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Introvert « Instructional Design @ ESU. The Truth About Introverted Students - ODYSSEYWARE. Introversion: The often forgotten factor impacting the gifted. Burruss, J.

Introversion: The often forgotten factor impacting the gifted

& Kaenzig, L. Virginia Association for the Gifted Vol. 21, No. 1 Fall 1999 In this article, Jill Burruss and Lisa Kaenzig define introversion and lists many of the characteristics of introverts. Suggestions are made on ways teachers can help introverts in the classroom and how families can help introverts at home. These are just some examples of introverted individuals. These aren't simply shy people, although certainly many are shy. What is introversion? Jung (1923) was one of the early leaders in the exploration of personality and is credited with developing the constructs of extraversion and introversion. Henjum (1982) sees introverts as belonging to two distinct groups: Group A: Self-sufficient, confident, hardworking, with firm goals, self-actualizing, reserved, preferring activities that involve inner experience and introspection; and This is not to say however that introversion cannot be a problem.

What Do Teachers Really Think of Quiet Students? Did you catch the recent news story about Natalie Munro, the high school English teacher from Pennsylvania who blogged her true feelings about her students?

What Do Teachers Really Think of Quiet Students?

Apparently failing to comprehend the public nature of the Internet, she mused about the nasty things she wished she could write on her students’ report cards. It was an abuse of trust, and a blinkered use of the blogging medium. But that’s not what I want to focus on; others have already covered that very effectively. I want to talk about Munro’s view of quiet and shy students. Here, according to her blog entry of January 21, 2010 (since removed) is what she wished she could put on their report cards: “A kid that has no personality.” “She just sits there emotionless for an entire 90 minutes, staring into the abyss, never volunteering to speak or do anything.” “Shy isn’t cute in 11th grade; it’s annoying.

As adults, we (hopefully) get to choose the careers, spouses, and social circles that suit us. Studies Illustrate Plight of Introverted Students. Published Online: May 22, 2012 Published in Print: May 23, 2012, as Studies Highlight Classroom Plight Of Quiet Students Demitri Lynch, a kindergartner at City Neighbors Hamilton Charter School in Baltimore, plays by himself in his classroom.

Studies Illustrate Plight of Introverted Students

The school is designed to be "introvert friendly" so that students have spaces to work alone or in groups on the school's project-based curriculum. Studies Illustrate Plight of Introverted Students. The Power of Introverts: A Manifesto for Quiet Brilliance. Do you enjoy having time to yourself, but always feel a little guilty about it?

The Power of Introverts: A Manifesto for Quiet Brilliance

Then Susan Cain’s “Quiet : The Power of Introverts” is for you. It’s part book, part manifesto. We live in a nation that values its extroverts – the outgoing, the lovers of crowds – but not the quiet types who change the world. She recently answered questions from Mind Matters editor Gareth Cook. Why Introverts Can Make The Best Leaders - Forbes.com. The Quiet Traveler. I was first made aware of both the numbers of introverts in America, and the pent-up feeling many of us have of being misunderstood, when I wrote an essay for the travel website World Hum about being an introverted traveler.

The Quiet Traveler

Affirmations for Introverts. I'm all about self-affirmations this week. I covered affirmations for pessimists on another blog, now I'm thinking about affirmations for introverts . Self-affirmations, when spoken aloud, can sound kind of silly. OK, sometimes they sound a little silly even when you say them silently to yourself. Screening Out the Introverts - Advice. By William Pannapacker Some years ago I joined my students in taking the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, a test to determine personality type.

Screening Out the Introverts - Advice

Bringingoutshystudents. Introverts unite! (Quietly.) I am an introvert .

Introverts unite! (Quietly.)

And, like my fellow introverts, I am sorely misunderstood. Common wisdom says that America is a nation of extroverts and here, introversion is stigmatized. Parents worry about children who would rather play alone in their rooms than join the gang in the playground. Bookish teenagers are exhorted to break out of their shells. Adults are chastised if they would rather work alone than as team players. Phooey. Seen but not heard: the introverts in our classrooms. Author Susan Cain has made a loud splash with her new book Quiet – The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking.

Seen but not heard: the introverts in our classrooms

Introverts the world over have breathed a collective sigh of relief at Cain's reassurance that it is okay to choose a night at home with a good book over a dinner party invite, and that letting your phone go to voicemail doesn't necessarily make you a friendless misanthrope. Quiet celebrates the positive features of the introvert personality, while examining the way in which our society is geared up to celebrate and encourage extrovert personality traits. As a result of this, introverts are placed in opposition to the extrovert ideal and risk being undervalued and overlooked. The Upside Of Being An Introvert (And Why Extroverts Are Overrated) Susan Cain: The power of introverts.