Got Personality? Using Personality Type to Improve Teaching and Learning Dr. Marsha Fralick

Ice Breaker Introduce yourself. Where are you from? Where are you from? Happiness is.... Happiness is.... (In addition to friends and family) (In addition to friends and family)

Going Green! Additional handouts are located at:

Overview Course description and resultsCourse description and results Personality typePersonality type ExercisesExercises How does it affect teaching and learning?How does it affect teaching and learning? 7 minute demo7 minute demo Resources for facultyResources for faculty

Cuyamaca College El Cajon, CA

Personal Development 124, Lifelong Success 8000 students enrolled in college8000 students enrolled in college 1600 take PDC 124 each year1600 take PDC 124 each year One of the top 15 revenue producing programs for the collegeOne of the top 15 revenue producing programs for the college 56 sections a year56 sections a year

College Success Course 3 units3 units Transfers to four year universitiesTransfers to four year universities One of the top 15 revenue producing programs in the collegeOne of the top 15 revenue producing programs in the college

Key Theme Personality TypePersonality Type What is your type?What is your type? How does it affect your teaching styleHow does it affect your teaching style How does it affect learning in the classroom?How does it affect learning in the classroom? How does it affect career choice and motivation?How does it affect career choice and motivation?

Broad Scope College successCollege success Career successCareer success Lifelong successLifelong success

College Success College Success MotivationMotivation Time and MoneyTime and Money Memory and ReadingMemory and Reading Test TakingTest Taking Taking Notes, Writing and SpeakingTaking Notes, Writing and Speaking

Job Jar Activity

Career Success Career Success Personality and Related MajorsPersonality and Related Majors Learning Style and IntelligenceLearning Style and Intelligence Interests and ValuesInterests and Values Career and Educational PlanningCareer and Educational Planning

Lifelong Success Lifelong Success Communication and RelationshipsCommunication and Relationships Critical and Creative ThinkingCritical and Creative Thinking Maintaining a Healthy LifestyleMaintaining a Healthy Lifestyle Appreciating DiversityAppreciating Diversity Positive ThinkingPositive Thinking Life StagesLife Stages

The most significant finding is increased persistence.

Persistence Students who return the next semesterStudents who return the next semester Approximately half of community college students nationwide do not persist after the first semesterApproximately half of community college students nationwide do not persist after the first semester

College Persistence Semester to Semester 5 Year Average at Cuyamaca College All successful PDC students 89%All successful PDC students 89% All students 63%All students 63% A 26% improvement!

Key theme throughout course Carl Jung and personality type Online:

Carl Jung We are born with natural preferences which we develop over a lifetime.We are born with natural preferences which we develop over a lifetime. There are no good or bad types.There are no good or bad types. Each type has their own unique gifts and talents.Each type has their own unique gifts and talents. Exercise: What is a preference?Exercise: What is a preference?

Begin Self-Assessment How we interact with the world and where we place our energy E _____________________________|____________________________ I Extraversion Introversion How does it affect career choice? How does it affect teaching and learning?

Talkers and Listeners Talker Talker What made me a talker? How can I develop my listening skills? How can I help listeners talk more? Listener What made me a listener? How can I develop my talking skills? How can I help talkers listen more?

Self-Assessment The kind of information we naturally notice and remember S _____________________________|___________________________ N Sensing Intuition

By Ian Jackson

Sensing or Intuitive How does it affect career choice?How does it affect career choice? How does it affect teaching and learning?How does it affect teaching and learning?

Self-Assessment How we make decisions T _____________________________|___________________________ F Thinking Feeling How does it affect career choice? How does it affect teaching and learning?

Self-Assessment Whether we prefer to live in a more structured or spontaneous way J _____________________________|_____________________________ P Judging Perceiving How does it affect career choice? How does it affect teaching and learning?

J and P Exercise: Where do you stand?Where do you stand? I can play anytimeI can play anytime I have to finish my work before I playI have to finish my work before I play

7 MINUTE DEMO Using Technology to Integrate Personality Type into the College Success Course into the College Success Course

College Success 1 Resources for faculty and studentsResources for faculty and students Conferences

What is Something you learned?Something you learned? Something you found useful?Something you found useful?

Questions?Questions? DiscussionDiscussion EvaluationEvaluation