Examine the presentations of:
Attribution Theory (Holwerda)
Social Intelligence (Najjar)
Habits of Mind (Lange) (Bruce’s last slide is #60).
Respond to these prompts:
a) Tell us how you have seen a strong educator in your experience leverage one of these theories to affect student learning?
b) Which of these do you see being most applicable in BOTH your professional and personal lives?
I’ve seen social intelligence modeled by several educators in a way that impacted me positively. The characteristics of clarity, presence, awareness, authenticity, & empathy are all positive influences on students. When an educator is authentic, presence and awareness usually follow suit. I think clarity and empathy can be even more challenging but effective educators find a way to blend all together.
ReplyDeleteAttribution theory is something that I feel in some ways I already practice. By being more aware of my own motivations and attitudes I can have a better appreciation for the things I can control and those I cannot. I still struggle with that, this research was interesting because it highlighted that people generally believe they are choosing what is best for them. I also read “true motivation comes from intrinsic values such as respect, recognition and being challenged, not from extensive things like money” which is the way I want to live my life.
I had a math teacher in high school that reacted to the attribution theory. She would shut down incorrect or negative attributes that students would create in a positive way. She has a gift that allowed her to understand how students were feeling when they made these incorrect attributes. I believe this is important to increase student motivation and make sure they are attributing or "blaming" the right things.
ReplyDeleteI could use the social intelligence in both my professional and personal life. I am somewhat withdrawn with my thoughts and ideas. If I were able to convey my thoughts when interacting with students and other people, I believe I could create connections and positive impacts for myself and others. There are some people that just have social intelligence, and some that know how and don't. I believe I fit in the latter, because I can be really social and create an authentic presence when I put myself out there. As a teacher, I should do that more often.
a)I can imagine that most of my better science teachers have used some for of Habits of Mind. It seems to lend itself scientific method, questioning, hypothesis, and more upper level thinking. It lends itself to using patterned behaviors that work toward a specific result.
ReplyDeleteb)I think that I have successfully used social intellegence in my work and personal lives. With my job especially I have developed a high degree of understanding of people (in all different walks of life and can comfortably interact with differing groups. I also have developed a social knack or ability to have seemingly complete strangers befriend me, and then encourage them to cooperate with me.
The teacher/coach leveraged the 'Attribution Theory' by building our self-esteem which resulted in him being able to be more challenging in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteHabits of Mind would greatly apply to my prof. and pers. life. It can be applied to every decision, thought, and to my awareness of every second that goes by. By tapping in to 'Intellectual behavior' that would lead to 'Powerful Results' I could have the power to be successful in all areas of my life.
a) I feel that strong educators have high social intelligence. In order to teach you have to be able to build relationships, captivate interest, read and recognize other people’s emotional states. Teacher and student is a relationship that requires good interaction and awareness all of which is accompanied with social intelligence.
ReplyDeleteb) I think the attribution theory is applicable in life. One needs to be able to access things objectively. Am I in this situation because of something I did, or was it dumb luck? Am I calling it bad luck because I don't want to take responsibility for it? Am I inflicting un-deserving guilt on myself?
a)I observed an educator deal use the Attribution Theory with a young student in her class. He was known to immediately hold up his hand or verbally ask the teacher for help as soon as he encountered anything that was not common knowledge to him or he felt unsure about. This immediate plea for help came from encounters with other teachers who over helped. The educator I observed made a deal with him to take two minutes and try and find the answer himself. He received praise when he achieved the answer himself. It worked!
ReplyDeleteb) Habits of Mind would be most applicable in my personal and professional life
I think social intelligence was best demostrated by one of my college professor in my business class. He had a way of being able to understand the individual students after the first class period, with everone cooperating together.
ReplyDeleteSocial intelligence is what I could probably use the most of in both my personal and professional life. I need to better communicate with people especially in written communications coming from me.
I believe we are all habitual beings. This is a basic survival instinct as well as a learning instinct. Habits are taught and learned. Many teachers that I have observed have a habit or system to pushing their lesson plan through. They are good with it it and believe in it. If it ain't broke-don't fix it! I think I will fall into a "habit"! I just hope I can get out of if it if the situation warrents it!
ReplyDeletekim I like that idea of asking the student to try again, expressing that you believe he is able to do it
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ReplyDeletea) I had a college professor that introduced the Habits of Mind to the class. She wanted each of us to be more self-aware, so she had us pinpoint each time we found ourselves doing one of the 16 habits. It was interesting to see how weeks later students would still point out to each other when they were thinking about thinking or persisting. It allowed each of us to see where our greatest tendencies were and where we could strive to be more intentional.
ReplyDeleteb) Hands down, social intelligence is most applicable in my life. Having lived in 3 states in the past 5 years, social interaction and reading people has been a necessary part of meeting people in each new place. My work over the past 5 years has also been such that I think my social intelligence has increased. I used to work with a Christian children's camp where I had to convince the kids to cooperate with me. During the year, I spent time attending conferences to get information about our camps to children's ministers. Again, this stretched me to sharpen my communication skills and also be able to read them regarding their interest or needs, etc.
A) I saw one of the teachers I observed using this theory to motivate students in achieving their success. She used a lot of verbal praise (such as: “You are brilliant”, “You are smart”, “You can I know you can”. The students could attribute their “Why” answers for their success on their ability to answer the questions, on their effort to try, on their happiness (if the teacher transmits happiness, students will fell that energy), knowledge, on help from the teacher, interest, and clarity in instructions.
ReplyDeleteB)The Attribution Theory: First, I want my students to succeed. Then, it is my job to help them in whatever I can. However, I need to be careful not to “over help”them because it will limit their creativity, their thinking skills, and the feeling of achieving their goals on their own.