Five Thoughts for a More Thought-full Curriculum - Arthur L. Costa, Ed.D.

Societal changes will require educators to develop individuals with the knowledge, problem-solving skills, cognitive processes, intellectual dispositions and habits of mind necessary to engage in lifelong learning. Students entering the second decade of this new millennium must be prepared with skills that enable them to think independently, to be self-initiating, self-modifying and self-directing. Educators will need to make learning and instruction more reflective, more complex and more relevant to society's and students' diverse needs and interests now and in the future. Longtime educator Arthur Costa will share his five components for building a more thought-full curriculum for a more thought-filled world.

Costa is a professor of education emeritus at California State University, Sacramento and co-founder of the Institute for Habits of Mind in Westport, Conn. He has served as a classroom teacher, a curriculum consultant, an assistant superintendent for instruction, 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 six of the seven continents.

Costa has written numerous articles for professional journals and books including Techniques for Teaching Thinking (with Larry Lowery) and Cognitive Coaching: A Foundation for Renaissance Schools (with Robert Garmston). He is author of The School as a Home for the Mind and editor of Developing Minds: A Resource Book for Teaching Thinking. He co-edited (with Rosemarie Liebmann) the Process as Content Trilogy and Learning and Leading with Habits of Mind (with Bena Kallick). Active in many professional organizations, Costa served as president of both the California and National Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

The annual Michael A. Moffitt Memorial Educational Leadership Lecture, made possible by Karla Lysdal-Moffitt, was established by the CLU School of Education in memory of educator Michael A. Moffitt who was passionate about teaching. Admission is free, but reservations are required.

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