Teaching Through Unexpected (and sometimes Painful) experiences Moshe Cohen Lecturer Boston University School of Management BOSTON UNIVERSITY INSTRUCTIONAL INNOVATION CONFERENCE Friday, March 25, 2011

Learning is an emotional process AWARENESS AWARENESS SKILLS SKILLS HABITS HABITS TEMPERAMENT TEMPERAMENT

Learning Process CAUSE DISCOMFORT CAUSE DISCOMFORT PROVIDE TOOLS PROVIDE TOOLS CREATE OPPORTUNITIES TO PRACTICE CREATE OPPORTUNITIES TO PRACTICE

Example NOT SO EAZYS GARAGE: OUTCOME high low RELATIONSHIPhigh Compromising half way Avoiding no way Accommodating your way Competing my way Collaborating our way

Another Example FRUSTRATED DEVELOPMENT IN REDSTONE: A N R

SUMMARY FOCUS ON THE LEARNING GOALS FOCUS ON THE LEARNING GOALS IMAGINE THE DYNAMICS REQUIRED TO MEET THEM IMAGINE THE DYNAMICS REQUIRED TO MEET THEM THINK OF THE OBSTACLES IN THE WAY THINK OF THE OBSTACLES IN THE WAY CREATE THE DYNAMICS YOU WANT EXPERIENTALLY BY DOING THE PROVOCATIVE, UNEXPECTED, AND UNUSUAL CREATE THE DYNAMICS YOU WANT EXPERIENTALLY BY DOING THE PROVOCATIVE, UNEXPECTED, AND UNUSUAL