An interesting book for teachers, administrators and parents: "Classroom Habitudes" by Angela Maiers

After reading this title I'm sure you are wondering just what a "Habitude" is?  Well, it's a combination of habits and attitudes.  In this book, the author, who is also a teacher, talks about why these "habitudes" need to be taught in the classroom. Here's what she says in her blog:

"Why do we need to teach Habitudes?
As a classroom teacher, I spend many years checking off lists the skills my students needed to be successful. Yet, I wonder, is the checklist we operate from, our scope and sequence of traditional; skills and lessons, enough for our students to invent, create, collaborate, and solve their own problems?
And we need to start teaching them in the classroom…now!"

This book explores "the behaviors, habits and attitudes that we know with conviction, will ensure our students for success both inside and outside our classroom walls."  Not only can these "habitudes" help students in our schools, but many of these "habitudes" can cross over into everyday life and into the business world.

Six of the "habitudes" Maiers focusses on in her book are: 

• Imagination
• Curiosity
• Perseverance
• Self Awareness
• Courage
• Adaptability

Learn more about the author and her educational insights at: Angela Maiers.

And if you would like to listen to Angela Maiers' Tedx Talk titled "You Matter" click here.