Unit 6: What’s Your Style? Prof. Karen Fuqua CJ100 – Eight Skills of the Effective Criminal Justice Student

CJ100 Information Prof. Karen Fuqua, MS Criminal Justice Email: kfuqua@kaplan.edu AIM: kjbfuqua Office Hours: Monday & Wednesday, 9-10PM EST Seminars: Wednesdays, 8PM EST

Unit 6 Seminar Learning Styles: Auditory, Visual, Tactile Which learning style describes how you learn best? How do you think this style will help you in your career? Which is your least dominant learning style? How can you work to improve your learning through that style?

Unit 6 Assignments: What should I be doing this week? Attend the Seminar/ Alternate Assignment - 20pts Read Ch. 5 – “Learn” Quiz - 25pts Discussion Board - 30pts (Remember to post your answer and then to 3-5 fellow students’ main post)

Unit 6 Objectives The different ways that students learn About learning styles and multiple intelligences The importance of understanding personality typing Strategies for making the most of your learning style, personality type, and dominant intelligence

DISCUSSION BOARD Topic: Learning Styles First, take a short quiz to determine your learning style. Remember, this quiz does not measure your intelligence. It is intended to help you become more aware of your learning style so that you can use that information to enhance your studying and learning. On the discussion board, discuss your results of the learning style quiz by responding to the following: Did you have an "Aha!" moment looking at your results of your learning style quiz? Were you surprised? If so, how? Now that you have this information about your learning style, will you make any changes in how you study? How will you make your learning style work for you?

Learning Styles VISUAL AUDITORY TACTILE

Visual, Auditory, Tactile Which learning style describes how you learn best? Which learning style is your least effective style? How can you use both your dominant learning style and your least dominant learning style in traveling the road to academic success?

Success in Criminal Justice How can you use the knowledge of your learning style to aid in your success in Criminal Justice? Why would it be important to push yourselves towards strength in all three styles for your CJ careers? Give some examples where this might be helpful.

Overview We discussed different learning styles and how to make them work for you. As you move forward in your studies, you can use what you have learned about your own learning style to make informed decisions about your study habits and future work environment.

QUESTIONS?

Work Smarter, Not Harder! Coming in Unit 7 Reading Read Ch. 4 “Read” & Ch. 59-60 Rules for Writers Seminar (No Seminar – July 4th Holiday!) Discussion Board Quiz You should have your interview scheduled if not completed already See you in TWO weeks! Keep working on your Project! Due Unit 9!!! Work Smarter, Not Harder!

INTERVIEW TIPS Appearance Clear Questions Be punctual Ask permission to record Note taking Time Management Thank You!

FINAL INTERVIEW PROJECT Be sure to submit your Summary and Reflection to the Unit 9: Final Project Dropbox basket by the end of Unit 9. Summary and Reflection Your Interview Summary and Reflection should be 2–3 pages in length, double-spaced, written in paragraph form, and should contain the following information: Briefly summarize your interview. Who did you interview? Where does he or she work, etc.? This section of background information should be no more than one or two paragraphs in length. Reflect upon your interview in terms of your own evolving conception of careers in the field. You may consider such ideas as: Do you have a personal interest in the career of the person you interviewed? If so, has your interest changed due to your interview? What lessons did you learn or information did you gather from the interview that may be valuable to you in your own career? Can you picture yourself as this type of professional in the near future? If so, describe what you see. If not, why not? Take the experience of this interview and think about what it means with regard to your own professional development. Reflect on how interviewing and questioning is a valuable professional skill regardless of the field or occupation. Include an Appendix that contains your interview notes, the specific questions asked and the responses as well as follow-up questions and responses. Also include any research that you conducted for the interview. This section is not included in the page number count.

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