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How To Teach Me
Self-Aware Student
Teaching Strategies For Me 01
How best to teach this student
Teaching Strategies for Angela
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Create diverse assignments, variety, choice, change and personalised support.
- Try to anticipate problem areas and point out clearly how to avoid them. Be very specific, especially with practical details.
- Opportunities to use any of the performing arts will be welcome. Role play and dramatizations work well.
- Peer tutoring satisfies Angela's need to connect with others and consolidates the learning in her own mind.
- Working in groups is usually energising. Incompatibility of styles may cause frustration and stress if there is conflict.
- Be prepared for many deviations from the topic or the task. With firm, fair and friendly guidance Angela can get back on track.
- Avoid drill, repetition and rote learning. Studying the basics may be necessary but can seem dull when Angela considers other options.
Teaching Strategies For Me Authors
Original work by:
Sue Blair
Mary Anne Sutherland
© Step Research Corporation
Tips for Teaching Me 02
How best to teach this student
Teaching Angela Tips
Teaching Enthusiastic Students:
- Provide verbal as well as written feedback
- Expect a 'do first, think later' approach
- Let students talk to gain clarity and learn
- Expect a concentration level that is age appropriate
- Create a balance of oral, written and active learning
Teaching Imaginative Students:
- Set boundaries but allow for some deviation
- Advocate proof reading to minimise inaccuracies
- Find multiple ways to teach the same thing
- Encourage expression in a variety of forms
- Provide non-sequential learning options
Teaching Warm Students:
- Create a positive personal connection
- Provide motivational feedback frequently
- Acknowledge contributions with sincerity
- Allow learning with friendship groups
- Expect requests for validation of work
Teaching Spontaneous Students:
- Create opportunities for personalised exploration
- Praise an ability to produce results under pressure
- Have multiple small deadlines
- Expect learning to progress in bursts and lulls
- Avoid too much repetition
Tips for Teaching Me Authors
Original work by:
Sue Blair
Mary Anne Sutherland
© Step Research Corporation
Teacher Personal Connection I Prefer 03
How best to teach this student
Personal Connection With Teachers
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It is imperative Angela feel valued and liked. Build a relationship with her before asking her to adjust her work or behaviour.
- Point out flaws in a 'good news sandwich'. Praise first, then correct, then praise again.
- Angela may challenge authority without malice. She just sees many other options and is compelled to follow her train of thought.
- Expect Angela will need help with self-regulation, particularly staying on task, completing assignments and being on time.
- She is deeply affected by criticism, sarcasm and negativity.
- Angela picks up on nuance of tone, facial expression and body language. She may infer negative implications incorrectly.
Teacher Personal Connection I Prefer Authors
Original work by:
Sue Blair
Mary Anne Sutherland
© Step Research Corporation
Key Issues For Teaching Me 04
How best to teach this student
Teaching Angela Key Issues:
Enthusiastic Student Key Issues:
Noise control and distractibility
- Channel extraverts energy by giving active roles
- Provide a means to write down questions or responses to avoid interrupting
- Set clear boundaries and expectations on where and when discussion happens
- Build in external stimulation and interactions
Imaginative Student Key Issues:
Imagination and possibilities
- Whenever possible offer choice
- Learners may miss details in pursuit of novelty
- Boredom is an issue when repetition is demanded
- Try to be patient with consistent alternative thinking
- Engage imaginative minds with problems to solve
Warm Student Key Issues:
Connection and self-worth
- When a learner is overwhelmed try to build confidence by offering support
- Learners will work well when they feel appreciated
- Ask questions that show personal interest
- Create a sense of belonging to the learning group
- Acknowledge their loyalty
Spontaneous Student Key Issues:
Adaptability and freedom
- Offer choice within reasonable boundaries
- Value the 'work is play' ethic
- Offer variety in activities and movement
- May frequently lose track of time
- Be attentive to learners boredom threshold and provide alternative activities
Key Issues For Teaching Me Authors
Original work by:
Sue Blair
Mary Anne Sutherland
© Step Research Corporation
Cautions For Teaching Me 05
How best to teach this student
Teaching Angela Cautions
Enthusiastic Student Cautions:
- Too much quiet time is demotivating and exhausting
- Ideas may appear muddled as learners talk to clarify
- Require regular change of activity to avoid boredom
- Adept verbal skills may indicate more confidence and competence than exists
- Enthusiasm and energy can be misinterpreted and criticised, leading to tuning out or acting out
Imaginative Student Cautions:
- Learners can be upset when work produced fails to meet their vision or dream
- They may display unexpected ability with complex issues and difficulty with learning the basics
- Once a concept is understood they often move on, despite the fact the work may not be finished
Warm Student Cautions:
- Praise often; saying nothing is seen as criticism
- Personal circumstances, either good or bad, strongly influence learning
- Show understanding and concern when learners are upset
- Efforts to please will diminish if learners feel the teacher is inauthentic, misleading or bad tempered
Spontaneous Student Cautions:
- The drive to experience trumps the need to complete
- The best work is done when pressure-prompted
- Teach timing rather than lecture on responsibility
- Aim to provide a flexible educational experience
- Many things may get left or lost; try not to sweat the small stuff
Cautions For Teaching Me Authors
Original work by:
Sue Blair
Mary Anne Sutherland
© Step Research Corporation