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Employing "Habits of Mind" requires a composite of many skills, attitudes cues, past experiences and proclivities.  It means that we value one pattern of thinking over another and therefore it implies choice making about which pattern should be employed at this time.  It includes sensitivity to the contextual cues in a situation which signal this as an appropriate time and circumstance in which the employment of this pattern would be useful

The project was called 'Cause We Care' - a pun I thought particularly witty, since the Driving Question was 'How can we raise awareness in our local community about a charity or cause we feel passionately about?' Whilst I did develop the driving question the students were responsible for the following: deciding on team members and team name, selecting a charity/cause to focus on, their investigation sources and mode of sharing findings (focus questions can be on this document: Cause We Care), the products to demonstrate research, raise awareness and legitimate contribution to cause/charity, their presentation of learning, including sharing learning with experts, defending ideas and celebrating their chosen charity, the Habits of Mind to master for the duration of the project and the outcomes from the Stage 5 English Syllabus they will master during the project ( I gave them a list of the 11 outcomes and the related dot-points, was an eye-opening experience for them!).