Introverts,ExtrovertsandAmbivertsintheClassroom

RobRyderMichaelPopowits

TheTLCVert-shop:

PossibleAgenda

•  VertQuiz•  Verteffectsonourteaching•  Verteffectsonourstudents•  FreeTraitTheory•  ClassroomSetups•  HowmuchdoweandshouldweconsidertheconstructofIntro/Extroversion?

•  Aredifferentdisciplinesmore/lesseffectedbyVertbehavior?

•  Teachingstrategies

Introvert/ExtrovertQuiz

•  Answereachques-on“true”or“false”,choosingtheanswerthatappliestoyoumost.

Introvert/ExtrovertQuiz

1.Ipreferone-on-oneconversaMonstogroupacMviMes.2.IoOenprefertoexpressmyselfinwriMng.3.Ienjoysolitude.4.Iseemtocarelessthanmypeersaboutwealth,fameandstatus.5.Idislikesmalltalk,butIenjoytalkingindepthabouttopicsthatmaUertome.

Introvert/ExtrovertQuiz

6.PeopletellmethatI’magoodlistener.7.I’mnotabigrisk-taker.8.Ienjoyworkthatallowmeto“divein”withfewinterrupMons.9.Iliketocelebratebirthdaysonasmallscale,withonlyoneortwoclosefriendsorfamilymembers.10.Peopledescribemea“soO-spoken”or“mellow”.

Introvert/ExtrovertQuiz

11.IprefernottoshowordiscussmyworkwithothersunMlit’sfinished.12.Idislikeconflict.13.Idomybestworkonmyown.14.ItendtothinkbeforeIspeak.15.IfeeldrainedaOerbeingoutandabout,evenifI’veenjoyedmyself.

Introvert/ExtrovertQuiz

16.IoOenletcallsgothroughtovoicemail.17.IfIhadtochoose,I’dpreferaweekendwithabsolutelynothingtodotoonewithtoomanythingsscheduled.18.Idon’tenjoymulMtasking.19.Icanconcentrateeasily.20.InclassroomsituaMons,Ipreferlecturestoseminars.

Introvert/ExtrovertQuiz

•  Howmany“true”answers?

20 0

Introvert Extrovert

Shynessvs.Introversion

Shyness=“thefearofsocialdisapprovalor humiliaMon”= negaMveconnotaMonsinsociety

Introversion= “apreferenceforenvironments thatarenotoversMmulaMng”* = negaMveconnotaMons? = contemplaMve

*Cain,p.12

Extro-vs.Introversion

=acMvevs.contemplaMveapproaches?Introversion“concentratesthemindonthetasksinhand,andpreventsthedissipaMonofenergyonsocialandsexualmaUersunrelatedtowork.”(CainciMngHansEysenck,74)

“DeliberatePracCce”(AndersEricsson,TheTalentCode)

YourIdealClassroomSetup

GroupsareDrugs

Whygroupbrainstormingfails:1.Socialloafing

2.Produc-onblocking3.Evalua-onapprehension*

*Cain,pp.89-94

TheFreeTraitTheory

•  BrianLiUle(pyschologylecturer,3MTeachingFellow)

•  “person-situaMon”debate:–  Personalists=Hippocrates,Milton,Shopenhauer,Jung–  SituaMonalists=Goffman,ThePresenta-onofSelfinEverydayLife

•  FreeTraittheory=wearebornwithpersonalitytraits,butactoutofcharacterfor“corepersonalprojects”

CorePersonalProjects

•  NotalwayseasytoidenMfy

•  Cain’ssuggesMons:1.  Whatdidyoulovetodoasachild?2.  Whatkindofworkyougravitateto?3.  What/Whodoyouenvy?

TheFreeTraitAgreement

•  “RestoraMveniches”(notjustforintroverts!)

•  TheFTA:What?Anacknowledgementthat“wewillactoutofcharacterforsomeoftheMme—inexchangeforbeingourselvestherestoftheMme.”(Cain221)Withwhom?Anagreementwithourselves.

AcMveLearningStrategies

•  UsestudyquesMonsandhavestudentsquizeachother

•  Shortquizzes,someMmedoneinpairs•  Havestudentsdopre-wriMng•  Discussfirstinpairs,theninlargegroup•  Learninglogs•  Studentsevaluateeachother’swork