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Welcome Scholars!

Welcome Scholars!. SCHOLARLINESS: Building Habits of a Scholar. Scholarliness developed by Dr. Sandra Kaplan, USC. A SCHOLAR defined…. One who attends school or studies with a teacher A student; pupil. What is a habit?. What is a habit?.

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Welcome Scholars!

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  1. Welcome Scholars!

  2. SCHOLARLINESS:Building Habits of a Scholar Scholarliness developed by Dr. Sandra Kaplan, USC

  3. A SCHOLAR defined… • One who attends school or studies with a teacher • A student; pupil

  4. What is a habit?

  5. What is a habit? • An acquired pattern of behavior that is regularly followed • A customary practice or use • Something you do regularly without thinking about it

  6. Habits of a Scholar A set of traits that are present in the lives of life-long learners and successful students

  7. Academic Humility

  8. Academic Humility Scholars understand that no matter how much we learn, there is always more to learn.

  9. Ponder Ideas

  10. Ponder Ideas Scholars take the time to think about what they are learning.

  11. Multiple Perspectives

  12. Multiple Perspectives Scholars look at the world using many different perspectives.

  13. Preparation

  14. Preparation Scholars are prepared and ready to learn with all the necessary tools for the job.

  15. Goal Setting

  16. Goal Setting Scholars set goals in life and learning; both long-term goals and short-term goals.

  17. Intellectual Risk-taking

  18. Intellectual Risk-taking Scholars are willing to take intellectual risks. They think “outside of the box.”

  19. Excellence Scholars take pride in their work and seek excellence in their finished products.

  20. Intellectual Curiosity Scholars are curious about learning and are willing to ask questions and seek answers.

  21. Save Ideas Scholars organize their learning and find ways to save their ideas.

  22. Perseverance Scholars exercise their minds and learn to keep going, even when faced with hard work.

  23. Varied Resources Scholars use and look at many varied resources when learning.

  24. HABIT TOOLS • Use as… • Connections between • scholar and self • Prompts for Biography • Studies • Scholarly Development • Prompts for Literature • Responses

  25. Is Cesar Chavez a Scholar? • Read the biography of Cesar Chavez and look for traits of a scholar. • Note examples of scholarliness. Setting Goals Excellence Intellectual Risk Taker Perseverance

  26. What does it look like in your class?

  27. Behavior Management • Display the Scholarly Habits • Model and demonstrate the expectations of each 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.

  28. Engagement Strategies… • Join a Discussion Like a Scholar • Use prompts as a scaffold

  29. Scholarly Activities Can I find scholarly traits in me?

  30. Set a Habit’s Goal

  31. Study a Scholar

  32. Where do I find a Scholar? • Base Program • Community • Library • Internet: biography.com; myhero.com • Trade Books • Times in Education, i.e. Hispanic Explorers in Science and Technology

  33. 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

  34. Additional References • Hawley, Willis (edited) (2007). The Keys to 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.

  35. Questions or Clarifications

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