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Attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities) Belief systems can be seen as including three elements:

Attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions Beliefs, assumptions and knowledge system Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

Attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions Each of the three elements can influence the others... Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

Attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions Each of the three elements can influence the others... If you think that other people who you respect have a positive attitude towards a particular type of behaviour, you may be encouraged to have a more positive attitude too. Example: Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

Attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions Each of the three elements can influence the others... Or your own positive attitude night lead you to believe that other people must feel the same way as you. REMEMBER - it’s not what other people really think, it’s what you think they think! Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

Attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions Each of the three elements can influence the others... If you think that other people do not have faith in your ability to do something, you may also begin to doubt whether you are capable. Example: Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

Attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions Each of the three elements can influence the others... If you believe that you are not capable of doing something, you may have a less positive attitude to that activity. Example: REMEMBER - it’s not what you can really do, it’s what you think you can or can’t do! Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

PLAN or INTENTION Attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions The three elements work together to influence your plans for how you will act. Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

Attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions For example, this is how your intention to set pair work in class might be influenced: I believe that pair work provides the practice that facilitates language learning Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

Positive attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions For example, this is how your intention to set pair work in class might be influenced: I believe that pair work provides the practice that facilitates language learning Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

Positive attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions For example, this is how your intention to set pair work in class might be influenced: Increases my intention to use pair work in class Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

PLAN or INTENTION Positive attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions For example, this is how your intention to set pair work in class might be influenced: Increases my intention to use pair work in class Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

Positive attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions For example, this is how your intention to set pair work in class might be influenced: I believe that my colleagues will object to the noise created by pair work, and will think I am letting the students ‘mess about’. (I do believe that my students like doing pair work, but my colleagues’ opinions matter more to me) Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

Positive attitude towards behaviour Overall negative perception of other people’s opinions For example, this is how your intention to set pair work in class might be influenced: Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities) I believe that my colleagues will object to the noise created by pair work, and will think I am letting the students ‘mess about’. (I do believe that my students like doing pair work, but my colleagues’ opinions matter more to me)

PLAN or INTENTION Positive attitude towards behaviour For example, this is how your intention to set pair work in class might be influenced: Reduces my intention to use pair work in class Overall negative perception of other people’s opinions Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

Positive assessment of physical context and personal abilities For example, this is how your intention to set pair work in class might be influenced: Positive attitude towards behaviour Overall negative perception of other people’s opinions I believe I can arrange the seating so students can do pair work. I’m a bit worried about it getting a little rowdy, but I think I’d be able to calm things down and keep the noise levels reasonably low, especially since it’s a fairly small group

For example, this is how your intention to set pair work in class might be influenced: Increases my intention to use pair work in class Positive attitude towards behaviour Overall negative perception of other people’s opinions Positive assessment of physical context and personal abilities

PLAN or INTENTION Positive attitude towards behaviour For example, this is how your intention to set pair work in class might be influenced: Overall negative perception of other people’s opinions On balance, I will plan to use pair work in my classes (although I might modify the way students do it, so that I minimise the effect on my colleagues). ACTION or BEHAVIOUR Positive assessment of physical context and personal abilities

PLAN or INTENTION Positive attitude towards behaviour ACTION or BEHAVIOUR Do pair work in class For example, this is how your intention to set pair work in class might be influenced: Overall negative perception of other people’s opinions Positive assessment of physical context and personal abilities

PLAN or INTENTION ACTION or BEHAVIOUR Attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions So the sum effect of your various beliefs and attitudes influences first your plans and then your behaviour... Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

PLAN or INTENTION ACTION or BEHAVIOUR Attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions … unless something happens to prevent your plans from being carried out. Class cancelled. No opportunity to do pair work Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

ACTION or BEHAVIOUR = experience Action or behaviour is a type of experience …which we interpret subconsciously…... or through conscious reflection. Reflection  Interpretation

ACTION or BEHAVIOUR Attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions REFLECTION & INTERPRETATION Interpretation of experience can lead to reinforcement of existing attitudes and beliefs... Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

ACTION or BEHAVIOUR Attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions REFLECTION & INTERPRETATION Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities) … or to changes, either small or dramatic.

REFLECTION & INTERPRETATION ACTION or BEHAVIOUR Attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions Interpretation may result in restructuring of any, or all, parts of our overall belief system... Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

REFLECTION & INTERPRETATION Attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions …so that next time we are preparing to act... Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

PLAN or INTENTION Attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions …our plans and intentions may be different to the previous occasion... Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

PLAN or INTENTION ACTION or BEHAVIOUR Attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions …and we end up acting (behaving) differently. Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

REFLECTION & UNDERSTANDING ACTION or BEHAVIOUR Attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions That gives us a new experience to reflect on... Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

REFLECTION & UNDERSTANDING ACTION or BEHAVIOUR Attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions … and to feed back into our belief system... Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

REFLECTION & UNDERSTANDING Attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions … and so the cycle continues. Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

REFLECTION & UNDERSTANDING Attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions … and so the cycle continues. Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

PLAN or INTENTION Attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions … and so the cycle continues. Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

PLAN or INTENTION Attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions … and so the cycle continues. Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

PLAN or INTENTION ACTION or BEHAVIOUR Attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions … and so the cycle continues. Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

REFLECTION & UNDERSTANDING ACTION or BEHAVIOUR Attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions … and so the cycle continues. Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

REFLECTION & UNDERSTANDING ACTION or BEHAVIOUR Attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions … and so the cycle continues. Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

REFLECTION & UNDERSTANDING ACTION or BEHAVIOUR Attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions … and so the cycle continues. Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

REFLECTION & UNDERSTANDING PLAN or INTENTION ACTION or BEHAVIOUR Attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions … and so the cycle continues. Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)

REFLECTION & UNDERSTANDING PLAN or INTENTION ACTION or BEHAVIOUR Attitude towards behaviour Other people’s opinions This is the end of the slide show. Click the ESCAPE button if you are in full screen mode. Close this window to return to ProDAIT web pages. Controls on behaviour (context and personal abilities)