Johan Naude of the Center for Creative Leadership joined Kitah Chet as today's SOAR guest speaker. He started by asking students to name objects in the room from A to Z. As the alphabet progressed, student responses became more creative. Eli wrote an "x" on a piece of paper to fulfill the X category and the first to notice the randomness of the responses. Liz noticed that everyone cooperated in coming up with answers. Johan emphasized the diversity in the types of answers students came up with. If everyone had the same approach, he asked, would the exercise have been longer?
Earlier this morning, students completed a Myers-Briggs survey. Students briefly discussed the survey with Johan, trying to determine the purpose of the exercise. Before answering, Johan divided the students into two groups (based on the results of the survey, but the kids did not know that!). Students were charged with building a house with M and M's. One group built a very organized house, with students working together to plan colors and tactics. The other group called this house "clean, traditional and organized." The second group pointed out the "face" of the house, with windows acting as eyes, nose and mouth. The other group described this house as "cool." Each group appreciated the other's (very different) representation. They began to extrapolate characteristics of each group. Using an MBTI preferences sheet, students examined definitions of various preferences, particularly "judging" versus "perceiving." They quickly realized which group tended towards J (judging) and which towards P (perceiving).
Students were then asked to think about how their preferences played out at school and at home. Johan emphasized that there was no right or wrong, but that different approaches would be effective in different situations. Eli pointed out that in doing projects, a more organized approach was beneficial. Johan mentioned that in certain situations, you may want to use your natural preferences, but that in others, you may need to expend energy to do something different. Jordan said that this was helpful to know in understanding why it might be easy to procrastinate and put off work.
After studying the key to MBTI preferences, students attempted to mark their choices and then compared them to their test results. Several were quite accurate in predicting their MBTI choices - a marked change from last year, when students roared with laughter as Johan shared their preferences!
Earlier this morning, students completed a Myers-Briggs survey. Students briefly discussed the survey with Johan, trying to determine the purpose of the exercise. Before answering, Johan divided the students into two groups (based on the results of the survey, but the kids did not know that!). Students were charged with building a house with M and M's. One group built a very organized house, with students working together to plan colors and tactics. The other group called this house "clean, traditional and organized." The second group pointed out the "face" of the house, with windows acting as eyes, nose and mouth. The other group described this house as "cool." Each group appreciated the other's (very different) representation. They began to extrapolate characteristics of each group. Using an MBTI preferences sheet, students examined definitions of various preferences, particularly "judging" versus "perceiving." They quickly realized which group tended towards J (judging) and which towards P (perceiving).
Students were then asked to think about how their preferences played out at school and at home. Johan emphasized that there was no right or wrong, but that different approaches would be effective in different situations. Eli pointed out that in doing projects, a more organized approach was beneficial. Johan mentioned that in certain situations, you may want to use your natural preferences, but that in others, you may need to expend energy to do something different. Jordan said that this was helpful to know in understanding why it might be easy to procrastinate and put off work.
After studying the key to MBTI preferences, students attempted to mark their choices and then compared them to their test results. Several were quite accurate in predicting their MBTI choices - a marked change from last year, when students roared with laughter as Johan shared their preferences!
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