1. Chapter 1 Who Are You and What Do You Know? Values Goals Mission statements Priorities Learning styles Baldwin The Community College Experience Copyright ©2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

2. Chapter 1 Objectives After completing this chapter, students will be able to Understand what they can gain from college. Understand themselves better. Understand the definitions and purposes of mission statements, goals, and values. Understand why goal setting is important to success. Understand how personality types and learning styles help them understand themselves better. Baldwin The Community College Experience Copyright ©2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

3. Who Are You? What are your values? What are your priorities? What are your goals? What is your mission statement? What do you know? Baldwin The Community College Experience Copyright ©2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

4. Values Are part of your belief system Can be inherited from your family. Can be influenced by culture, religion, and ethnicity. Can be shaped by personal experience. Baldwin The Community College Experience Copyright ©2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

5. What Does Your College Value? What is its mission statement? What is its vision? What kinds of degrees does it offer? What kinds of extracurricular activities does it offer? What kinds of people populate the campus? Baldwin The Community College Experience Copyright ©2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

6. Setting Goals What are long-term goals? What are short-term goals? How do values influence goals? Why is writing goals down important? Baldwin The Community College Experience Copyright ©2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

7. Reaching Your Goals Create concrete and specific goals. Create attainable goals. Break larger goals into smaller ones. Review your progress regularly. Baldwin The Community College Experience Copyright ©2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

8. Possible Obstacles Unrealistic expectations Unreasonable timeframe Lack of focus “Toxic people” and negative influences Lack of motivation Lack of self-assessment of progress Baldwin The Community College Experience Copyright ©2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

9. What Do You Know? What experience and knowledge do you bring to college? What do you want to know more about? What is your personality type? What is your learning style? Baldwin The Community College Experience Copyright ©2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

10. Personality Types and Learning Styles Multiple Intelligences Myers-Briggs Type Indicator VARK Inventory Baldwin The Community College Experience Copyright ©2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

11. Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences Verbal/linguistic Logical/mathematical Visual/spatial Body/kinesthetic Musical/rhythmic Interpersonal Intrapersonal Naturalistic Baldwin The Community College Experience Copyright ©2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

12. MBTI Instrument Extrovert/Introvert Sensing/Intuition Thinking/Feeling Judgment/Perception Baldwin The Community College Experience Copyright ©2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

13. The VARK Inventory Visual Aural Read/Write Kinesthetic Baldwin The Community College Experience Copyright ©2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

14. Chapter 1 Review What have you learned about…? Values Goals Mission statements Priorities Learning styles Baldwin The Community College Experience Copyright ©2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.