What is the one
thing that surprised you the most? Why?
In taking the verbal aggressiveness scale results on the test that I took in reference to myself and the ones taken by my husband and a friend, I did not perceive myself to be as aggressive as they rated me to be. My score was 54, but my husband's score was 73 and my friend's was 68 which was borderline. This surprised me because I do not feel that I am aggressive when talking with others, but then again I do talk to my husband more candidly than I would a coworker or a student.
What other insights about
communication did you gain this week?
1) I learned through the listening styles inventory that I am a people oriented listener. I think that this is important to my career as an educator because it means that I can learn from my colleagues and from my students. It also means that I can take in information to help the students and their families to the best of my ability.
2) I learned that my communication anxiety depends on the situation that I am placed in. I am comfortable in a small group setting, but when I have to speak in front of a large crowd I tend to get nervous. I think that this is important to my career as an educator because I can control some situations and only have to address smaller groups of people. If there were to be a time that I had to address a larger group of people, I could find some effective ways to help myself feel more at ease in the situation.
Choose at least two to share with
others through your blog and consider how each might inform your
professional work and personal life.
Hey Jamie,
ReplyDeleteThe inventories we had to take this week were crazy. I felt as if I had to answer repeated questions that were answered in previous questions. Did you feel the same way? I liked how you had your husband and friend take the communication assessments. Also, I like to point out that I had a score of 70 for the agressive inventory. Now that your score is lower than mine I must be totally agressive when talking to people. But I don't agree with that. Wow! you can learn so much about yourself through simple inventories.
Christine