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Dealing with Difficult Students
Throughout human history, psychology provides an answer to the age-old-question, "Why do human beings do what they do?" How is it that one person sacrifices their life for the betterment of others and another individual can murder a stranger for sheer pleasure? Regardless of who you are or what you do in this world, we're all driven by something. This universal force is “Human Needs.”
In this keynote address, attendees will learn:
• The Six Human Needs that drive human behavior.
• How to uncover students’ top two needs.
• How to empower students to meet their needs in a more positive manner.
Creating a Courageous Classroom
Authenticity is the key that fosters the creation of a courageous classroom. But it is difficult, if not impossible, to discuss authenticity without addressing the issue of vulnerability. The fear of being perceived as weak hinders our students' ability to take risks, tackle challenging tasks or to simply learn. Above all, students would sometimes build shields through aggression or comedic behavior to create distraction from their real fear.
The anecdote of vulnerability is empathy. In this keynote address, attendees will learn:
• Methods of empowering students to cultivate a culture of empathy, compassion and learning in the classroom.
Developing the Right Attitude and Mindset for Success
One’s mindset, as research on human intelligence has shown, can often determine one’s success even before one begins the challenge at hand. This is particularly true for students. Too often, the task of teaching is lost on day one, when many students either have a negative view of school or of themselves.
Our internal beliefs about our own abilities, skills, and potential, fuel learning habits and ensure success. Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck argues that the pivotal quality separating successful people from their unsuccessful counterparts is whether they think their intelligence can be developed versus believing it is fixed. “There is no relation between students' abilities or intelligence and the development of mastery-oriented qualities. Some of the very brightest students avoid challenges, dislike effort, and wilt in the face of difficulty. And some of the less bright students are real go-getters, thriving on challenge, persisting intensely when things get difficult, and accomplishing more than you expected.”
How do we achieve such a daunting task?
In this keynote address, attendees will acquire the knowledge and skills of cultivating an achievement mindset by understanding the concepts of Quality Quantifier, Limiting vs. Empowering Beliefs and the Driving Forces Behind Human Behavior.
Relationships: The Difference Maker
At the core of teaching is cultivating and nurturing relationships. This simple human approach has the potential to transform students’ lives. This method of teaching is intended to create safe and productive learning environments where academic excellence thrives. As compassion thrives in the classroom, so does learning.
Learning in the classroom can easily be achieved if the students we are teaching feel valued in the process. It doesn’t matter how outstanding our lessons are, how skilled we are at delivering those lessons or how knowledgeable we are in our subject matter (which are all at the core of great teaching), if our students do not know how much we care about them.
In this keynote address, attendees will learn the different methods of developing a culture of respect, tolerance and understanding in the classroom, which naturally foster learning.