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16 habits of mind

Art Costa and Bena Kallicks 16 habits of mind....

1. persisting
2. managing impulsivity
3. thinking and communicating with clarity and precision
4. thinking flexibility
5. striving for accuracy and precision
6. applying past knowledge to new situations
7. finding humour
8. responding with wonderment and awe
9. remaining open to continuous learning
10. thinking interdependently
11. listening with understanding and empathy
12. gathering data through all the senses
13. taking responsible risks
14. creating, imagining, innovating
15. questioning and posing problems
16. thinking about your thinking

HABITS OF MIND 
(After Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick, Habits of Mind: A Developmental Series, Copyright © 2000)  
The Habits of Mind are an identified set of 16 problem solving, life related skills, necessary to 
effectively operate in society and promote strategic reasoning, insightfulness, perseverance, 
creativity and craftsmanship.  The understanding and application of these 16 Habits of Mind serve to provide the individual with skills to work through real life situations that equip that person to respond using awareness (cues), thought, and intentional strategy in order to gain a positive outcome. 
1. Persisting: Sticking to task at hand; Follow through to completion; Can and do remain focused. 
2. Managing Impulsivity: Take time to consider options; Think before speaking or acting; Remain calm when stressed or challenged; Thoughtful and considerate of others; Proceed carefully. 
3. Listening with Understanding and Empathy: Pay attention to and do not dismiss another person's thoughts, feeling and ideas; Seek to put myself in the other person's shoes; Tell others when I can relate to what they are expressing; Hold thoughts at a distance in order to respect another person's point of view and feelings. 
4. Thinking Flexibly: Able to change perspective; Consider the input of others; Generate 
alternatives; Weigh options.  
5. Thinking about Thinking (Metacognition): Being aware of own thoughts, feelings, intentions and actions; Knowing what I do and say affects others; Willing to consider the impact of choices on myself and others. 
6. Striving for Accuracy: Check for errors; Measure at least twice; Nurture a desire for exactness, fidelity & craftsmanship. 
7. Questioning and Posing Problems: Ask myself, “How do I know?”; develop a questioning attitude; Consider what information is needed, choose strategies to get that information; Consider the obstacles needed to resolve. 
8. Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations: Use what is learned; Consider prior knowledge and experience; Apply knowledge beyond the situation in which it was learned. 
9. Thinking and Communicating with Clarity and Precision: Strive to be clear when speaking and writing; Strive be accurate to when speaking and writing; Avoid generalizations, distortions, minimizations and deletions when speaking, and writing. 
10.Gathering Data through All Senses: Stop to observe what I see; Listen to what I hear; Take note of what I smell; Taste what I am eating; Feel what I am touching.  
11.Creating, Imagining, Innovating: Think about how something might be done differently from the “norm”; Propose new ideas; Strive for originality; Consider novel suggestions others might make. 
12.Responding with Wonderment and Awe: Intrigued by the world's beauty, nature's power and vastness for the universe; Have regard for what is awe-inspiring and can touch my heart; Open to the little and big surprises in life I see others and myself. 
13.Taking Responsible Risks: Willing to try something new and different; Consider doing things that are safe and sane even though new to me; Face fear of making mistakes or of coming up short and don’t let this stop me. 
14.Finding Humour: Willing to laugh appropriately; Look for the whimsical, absurd, ironic and unexpected in life; Laugh at myself when I can. 
15.Thinking Interdependently: Willing to work with others and welcome their input and 
perspective; Abide by decisions the work group makes even if I disagree somewhat; Willing to learn from others in reciprocal situations. 
16.Remaining Open to Continuous Learning: Open to new experiences to learn from; Proud and humble enough to admit when don't know; Welcome new information on all subjects. 

picture i like

leadership

i like this picture.
leadership quotes that i like..
1 " innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower"....from steve jobs Apple co-founder.

which penguin is the leader??

2 "leaders instill in their people a hope for success and a belief in themselves.  positive leaders empower to accomplish their goals." ..unknown

smart bee

the bee shows preseverance, patience, tolerance, vitality, co-operation, loyalty, dependability and always gives its best when working towars a common goal

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that's my new car number. it's a nissan sylphy. for the first time i drove my new car to work this morning.

transformasi budaya : sms dari bos

catatan dari bos  pada 20/10/2011 8:35 malam

transformasi orang jepun oj berbanding orang kita ok
oj sikit-sikit kerja ok sikit kerja
oj sikit berbual ok sikit-sikit berbual
oj sikit-sikit baca ok sikit baca
oj sikit makan ok sikit-sikit makan
oj sikit-sikit berjaya ok sikit berjaya
fikirkan kata-kata antara sikit dan sikit-sikit yang positif dan negatif

put things in perspective

having a bad day at work shouldn't cause you and me to...

• lose sleep
• go off your food
• smoke more
• take drugs
• be more irritable
• get depressed
• get stressed
• etc etc etc

get a hobby, get a life
work to live, not live to work
dont take stuff home---learn to be assertive and say no
family first---spend time with them
it is just a job

a bit on moral

mentera dulu kala

orkid putih emak

putar ali jemala ali
putar alam jemala alam
putar alam dewa salam
putar ali jemala ali
putar alam jemala alam
asssalamualaikum hey malaikatku yang berempat
jibril mikaial izrafil izrail
engkau berempat berlima dengan kami
barangkata ku katakan
barang cincangku cincangkan
kata kat ti
seribu di kiriku
seribu di kananku
batu belah batu bertaup
disebelah Allah tiadaku takut
barangkata ku katakan
barang cincangku cincangkan
aku minta tolong jaga tubuh badan kami
dari mara seteru hantu dan syaitan
kun kata Allah fayakun kata muhammad
mara seteru tak boleh aniaya aku
nanti engkau dirosakkan Allah
bukan yang aku punya kata
berkat muhammad rasullulah

mamography

update:

yesterday i received the mamography result from the hospital. the findings impression found that there's  no mamographic evidence of malignancy. alhamdulilllah for the time being according to the result,  im free from breast cancer. the findings are : heterogenous density of breast parencyhma, no dominant mass, cluster of microcalcification or architectural distortion and no suspicious axillary lymphadenopathy.

ladies at health seminar

ppd sent me as a participant to this seminar at muar hospital. there are 10 teachers from different schools..
i'll write more later

update..nothing much to write. the doctors said..go for check-ups just to detect if your body is free from cancer such as breast cancer, cerviks cancer and osteoporosis

motivation is important

i was watching nick vijucic no arms and no legs video ad that leads me to read his story. after that i was surfing to other sites and found good quotes and stories..i like this one, it sound funny but it is a good one.

Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim to what I call the ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome. You must be willing to fire.

T. Boone Pickens

click here to see nick's website
click here to see more inspiring quotes

leadership

quotations on leadership from treasury of wit & wisdom :

1 the first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. the last is to say thank you. in between, the leader is a servant.

2 one of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognise a problem before it becomes an emergency

3 motivation is everything. you can do the work of two people, but you cant be two people. instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people

4 one person can be a change catalyst, a "transformer" in any situation, any organization. such an individual is yeast that can leaven an entire loaf. it requires vision, initiative, patience, respect, persistence,courage, and faith to be a transforming leader.

Muar Daerahku : Muar MyDistrict

yesterday i attended this mass briefing by the district officer (in yellow) tn hj mislan karmani on a campaign to keep muar clean. i wonder why malaysians seem do not like to have clean environment even in their own compund. the DO asked dr fauzi the muar hospital director show a demo on how to do brisk walk correctly. dr fauzi did the brisk walking infront of more than 700 head of departments present.....if i'm at dr fauzi's position, i dont think i'll do that..hehee..

learning is a life time process

credits to this two remaja bloggers..i learn a lot from them without their knowledge i think..hehee...inspiring me to write and have my own blog....
..quietly im a blogger now..
thank you dania. thank you ayesha.

http://iheart-papercranes.blogspot.com/
http://ash-noboundaries.blogspot.com/

Tired and Bored

im bored and tired..i slept all afternoon.

kita hebat jika....

kita hebat jika dapat :
1 kawal diri semasa gembira
2 kawal diri semasa marah
3 kawal diri ketika syhawat
4 yakin pada Allah

Untungnya jadi cikgu 2

i can smile a bit today because some of my ex-students promise to donate some cash to buy a pc for my school..alhamdulillah..but still waiting for it to materialise..insyaAllah..