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Exploring Career Decisions
UNITA: Who Am I and What Can I Become? 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.
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Who am I and what can I become?
Understanding your personality and identifying your learning style What makes you who you are? What makes you unique? How do you think and learn best? 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.
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You’ve got personality!
Personality can be categorized by your: Actions – Helpful, playful, charming… Feelings – Happy, sad, glad… Habits – talk fast when nervous, twirl hair when thinking.. Thoughts – wishful, positive, negative….. What are some other examples? Personality is the traits that make a person unique. 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.
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1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.
How do you learn best? Reading Writing Doing Hearing Alone In groups With music Without noise With pictures and graphs By teaching others 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.
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1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.
Verbal/Linguistic Definition Verbal/Linguistic – related to words and language Characteristics Likes to read books and tell stories Listens to and gives oral presentations Communicates through written and oral messages Likes discussions and debates Likes to explain things Good at memorizing names and dates How does this person learn best? Saying, hearing, and seeing words 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.
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Logical/Mathematical
Definition Logical/Mathematical – reasoned, precise, accurate Characteristics Likes to ask questions and conduct experiments Likes to work with numbers Likes to explore patterns and relationships Good at math, problem solving, and reasoning Likes to solve puzzles and problems How does this person learn best? Categorizing, classifying, and working with patterns and relationships 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.
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1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.
Bodily/Kinesthetic Definition Physical activity and movement and awareness through sensory perception – hearing, seeing, smelling, feeling Characteristics Likes to move around, touch, talk, and use body language Good at sports, dancing, gymnastics, crafts, and hands-on activities How does this person learn best? By touching, moving, interacting with space and processing knowledge through bodily sensations By interacting with people 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.
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1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.
Visual/Spatial Definition Mental images, seeing, sight Characteristics Likes to draw, build, design, and create Daydreamer and imaginative Watches movies and plays computer games Good at sensing changes Good at puzzles and mazes and reading charts and graphs How does this person learn best? By visualizing, dreaming, and using colors and pictures 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.
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1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.
Musical/Rhythmic Definition Sound arranged in patterns, tone, and pitch through music, poetry, color, painting, and photography Characteristics Likes to sing, hum tunes, listen to music, play an instrument Good at picking up sounds, remembering melodies, noticing pitches, rhythms, and patterns, and keeping time Good at keeping time How does this person learn best? Through rhythm, melody, and music 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.
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1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.
Interpersonal Definition Related to relationships with other people Characteristics Has lots of friends, likes to talk and join groups Good at understanding people Good at communicating, leading,and organizing Good at mediation (resolving conflict) How does this person learn best? Sharing with others, collaborative groups, comparing, cooperating, and teaching others 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.
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Intrapersonal Definition Within self Characteristics Likes to work alone and pursue interests at own pace Reflective and self-aware Follows instincts to learn what needs to be known Original Focus on personal feelings How does this person learn best? Working alone, individualized projects, independent study, and self-paced instruction 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.
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1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.
Naturalistic Definition Related to nature and the environment Characteristics Likes to work outside and spend time outdoors Enjoys geography, weather, learning about the environment Good at categorizing, organizing, planning, identifying plants and animals, and at hearing and seeing connections to nature Interested in preservation and conservation Likes to work with animals, plants, and other parts of the natural environment How does this person learn best? By studying nature’s patterns, such as erosion and climate, learning how things work, and cause and effect relationships 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.
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