• Recognition of HOM in
BLGPS Awards - STAR Pupil,
BLGPS Character Award
• P1 & P2 Checklist
2016• P3 & P4 Pilot Assessment
Project with Dr Kang (NIE)
2017• Assessment of identified
habits in EMS and MT
• Student Self-Assessment
2018• Use of Student Self-
Assessment & Termly
Reflections to gather evidence
of students’ growth in HOM
2016• Mindful infusion of HOM
in ERA lesson design• Thinking Curriculum
Mapping to support assessment on identified habits
2017• Sharing of Thinking
Curriculum with staff• Review of HOM in
Student Handbook
2018• Infusion of HOM in ACL
lesson design (Creating a Thinking Classroom)
• Systemic Review of HOM
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Habits of Mind
Thinking Curriculum
@ BLGPS
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End of Session 1