Using Personality Type to Improve Teaching and Learning 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

Overview Course description and results Personality type 7 minute demo 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

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

Personality 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 How can I develop my listening skills? How can I help listeners talk more? How can I develop my talking skills? How can I help talkers listen more?

The kind of information we naturally notice and remember 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?

Whether we prefer to live in a more structured or spontaneous way 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

7 Minute Demo 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