The German philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Leibniz said: “There are no two identical leaves in the world.” In a classroom, we can not two students have same personality; since everybody is different, and each student has their “personality preference.” Students are most comfortable when they can use their preferences, it can hamper their learning. Students whose learning styles are compatible with the teaching styles of a teacher tend to retain information longer, apply it more effectively, learn more, and have a more positive attitude toward the course and school in general. Thus, teaching students according to their personality preferences in the classroom becomes very important.
In the textbook, we can see that the type theory holds that people gain energy through either Extraversion or Introversion. At school, students with a preference for Extraversion learn by doing, like to think out loud and like to learn together. Students with a preference for Introversion need to think everything through, and they are private beings.
On my opinion, the ideal classroom environments for extraverts: learn through classroom discussions, or when working with another student. For extraverted learner, we need to find a way that encourage them to be “active” in the classroom while prevent the misbehaviour. Also, we can promote more positive behaviour in front of them instead of showing children the negative examples. The ideal classroom environments for introverts: “Introverts excel when they can work independently with their own thoughts, through listening, observing, reading, writing, and independent lab work.” We need to give them enough time to answer the questions. They need instructions from teacher, and they need to process information at their own pace. They are more comfortable if they are not required to speak in class but are allowed to voluntarily contribute.
P.S.
There’s a website about the different kinds of personality, if anybody interested in it, please feel free to click on it --> http://www.personalitypage.com/html/relationships.html
2 comments:
Thanks for the link, Tina
Collaborating with different learning types begins after getting to know our students better. Interpreting and classifying behaviours of children and students, especially at a young age, can be difficult because students do not necessarily possess all traits from one personality type as, “There are no two identical leaves in the world.”; students show different learning types in different environments.
A part of being a good teacher as Lorna stated in class, it is important to have a sense of awareness, observation, and to listen deeply. In order to make collaborating different learning types effective, we need to take the extra time to learn by observing. Making adjustments not only for the dominant specific learning types in our classroom and for those who need help the most, but also incorporating aspects of the other learning styles can be effective to the class as a whole.
Side note: When there are multiple misbehaviours occurring with a child, these behaviours may seem overwhelming to deal with them all at once, so it is best if we try to tackle one at a time. During our large group discussion, I really liked how group 1 suggested to reinforce the needs and exertion of power and attention of the bully in a positive way; in the end the child is exercising their behaviour, but in a beneficial and contributive way to the classroom.
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