In chapter 13, I was empowered by Costa and Kallick's push for students to become lifelong learners. Teacher's need to reform their teaching from information providers to coaches for the learning process as discussed on page 226. This is one area I could improve in my teaching profession. I would like to focus on spending less time preparing the information for students and more time on encouraging the students to obtain the information and question the concepts for a more in-depth understanding of the material. This is a mind shift which will take time for me to develop automaticity.
When reading about the metacognitive staircase, it seemed similar to Bloom's taxonomy. The metacognitive staircase has different levels similar to the levels within the domains of Bloom's taxonomy. Higher level thinking is increased throughout the levels of each. Both Bloom's taxonomy and the Metacognitive Staircase have invitational questions to elicit the level of thinking for each step. Costa and Kallick wrote, "Teaching students to think more critically, creatively, and skillfully should also include teaching them to think independently and spontaneously (pg 217). I feel that this is an emphasis of Bloom's Taxonomy and the Metacogonitive Staircase!
I found the 16 Habits of Mind to be an accurate list of necessary behaviors for students to become thoughtful in learning and in life. I plan to emphasize these habits in my classroom to encourage students to use these skillful behaviors to accentuate their learning. I am thinking we can use the 16 Habits of Mind as a guide for an anchor chart which I will display on the classroom wall and refer back to regularly.
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