![]() Infusing the habits of mind into the school involves a special effort to “re-culture” the school. In order to internalize, generalize and habituate, these habits must also be reinforced and modeled at home. Teachers always have to be on the alert to seize opportunities to engage, reinforce, illuminate, and practice the habits of mind. The entire staff must dedicate itself to teaching, recognizing, reinforcing, discussing, reflecting and assessing the habits. Repeated opportunities provided for students to practice and reflect on their performance are needed for them to acquire these habits. Habits are never fully mastered, though they do become increasingly apparent over time. Soft copies of HOM Explicit Teaching Packages were made available on the BBSS Website. Many institutions both locally and overseas came to know of BBSS’s involvement in HOM. Staff made use of this opportunity to provide input on how to bring the implementation of HOM to the next level. The revisit provided a platform for staff to take stock of how far we have come since our Journey of Implementation of HOM began in 2003. On-going staff training was conducted in-house for new teachers.Īt the end of 2006, a HOM Revisit was conducted with the whole staff to revisit the rationale for implementation of HOM in BBSS. ![]() Opportunities for the application of HOM were created. Infusion of HOM was more actively carried out. Rubrics and more reflection templates were included for self & peer assessment and reflections. Explicit teaching packages were created in-house, spearheaded by the 11 Core Committee Members.įocus was given to put up HOM posters all around the school to act as reminders as well as to create the awareness for HOM.Ģ005 & 2006 – ACTIVATING & ENGAGING, ASSESSING & REPORTING STAGEįurther refinements were made to the original Explicit Teaching Packages. For the lower secondary, HOM was explicitly taught. ![]() HOM was infused in both the academic and non-academic curriculum for both the lower and upper secondary. These schools were at different stages of implementing Habits of Mind.Ģ004 – ACTIVATING & ENGAGING STAGE Implementation of HOM for students & Creating the Environment for HOM At the end of 2003, eleven teachers were identified to go for Overseas HOM Learning Trips to different schools in USA, Hong Kong and Australia. Fortnightly in-house training was conducted for all teaching staff. The 16 HabitsĢ003 – DISCOVERING & EXPLORING STAGE Capacity Building of StaffīBSS focused on capacity building of staff in preparation for the implementation of HOM. Find out more about our HOM-grown stars in Semester 1 and Semester 2. Through this process of nominating each other who are practicing habits of mind, students will be imbued to practice these habits more consciously. In recognition of students who have been practicing HOM dispositions in their daily lives, identified students are affirmed as HOM-grown Stars. HOM lessons are explicitly taught to all lower secondary students and also infused in other areas such as VIA, CCA and camps. BBSS was awarded the niche status for PETS (Promoting Effective Thinking Strategies) in 2013. BBSS has adopted a whole school approach in introducing and implementing HOM since then. HOM was first introduced to BBSS in January 2003. It is not meant just for those who are academically inclined. Habits of Mind are for all students regardless of their level and stream. In particular, HOM inculcates good learning habits and thinking dispositions so that our students can become self-directed, life-long learners. It helps to develop a thirst for questioning and searching, within and outside the classroom. HOM will equip our students holistically for the challenges of the 21st century. The Habits of Mind programmes have been provided to a selected less than150 schools worldwide., including 21K School.Habits of Mind (HOM) enable students to behave intelligently when they do not know the answer or when they are faced with challenging situations. The powerful 16 Habits of Mind is cutting-edge research for Thinking-Based Learning programmes, along with extensive instructor training and curriculum development. The Institute for Habits of Mind, founded by pioneering researchers and authors Dr Arthur Costa and Dr Bena Kallick, is an international organisation which helps educators, parents, and all who care for children to learn, practice, and infuse the Habits of Mind into their work and lives. ![]() We are the first School in Asia to receive this prestigious certification of excellence. Students will learn to become critical thinkers and develop a sense of inquiry, persistence, and flexible thinking, as well as strength-based cognitive skills of success that can be taught, coached and practised.Ģ1K School has recently been certified as an “International Habits of Mind Learning Community of Excellence”. 21K School infuses the world-renowned 16 Habits of Mind into its academic practices as exemplary student attributes.
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