Teaching the FSU Student Or, “Being the teacher that students never forget”

Many teachers have taught me soon forgotten things but only a few created in me a new direction, a new hunger, a new attitude. I suppose to a large extent I am the unsigned manuscript of that teacher. -John Steinbeck, “A Former Teacher”

1.it’s what students both need and want 2.it’s the only way to really teach well 3.it helps with tenure and promotion

1.it’s what students both need and want

Students recognize their state, and are open to change They may give up or feel overwhelmed They may react by appearing ‘knowing’

They don’t know what they want, sometimes because they don’t yet know who they are.

2. it’s the only way to really teach well

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Hhqui.wordpress.com I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. -Maya Angelou

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Everything you want is on the other side of fear. -Jack Canfield, The Success Principles

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Extrinsic motivation threat of a bad grade. Intrinsic motivation learning for the satisfaction it gives or the ability to help others.

All learning has an emotional base. -Plato

Personal growth and understanding require the heat of emotion. – Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow as quoted by Heidi Cullen

Give students control over their own learning- make them a partner. Prep them to rise to the occasion: They need to expect that we will expect a lot out of them Give permission to fail and to experiment Value persistence

Asking-- they are asking the questions Caring—about answers to life, caring for others Focusing-- able to filter out noise Preparing-- to adjust their frameworks of understanding Feeling-- intelligent when they are studying something and do not yet understand

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3. It really helps with tenure and promotion

Your student evaluation scores will be great Your activities will be a accurate reflection of who you are You will stay motivated and passionate You will be true to yourself