Got Personality?

Using Personality Type to Improve Teaching and Learning

Dr. Marsha Fralick

Ice Breaker

Think, Pair, Share

Introduce yourself.

Where are you from?

If I were to visit your city, what is one place I should make sure to see?

Going Green! Additional handouts are located at: http://www.collegesuccess1.com/Conferences.htm

Overview • • • • Course description and results Personality type • • Exercises How does it affect teaching and learning?

7 minute demo Resources for faculty

Cuyamaca College El Cajon, CA

Personal Development 124, Lifelong Success • 8000 students enrolled in college • 1600 take PDC 124 each year • One of the top 15 revenue producing programs for the college • 56 sections a year

College Success Course • • • 3 units Transfers to four year universities One of the top 15 revenue producing programs in the college

Key Theme • Personality Type • What is your type?

• How does it affect your teaching style • How does it affect learning in the classroom? • How does it affect career choice and motivation?

Broad Scope • College success • Career success • Lifelong success

College Success • • • • • Motivation Time and Money Memory and Reading Test Taking Taking Notes, Writing and Speaking

Job Jar Activity

Career Success • • • • Personality and Related Majors Learning Style and Intelligence Interests and Values Career and Educational Planning

Lifelong Success • • • • • • Communication and Relationships Critical and Creative Thinking Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle Appreciating Diversity Positive Thinking Life Stages

The most significant finding is increased persistence.

Persistence • • Students who return the next semester Approximately half of community college students nationwide do not persist after the first semester

College Persistence Semester to Semester 5 Year Average at Cuyamaca College • • All successful PDC students 89% All students 63% A 26% improvement!

•Key theme throughout course •Carl Jung and personality type Online:

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 How does it affect career choice?

How does it affect teaching and learning?

Talkers and Listeners Think, Pair, Share • •

Talker

How can I develop my listening skills?

How can I help listeners talk more?

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Listener

How can I develop my talking skills?

How can I help talkers listen 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 career choice?

How does it affect teaching and learning?

Self-Assessment How we make decisions T _____________________________|___________________________ F Thinking Feeling How does it affect career choice?

How does it affect teaching and learning?

Self-Assessment Whether we prefer to live in a more structured or spontaneous way J _____________________________|_____________________________ P Judging Perceiving How does it affect career choice?

How does it affect teaching and learning?

J and P Exercise: • Where do you stand?

• I can play anytime • I have to finish my work before I play

Using Technology to Integrate Personality Type into the College Success Course

7 MINUTE DEMO

College Success 1 • Resources for faculty and students http://www.collegesuccess1.com/ Conferences

What is • Something you learned?

• Something you found useful?

• Questions?

• Discussion • Evaluation