Presenter:
James Anderson This course is designed for all teachers who want to help their students think and behave more intelligently.
Costa and Kallicks 16 Habits of Mind are dispositions that are skilfully and mindfully employed by characteristically successful people. This course introduces teachers to the Habits of Mind and demonstrates how these can be developed in the classroom.
In a unique blend of face to face and online interaction, you will first be introduced to the Habits of Mind in f2f workshop, and then supported online over the following 6- 8 weeks as you begin working with the Habits in your own classroom.
At the face to face session we will look carefully at the ideas behind the Habits of Mind before delving into practical ways to develop Habits such as Striving for Accuracy, Managing Impulsivity and Persistence in your day-to-day classroom practice.
You will also have the opportunity to select a flexible, individualised and relevant set of topics for the online component of the work.
What to bring:Participants should bring a copy of the book Succeeding with HOM, note paper and a pen. The book can be ordered from www.mindfulbydesign.com/store
| Rating | Comment |
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  | Needed more time to be able to comprehend and go through the course otherwise. |
| Informative, entertaining, creative. The presenter was very likable and personable. |
| James was insightful, passionate, knowledgeable and spoke so we felt comfortable as learners. He provided great examples throughout with appropriate humor. It was sad that it was so short. |
  | An engaging and purposeful course. I am interested and keen to utilise this in the classroom. A little unorganised in some parts. Overall a great day. |
| Very engaging, easy to understand and easy to see how to apply techniques to a real classroom. |
| Interesting and engaging. Thanks. |
| I enjoyed the alternate ways of thinking. |
| Very engaging, great introduction. |
| Need more time to digest into and further course on implementation of habits at schools. Excellent food for thought. |
| Content very relevant to classroom teaching. Humorous, interesting, entertaining presentation. |
| Motivating and eager to improve my practice. |
| Good introduction but need to follow up course. More practical suggestions for integration in curriculum. |
| Extremely knowledgeable, entertaining and well prepared. |
| Thorough, interesting, effective and humorous. |
| Presented with enthusiastic and sincerity. |
| Found it hard to maintain focus at times. A lot of chalk and talk, james knew his stuff well, though! |
| The presenter was very good, held attention and content was great too. |
| Very enlightening presentation on habits of the mind. |
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| A great introduction to HOM that stimulated new thoughts for a changing approach to education. |
| Clear, inspiring and practical. |
| Don't use the 'f' word yourself (ok in a film clip though). But you were informative, entertaining and excellent in every way. Inspirational! |
| Content was excellent, loads of information, easy to follow. |
| Very interesting content, found the practical 'try this' strategies very useful. Looking forward to the online component. |
