by Terry Heick
The distinction between college students and learners is a vital one.
On the floor it’s a matter of tone and compliance, however it additionally has to do with function–why are they studying? How a lot of themselves are invested within the course of? And does it result in private change, or mere efficiency?
So under are 32 habits–or methods, actions, or behaviors–that may result in that essential shift that strikes college students from mere college students to learners who’re in a position to suppose critically for themselves.
Key themes? Endurance, scale, and perspective.
32 Habits That Make Thinkers
1. Doesn’t at all times search to please others
2. Is a charismatic listener
3. Can study from something
4. Asks ‘Why?’ (nearly annoyingly)
5. Is snug with uncertainty
6. Writes for their very own understanding, not efficiency
7. Values questions over solutions (see Why Questions Are Extra Essential Than Solutions)
8. Makes use of extensively various ‘considering methods,’ connecting this to that, right here to there, then and now, earlier than and after, and many others.
9. Makes use of divergent and/or lateral considering
10. Can transfer forwards and backwards from micro to macro considering
11. Reads for pleasure
12. Seems to be for patterns
13. Formally and informally see and (formally and informally) research the nuance of issues
14. Sees each state of affairs as one thing new, as a result of it is one thing new
15. Asks what they’re lacking or haven’t thought-about
16. Playfully reframes and/or improves questions (see question-based studying)
17. Relates humility to studying, and vice-versa (see additionally How To Educate For Information By means of Humility)
18. Can immediately separate reality from opinion
19. Resists affirmation bias (i.e., they as a substitute analyze then draw conclusions)
20. Thinks independently, prepared to be improper (doesn’t immediately observe crowds, fashionable concepts, traits, and many others.)
21. Articulates their very own considering with out prompting (usually creatively)
22. Designs studying pathways effortlessly–they only go (see our Self-Directed Studying Mannequin)
23. Socializes considering for collaboration somewhat than approval
24. Sees studying as inseparable from doing–and residing
25. Displays for evaluation somewhat than judgment
26. Makes use of emotion to actuate their mind
27. Sees conditions from a number of views
28. Performs with concepts (with out being advised–see additionally Studying By means of Play.
29. Can suppose with simplicity about complexity, and with complexity about simplicity (see the 6 Domains For Cognition: The Heick Studying Taxonomy)
30. Demonstrates an insatiable curiosity for one thing (could not at all times be what’s tutorial or handy)
31. Seeks to be each rational and ridiculous of their considering
32. Exhibits persistence (by ‘dwelling with’ questions, texts, or issues)
Bonus
33. Finds the complexity inside the mundane
