© 2009 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill Recognizing How You Learn, Who You Are, and What You Value Chapter 3

© 2009 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill Discovering Your Learning Styles Learning styles –How we acquire and use knowledge –Many different methods –What is your preferred receptive learning style? Read/write style Visual/graphic style Auditory verbal style Tactile/kinesthetic style

© 2009 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill Discovering your Learning Styles Theory of Multiple Intelligences – How are you smart? –Logical-mathematical Problem solving and scientific thinking –Linguistic intelligence Production and use of language –Spatial intelligence Spatial configurations, such as those used by artists and architects –Interpersonal intelligence Interacting with others and a sensitivity to moods, temperaments, motivations of others

© 2009 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill Discovering Your Learning Styles Theory of multiple intelligences – How are you smart? –Intrapersonal intelligence Strong understanding of the internal aspects of oneself and access to emotions –Musical intelligence Skills related to music –Bodily kinesthetic intelligence Skill in using the body in the solution of problems – dancers, athletes, actor, surgeon –Naturalist intelligence Skills in identifying and classifying patterns in nature

© 2009 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill Personality Styles Four major personality dimensions –Most of us fall between the end points of each dimension –Introverts vs. extroverts –Intuitors vs. sensors –Thinkers vs. feelers –Perceivers and judgers

© 2009 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill The Origins of our Learning Styles Left-brain processing –Verbal competence (reading, speaking, thinking, and reasoning) –Information is processed sequentially Right-brain processing –Nonverbal competence (spatial relationships, recognition of patterns and drawings, music, and emotional expression) –Information processed globally

© 2009 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill The Origins of our Learning Styles You have a variety of styles Your style reflects your preferences you like to use Your style will change throughout your life You should work on using less- preferred styles Work cooperatively with others who have different styles

© 2009 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill Self-Concept: “Who Am I?” Self-concept has 3 parts: –Our physical self – how we look, and our opinion of our physical self –Our social self– they roles we play in our lives. Each are an important part of who we are –Our self-concept contains our personal self, our inner core – contains our innermost thoughts and experiences

© 2009 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill Self Concept and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies Self-fulfilling prophecy – how our beliefs and expectations effect our behavior To get a clearer picture of who you are: –Examine the roles you play –Identify your strengths and weaknesses –Construct your own definition of who you are –Accept your entire self-concept

© 2009 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill Self-Esteem: Building a Positive View of Yourself Self-esteem is the overall evaluation we give ourselves as individuals People with high self-esteem are generally happier and cope better Self-efficacy – the expectation that you are capable of achieving goals Low self-esteem can produce a cycle of failure

© 2009 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill Breaking the Self-Esteem Cycle of Failure Accept who you are Accept that everyone has value and self-worth Distinguish the different parts of who you are Don’t be dependent upon others’ praise Building self-esteem is a life-long undertaking

© 2009 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill Preparing a Personal Mission Statement Prepare –Identify your values Organize –Impose order on what motivates you –Understand Maslow’s hierarchy of needs (insert Maslow’s pyramid here)

© 2009 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill Preparing a Personal Mission Statement Work –Move from our abstract values and motivational needs to concrete and specific goals –Summarize your most important values and needs –Consider what you want your major outcome to be –Reflect on the kind of person you want to be

© 2009 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill Preparing a Personal Mission Statement Evaluate –Does your personal mission statement reflect who you are? –Does it take a long-term view? –Is it general enough? Rethink –Your personal mission statement is a living document –It changes as your goals become clearer –Periodically revisit your mission statement