Transcript Excellence in Teaching: Improve your Teaching by Understanding Learning Style and Personality Types Dr.

Excellence in Teaching:
Improve your Teaching by
Understanding Learning Style
and Personality Types
Dr. Marsha Fralick
Going Green! Handouts are located at:
http://www.collegesuccess1.com/Conferences.htm
Overview
• Personality type
– How does it affect teaching and
learning?
– Exercises
– Learn about yourself and the different
types of learners in your classes
– How can you help your students?
• Learning style
– Including all learners
Carl Jung 1875-1961
• We are born with natural preferences
which we develop over a lifetime.
• There are no good or bad types.
• Each type has their own unique gifts
and talents.
• Exercise: What is a preference?
Begin Self-Assessment
How we interact with the world and where we place our energy
E_____________________________|____________________________I
Extraversion
Introversion
Introvert or Extravert
• How does it affect teaching?
• How does it affect learning?
Talkers and Listeners
Talker
Listener
• How do I know that I am • How do I know that I am
a listener?
a talker?
• How can I develop my • How can I develop my
talking skills?
listening skills?
• How can I help listeners • How can I help talkers
listen more?
talk more?
Self-Assessment
The kind of information we naturally notice and remember
S_____________________________|___________________________N
Sensing
Intuition
By Ian Jackson
Sensing or Intuitive
• How does it affect teaching?
• How does it affect learning?
• Do your assignments fit both types?
Self-Assessment
How we make decisions
T_____________________________|___________________________F
Thinking
Feeling
Thinking or Feeling
• How does it affect teaching?
• How does it affect learning?
How can you meet the needs of both feeling
and thinking types in your classroom?
Self-Assessment
Whether we prefer to live in a more structured or spontaneous way
J_____________________________|_____________________________P
Judging
Perceiving
Judging or Perceptive
• Remember judging is orderly and
organized
• Perceptive is spontaneous and go with
the flow
• How does it affect teaching?
• How does it affect learning?
J and P Exercise:
• Where do you stand?
– I can play anytime
– I have to finish my work before I play
The Learning Style Quiz
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Audio
Visual
Kinesthetic
Other factors
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Light
Temperature
Time of Day
Alone/Group
Structure
Motivation
Learning Style
The Paper Airplane Exercise
College Success 1
• Resources for faculty and students
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Click on Conferences
What is
• Something you learned?
• Something you found useful?