The School as a Home for the Mind: Creating Mindful Curriculum, Instruction, and

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""Within this robust collection, the reader is soon privy to a noble and notable vision of schooling in which mindfulness permeates the metaphorical walls of the school and all of its structural components: the curriculum, the instruction, and the reflective practices of those immersed in the vision.""???From the Foreword by Robin Fogarty""What is the next best thing to having the opportunity to be in one of Art Costa's presentations? It is clearly the opportunity to read and reread his work. He has a knack for making the theoretical understandable and the practical 'practice-able.'""???Bena Kallick, Educational Consultant""Art Costa has done more than anyone I can think of to advance the practical cause of more thoughtful education.""???David Perkins, Professor of EducationHarvard University"Create a culture where the process of thinking is the content of instruction!"This unique guide reflects the author's best and most recent research, theory, and practice for the teaching of thinking. Arthur L. Costa explains why educators need to integrate explicit thinking instruction into daily lessons, illustrates what the instruction of thinking looks like in the classroom, and identifies the curricular changes that can have the most positive impact. The text also examines: Curriculum mapping efforts that support the teaching of thinkingSpecific teaching behaviors that foster students' thinking processesCognitive coaching that encourages a high level of performanceMetacognitive mediations that connect immediate lessons to lifelong learning

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Examines why educators need to integrate explicit thinking instruction into daily lessons and illustrates what thinking-and the teaching of thinking-looks and sounds like.

Author Biography

Arthur L. Costa, Ed.D., is an Emeritus Professor of Education at California State University, Sacramento. He is Co-Founder of the Institute for Habits of Mind and Co-founder of the Center for Cognitive Coaching. He served as a classroom teacher, a curriculum consultant, and an assistant superintendent for instruction in the Office of the Sacramento County Superintendent of Schools and as the director of educational programs for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. He has made presentations and conducted workshops in all 50 states as well as on six of the seven continents Active in many professional organizations, Art served as president of the California Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and was the National President of Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, from 1988 to 1989. He was the recipient of the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Urban Alliance in 2010.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Robin FogartyAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorPart I. The School as a Home for the Mind: A Vision of Mindfulness1. The School as a Home for the Mind2. Aesthetics: Where Thinking Originates3. Habits of Mind: Learnings That Last4. Launching Self-Directed Learners, With Bena KallickPart II. The Mind-Full Curriculum5. Maturing Outcomes, With Robert J. Garmston6. Mapping Forward7. Changing Curriculum Means Changing Your Mind8. Teaching for, of, and About Thinking9. Five Thoughts for a More Though-Full CurriculumPart III. Mindful Dialogue10. Through the Lens of a Critical Friend, With Bena Kallick11. Cognitive Coaching: Conversations That Mediate Self-Directedness, With Robert J. Garmston12. Norms of Collaboration: Attaining Communicative Competence, With William Baker and Stanley Shalit13. Getting Into the Habit of Reflection, With Bena KallickPart IV. Toward Mindful Instruction14. What Goes on in Your Head When You Teach?15. Do You Speak Cogitare?16. Teacher Behaviors That Enable Student Thinking17. Mediating the MetacognitivePart V. The Mindful School: A Re-Vision18. Creating a Culture of Mindfulness19. Mind Workers Unite!Index

Review

"Presents fascinating and vital information that lays a strong foundation for the teaching of thinking, something that is badly needed today. It will have a broad appear in both the education and business worlds. I'm amazed at how much I've learned from reading it!" -- Charles F. Adamchik Jr., Corporate Curriculum Director "What is the next best thing to having the opportunity to be in one of Art Costa's presentations? It is clearly the opportunity to read and reread his work. He has a knack for making the theoretical understandable and the practical 'practice-able.'" -- Bena Kallick, Educational Consultant "To read the myriad ideas in this robust collection, the reader is soon privy to a noble and notable vision of schooling in which mindfulness permeates the metaphorical walls of the school and all of its structural components: the curriculum, the instruction, and the reflective practices of those immersed in the vision." -- From the Foreword by Robin Fogarty "Art Costa has done more than anyone I can think of to advance the practical cause of more thoughtful education." -- David Perkins, Professor of Education

Long Description

""Within this robust collection, the reader is soon privy to a noble and notable vision of schooling in which mindfulness permeates the metaphorical walls of the school and all of its structural components: the curriculum, the instruction, and the reflective practices of those immersed in the vision.""?From the Foreword by Robin Fogarty""What is the next best thing to having the opportunity to be in one of Art Costa's presentations? It is clearly the opportunity to read and reread his work. He has a knack for making the theoretical understandable and the practical 'practice-able.'""?Bena Kallick, Educational Consultant""Art Costa has done more than anyone I can think of to advance the practical cause of more thoughtful education.""?David Perkins, Professor of EducationHarvard University"Create a culture where the process of thinking is the content of instruction!"This unique guide reflects the author's best and most recent research, theory, and practice for the teaching of thinking. Arthur L. Costa explains why educators need to integrate explicit thinking instruction into daily lessons, illustrates what the instruction of thinking looks like in the classroom, and identifies the curricular changes that can have the most positive impact. The text also examines: Curriculum mapping efforts that support the teaching of thinkingSpecific teaching behaviors that foster students' thinking processesCognitive coaching that encourages a high level of performanceMetacognitive mediations that connect immediate lessons to lifelong learning

Review Quote

"Within this robust collection, the reader is soon privy to a noble and notable vision of schooling in which mindfulness permeates the metaphorical walls of the school and all of its structural components: the curriculum, the instruction, and the reflective practices of those immersed in the vision."

Details ISBN1412950740 Author Arthur L. Costa Short Title SCHOOL AS A HOME FOR THE MI-2E Pages 259 Publisher Corwin Press Language English Edition 2nd ISBN-10 1412950740 ISBN-13 9781412950749 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 372.13 Illustrations Yes Year 2007 Publication Date 2007-10-31 Subtitle Creating Mindful Curriculum, Instruction, and Dialogue Country of Publication United States Replaces 9780932935335 Place of Publication Thousand Oaks Residence US Affiliation Professor Emeritus, California State University, Sacramento Institute Imprint SAGE Publications Inc DOI 10.1604/9781412950749 Audience Professional and Scholarly UK Release Date 2007-12-05 NZ Release Date 2007-12-05 US Release Date 2007-12-05 AU Release Date 2007-12-04 We've got this

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