Who Do You Want on Your Team?

Lesson on Communication Styles in the Classroom

Randi PurvisCPSY 646

What do you see?

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®

ISTJ ISFJ INFJ INTJ

ISTP ISFP INFP INTP

ESTP ESFP ENFP ENTP

ESTJ ESFJ ENFJ ENTJ

Brief Introduction to Type

• Extraversion (E)

• Pulled outward by external conditions

• Energized by others

• Acts, then (maybe) reflects

• Introversion (I)

• Pushed inward by external condition

• Energized by inner resources

• Reflects, then (maybe) acts

Brief Introduction to Type

• Extraversion (cont)

• Often friendly, talkative, easy to know

• Expresses emotions

• Needs relationships

• May seem shallow

• Introversion (cont)

• Often reserved, quiet, hard to know

• Bottles up emotions

• Needs privacy

• May seem withdrawn

Brief Introduction to Type

• Sensing (S)

• Likes definite, measurable things

• Takes it steps at a time

• Hands-on with parts to see overall design

• Intuition (N)

• Likes being inventive

• Jumps in anywhere, may skip steps

• Studies overall design to see how parts fit together

Brief Introduction to Type

• Sensing (cont)

• Lives in the present

• Prefers handling practical matters

• Intuition (cont)

• Looks at patterns and relationships

• Lives toward the future anticipating what might be

• Imagines possibilities

Brief Introduction to Type

• Thinking (T)

• Sees things as an on-looker

• Spontaneously finds flaws and criticizes

• Logical

• Concerned for justice, truth

• Feeling (F)

• Sees things as a participant

• Spontaneously appreciative

• Decides with the heart

• Concerned for relationships, harmony

Brief Introduction to Type

• Judging (J)

• Decisive

• Likes clear limits and categories

• Comfortable with closure

• Organized lifestyle

• Handles deadlines, plans in advance

• Perceiving (P)

• Curious

• Likes freedom to explore without limits

• Comfortable with openness

• Flexible lifestyle

• Meets deadlines by last minute rush

Who is Your Weakest Link?

You kicked them off?!

You kicked them off?!

•What would be missing without the eliminated person’s perspective?•Can you think of a time where a poor decision was made because one of these perspectives was missing?•What were some of the issues that came up in your discussion?•How did your group come up with the decision?•Who did you identify with the most?•Did your entire group identify with the same person?

Preferences

Extraversion Perception

Introversion Judgment

Sensing

iNtuition

Thinking

Feeling

Sandy

Nicky

Terry

Francis

The Four Preference Model

How to Translate to The Classroom

• Dominant Feeling Types (ESJF, ENJF, ISFP, INFP)

• Work better under conditions where they feel personally invested

• Dominant Thinking Types (ESTJ, ENTJ, ISTP, INTP)

• Not likely influenced by change in the school environment

• Do well under competitive circumstances

How to Translate to The Classroom

• Dominant Intuitive Types (ENFP, ENTP, INTJ, INFJ)

• Seem to have the greatest advantage in school

• Pay attention to details, and tend to look at the bigger picture

• Should cater lessons to originality

• Dominant Sensing Types (ESTP, ESFP, ISTJ, ISFJ)

• Dependent on their energy source (E or I) they will prefer a mixture of lessons and do well with majority of teaching styles.

What can you do?

What can you do?• Must be aware of how your teaching style affects students in

your classroom

• Cannot teach the same style because inevitably, a population of students will be missed

• May find lessons to boring, non-relevant, too easy or too hard

• Must match the learning styles of the students

• Be willing and capable of adapting new and different teaching methods throughout the year and not using the same static method

• Incorporate the help of colleagues

• Keep learning yourself!

Resources

• Barton, V.B. (2009). MBTI® and Birth Order. Powerpoint presentation.

• Briggs-Myers, I., McCaulley, M.H., Quenk, N.L., & Hammer, A.L. (Eds.) (2003). MBTI® Manual: A guide to the development of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®, 3rd Edition. Mountain View, CA: CCP.

• Plasker, B. (2005). Who do you want on your team? Gainesville, FL: Center for Psychological Type.