Streamline Training & Documentation: The Sixteen Costa/Kallick Habits of Mind

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

The Sixteen Costa/Kallick Habits of Mind

The Habits of Mind organization provides a collection of reading matter and tools to help people of all ages understand how best to contribute to and gain from communities of learning.

There sixteen habits of mind that learners are encouraged to cultivate are:

Persisting

Thinking and communicating with clarity and precision

Managing impulsivity

Gathering data through all senses

Listening with understanding and empathy

Creating, imagining, innovating

Thinking flexibly

Responding with wonderment and awe

Thinking about thinking (metacognition)

Taking responsible risks

Striving for accuracy

Finding humor

Questioning and posing problems

Thinking interdependently

Applying past knowledge to new situations

Remaining open to continuous learning

This list, and accompanying material accessible through the Habits of Mind website, were developed by Arthur L. Costa, emeritus professor of education at California State University, Sacramento, and Bena Kallick, an education consultant. Though the wording is not entirely to my (dry) taste, the concepts certainly are, and I encourage reading the concise descriptions of the items on the list provided here (pdf).

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Labels: Employee development, Learning organization, Learning resources, Risk management

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