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Standards in Scotland’s Schools Act 2000The purpose of education

To encourage the development of the personality, talents and abilities of pupils to theirfullest potential

Introduction

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What does developing personality mean?

nurturing an enduring disposition

to want to learn –Motivational Resilience

What does personality mean?

Introduction

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Motivating teaching

valuing individuality and tuning into pupils

bringing harmony to a class thru their classroom climate

staying receptive to the pupils’ emotions

by staying connected to a sense of purpose.

4Adapting to school - capacity for

•social competence - to meet needs for acceptance

•self awareness and reflection about yourself

knowing what teachers want and how they see you

assessing own strengths, limitations and barriers

•prolonged focused attention

•Motivational Resilienceself-determination, a sense of control over school life- the ability to recognise that one is not powerless.   

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impulsive

cautious flexible

Personality types

anger

fear

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Chirpy, gritty, sparkly, bendy, bouncy, brassy, steady, feistychatty, lively

toughie, pushy, sassy, stroppy, shirty, grumpynoisy, bossy,

pesky, saucy,

softie, soppy, lazy, dreamy, mousy, wary, cagy, fussy,

jittery, fearty,

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flexible

Too HARD

Too SOFT

On their side

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impulsive

cautiousflexible

Lowresilience Under-controlled

Personality types

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flexible

impulsive

cautious

AFFILIATIONI’m accepted

AGENCYI’m able

AAUTONOMYUTONOMYI’m allowed I’m allowed toto

Learner Needs

Alienation

Apathy

Over- impulsive

Over-cautious

Low resilience

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flexible

impulsive

cautious

AFFILIATIONI belong

AGENCYI can

AAUTONOMYUTONOMYI’m allowed toI’m allowed to

The Learner Needs

Alienation

Apathy

Anxiety

Restrictedautonomy

Distortedautonomy

AAcquiescencecquiescence

AAngernger

Disruptive Negativeaffect , irritable distress

11AFFILIATIONI belong

AGENCYI can

AAUTONOMYUTONOMYI’m allowed toI’m allowed to

The Learner Needs

Alienation

Apathy

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Restrictedautonomy

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AUTONOMYAUTONOMY

Anxiety

The autonomy switch

Restrictedautonomy

Distortedautonomy

Don’t exploit or ignore

Do help express themselves

Don’t add to or be owhelmed by their problems

Do reassure

Don’t over react

Do redirect via personal goals

13Scotland’s Children A Curriculum for Excellence

Respected, Included

Responsible Fulfilled

Effective contributors,Confident individualSuccessful Learners

Responsible citizens

Outcomes

Safe,Healthy,ActiveAchieving

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AGENCY

Alienation

Apathy

AAUTONOMYUTONOMY

Anxiety

Acquiescence

Anger

Act up

Clam up

Blow upCrack up

Grow up

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cold

powerful

weak

The Shower metaphor

soothing

invigorating

energising

draining

exasperating

Unfulfilling

shocking

16AFFILIATIONI belong

AGENCYI can

AAUTONOMYUTONOMYI’m allowed toI’m allowed to

The Learning Stances

Alienation

Apathy

Anxiety

Restrictedautonomy

Distortedautonomy

AAcquiescencecquiescence

AAngernger

Quietlyengaging

Energeticallyengaging

Harmoniously

engaging

Hiding

Alarming &

Draining

Exasperating

Opposing

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Quietlyfocused

Energeticallyfocused

leading

Hiding /upset

Upset and angry

Pest

StroppyAngrily focused

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AGENCY

Engagement

Feedback

Stimulation

Structure

AAUTONOMYUTONOMYThe Energisers & DrainersClassroom Climates

The motivating classroom

The distorting

classroom

The

restricting

classroom

The coercingclassroom

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The learning stance teaching stance

Alarming & draining caretakerOpposing tough love and policed

boundariesHiding pushy caring Energetically engaged demanding, snappy actionQuietly engaged sensitive discretionHarmoniously engaged facilitation, discrete consultationExasperating fun, fairness firmness

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leading ene foc Qu foc positive hiding pest stroppy up/ang defsive ratio

Alloc 1 196 524 730 1450 327 512 102 53 994 483

Alloc 2 343 963 1064 2370 423 705 194 130 1452 918

% change 75.0 83.8 45.8 63.4 29.4 37.7 90.2 145.3 46.1 90.1

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AGENCY

Alienation

Apathy

AAUTONOMYUTONOMY

Anxiety

Acquiescence

Anger

Muzzled Frazzled

Dazzled

Cuddled

How do you feel? - Sozzled!?

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