Get Your Students Hired
I find that people in general including students always think the way they see themselves or the world is correct. to me, one of the greatest challenges is to get a person to question his/her own beliefs.
James,
We often refer to this as "positive self-talk." It is more efective if the positive thoughts are written down in the form of an affirmation.
Jeffrey Schillinger
Those beliefs that people have in their heads about themselves are really some of the most difficult obstacles to overcome. That is where visualization comes in and why it's so important. The vision must become as real and tangible as the belief, so that now the vision becomes the belief. And like iron shavings to a magnet, the individual will be drawn to that vision, that new belief.
I love that statement! I try to trigger discussions with students that challenge them to question their beliefs, or assumptions about how they would think/react in a certain situation.
I constantly read articles that talk about things opposite to the way I think about a certain topic. Sometimes it does make me think about the other view. Sometimes it put a whole new spin to "judge slowly!"
The perception that the student believes they are getting, and understanding the matterial is somtimes interesting. When they perform the task they are sometimes amzed that they can do the work correctly.
I agree with the above post. Especially in a college level setting. Once people have reached this level, they are pretty much set in their own beliefs and most of the time find it hard to see things in another vission.
Jim,
Thanks for this post. What are one or two things you do in class to make this happen while preserving students' selk esteem?
Jeffrey Schillinger