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= Welcome! Let's Get Together, Yeah, Yeah,Yeah: Rapport, collaboration, cooperation, and friendship = =﻿ Please join me for an online book study of __Intellectual Character: What it is, Why it matters, How to get it.__ by Ron Ritchhart. = =﻿      =  What does it really mean to be intelligent? Ron Ritchhart presents a new and powerful view of intelligence that moves beyond ability, to focus on cognitive dispositions such as curiosity, skepticism, and open mindedness. Arguing persuasively for this new conception of intelligence, the author uses vivid classroom vignettes to explore the foundations of intellectual character and describe how teachers can enculturate productive patterns of thinking in their students. Intellectual Character presents illustrative, inspiring stories of exemplary teachers to help show how intellectual traits and thinking dispositions can be developed and cultivated in students to promote successful learning. This vital book provides a model of authentic and powerful teaching and offers practical strategies for creating classroom environments that support thinking.

"In Intellectual Character, Ritchhart introduces the concept of intellectual character and explores how a "dispositional" view of intel [|...more]

[|Education Book Review for Intellectual Character]

[|Bio of Ron Ritchhart]

We will begin our discussion on 11 October. Each Monday morning I will post a topic or threadline for discussion. This thread will come from consecutive chapters of the book or from our previous postings.

The book study will run until 10 of December, our rapport, collaboration and friendship will continue.