Transcript HABITS OF A SCHOLAR

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SCHOLARLINESS:
Building Habits of a Scholar
Presented by: Sandi Ortiz Ishii
GATE Supervisor
Garden Grove Unified
[email protected]
Scholarliness developed by Dr. Sandra Kaplan, USC
A SCHOLAR defined…
• One who attends school or
studies with a teacher
• A student: pupil
Habits of a Scholar…
A set of traits that are present
in the lives of life-long learners
and successful students
Qu i c k T i m e ™ a n d a
T I F F (Un c o m p re s s e d ) d e c o m p re s s o r
a re n e e d e d t o s e e t h i s p i c t u re .
HABITS supports…
Building a
foundation for a
culture of learners
Qu i c k T i m e ™ a n d a
T I F F (Un c o m p re s s e d ) d e c o m p re s s o r
a re n e e d e d t o s e e t h i s p i c t u re .
What is the need?
 Achievement Gap
 Students as passive learners
 Missing piece to Academic Learning
Where Did Scholarliness Come From?
• Dr. Sandra Kaplan
 USC, Rossier School of Education
 Gifted Education Training
 Iconic Representation
What research says…
One or more of the Habits supported by
research in…
 Multicultural Ed, Gay
 Habits of Mind, Costa
 Understanding By Design, McTeigh &
Wiggins
 Emotional IQ- Gardner
Keys to Effective Schools
- W. Hawley, 2007
[In effective schools]“…skills are taught with a
view to their application in particular settings …
In addition, these skills include general
learning and study skills…”
Pathways to Scholarliness
• Transitioning from
dependent to independent
thought
• Engaging in self directed
learning - Taking Pride
• Making connections with
the world
Pathways to Scholarliness
•Developing a value for learning
•Using self-reflection to discover
the self
•Understanding there are
different pathways to problem
solving
The Goal
• Understand scholarly
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behaviors
Maximize student potential
Explicitly teach students how
to be learners
Value the intellectual struggle
Elevate the importance of
being a student
Curiosity
• When students have the
opportunity to ask their own
questions, it has a dramatic
impact on the extent to
which students continue
their journey of thinking and
learning.
Quality Questioning (2005)
Habits of a Scholar
A Team Building Introduction…
1. Create groups of 4
2. Discuss and match the following:
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Title of Habit
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Definition of Habit
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Icon of Habit
3. Signal when done
Academic Humility
Scholars understand
that no matter how
much we learn, there is
always more to learn.
Ponder Ideas
Scholars take the
time to think about
what they are
learning.
Multiple Perspectives
Scholars look at the
world using many
different perspectives.
Preparation
Scholars are prepared
and ready to learn with
all the necessary tools
for the job.
Goal Setting
Scholars set goals in
life and learning;
both long-term
goals and shortterm goals.
Intellectual Risk-taking
Scholars are willing to
take intellectual risks.
They think “outside of
the box.”
Excellence
Scholars take pride in
their work and seek
excellence in their
finished products.
Intellectual Curiosity
Scholars are curious
about learning and
are willing to ask
questions and seek
answers.
Save Ideas
Scholars organize
their learning and
find ways to save
their ideas.
Perseverance
Scholars exercise
their minds and
learn to keep going,
even when faced
with hard work.
Varied Resources
Scholars use and
look at many varied
resources when
learning.
HABIT TOOLS
Use as…
• Connections between
scholar and self
• Prompts for Biography
Studies
• Scholarly Development
• Prompts for Literature
Responses
Is Cesar Chavez a Scholar?
• Read the biography of Cesar Chavez and
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look for traits of a scholar.
Note examples of scholarliness.
Setting Goals
Excellence
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Perseverance
Intellectual
Risk Taker
What does it look like in your
class?
Habits of a Scholar
Behavior Management Engagement Strategies
Activities
Behavior Management
• Display the Scholarly Habits
• Model and demonstrate the expectations of each
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scholarly skill.
Students need time to practice each of them.
Interact and engage students with these
“Scholarly Habits”
Honor students who are developing or
demonstrating the skill.
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Engagement Strategies…
• Join a Discussion Like a Scholar
 Use prompts as a scaffold
Scholarly Activities
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Can I find scholarly traits in me?
Set a Habit’s Goal
Study a Scholar
Where do I find a Scholar?
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Base Program
Community
Library
Internet: biography.com; myhero.com
Trade Books
Times in Education, i.e. Hispanic Explorers
in Science and Technology
Teachers as Scholars
• We as teachers must set the primary
example for scholarly behavior
 Share your own intellectual struggles
 Use academic vocabulary and language
patterns
 Engage in intellectual debate
 Challenge yourself to grow intellectually
• Excerpt from Dr. Kaplan training, USC
Additional References
• Hawley, Willis (edited) (2007). The Keys to
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Effective Schools: Educational Reform as
Continuous Improvement. Thousand Oaks, CA,
Corwin Press & National Education Association.
Walsh, Jackie & Sattes, Beth. Quality
Questioning. (2005) Thousand Oaks, CA, Corwin
Press.
Questions or Clarifications