Re: Myers Briggs Re: OT: New Instructor Experiences [7:62826]
There's more about the Myers Briggs personality sorter here: http://keirsey.com/ Anyone else want to share what they are, or have we wasted enough bandwidth on this already? :-) Priscilla First, you're correct about the mix of learning styles in my class. This is just a three-hour overview of networking and TCP/IP, and it is a little difficult to convey the necessary information without a portion of the class getting lost or falling asleep. :-) I've heard good things about the class yesterday that I thought went so poorly so perhaps I was overreacting. As for Myers Briggs, I'm a fellow INTJ. However, I really dislike their testing process. It seems to consist of Given a certain situation would you do A or would you do B with no room for a 'maybe' answer. At least a third of the time I wish there were a sometimes A and sometimes B answer. Perhaps that means I'm an INTJ with definite ISTJ leanings? John ENTP here :) Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7i=62960t=62826 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Myers Briggs Re: OT: New Instructor Experiences [7:62826]
As for Myers Briggs, I'm a fellow INTJ. However, I really dislike their testing process. It seems to consist of Given a certain situation would you do A or would you do B with no room for a 'maybe' answer. At least a third of the time I wish there were a sometimes A and sometimes B answer. Perhaps that means I'm an INTJ with definite ISTJ leanings? no, it means you're management material, if not husband material. ;- In that case, the modified Myers-Briggs Test for Potential Husbands might look like this: Q: Given (some particular situation) would you do A or would you do B? Correct Answer: Whatever my wife expects me to do. :-) Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7i=62963t=62826 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Myers Briggs Re: OT: New Instructor Experiences [7:62826]
As for Myers Briggs, I'm a fellow INTJ. However, I really dislike their testing process. It seems to consist of Given a certain situation would you do A or would you do B with no room for a 'maybe' answer. At least a third of the time I wish there were a sometimes A and sometimes B answer. Perhaps that means I'm an INTJ with definite ISTJ leanings? no, it means you're management material, if not husband material. ;- In that case, the modified Myers-Briggs Test for Potential Husbands might look like this: Q: Given (some particular situation) would you do A or would you do B? Correct Answer: Whatever my wife expects me to do. :-) Perhaps a subcommittee of the List Goddesses and Demigoddesses, who also are married, can come up with an appropriate questionnaire. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7i=62970t=62826 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Myers Briggs Re: OT: New Instructor Experiences [7:62826]
John has a difficult task because he has learners of all levels, from different walks of life. I bet he has a huge mix of learning styles. Now, you might think that networking attracts hands-on learners, so if he were teaching all real networking people, he would have an esier time. I have actually studied this, and that's not so. There's definitely a mix of types who are attracted to networking, both analytical/theoretical types and kinesthetic learners. A few years ago I participated in a study of personality types of networking people. We used the Myers Briggs personality test. I came out as INTJ (Introvert, iNtuitive, Thinking, Judgeing.) A lot of other people did too. We have a tendency to do way to much theory first! ;-) The other side of Intuitive is Sensory. A lot of people in the networking field have S in their Myers Briggs personality type. These folks learn with their senses, especially their hands. They like lots of hands-on. Anyway, bottom line, you need to run your class in a balanced manner to accomodate all these types as much as possible. There's more about the Myers Briggs personality sorter here: http://keirsey.com/ Anyone else want to share what they are, or have we wasted enough bandwidth on this already? :-) Priscilla First, you're correct about the mix of learning styles in my class. This is just a three-hour overview of networking and TCP/IP, and it is a little difficult to convey the necessary information without a portion of the class getting lost or falling asleep. :-) I've heard good things about the class yesterday that I thought went so poorly so perhaps I was overreacting. As for Myers Briggs, I'm a fellow INTJ. However, I really dislike their testing process. It seems to consist of Given a certain situation would you do A or would you do B with no room for a 'maybe' answer. At least a third of the time I wish there were a sometimes A and sometimes B answer. Perhaps that means I'm an INTJ with definite ISTJ leanings? John Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7i=62916t=62826 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Myers Briggs Re: OT: New Instructor Experiences [7:62826]
John Neiberger wrote: As for Myers Briggs, I'm a fellow INTJ. Cool! :-) However, I really dislike their testing process. It seems to consist of Given a certain situation would you do A or would you do B with no room for a 'maybe' answer. At least a third of the time I wish there were a sometimes A and sometimes B answer. Perhaps that means I'm an INTJ with definite ISTJ leanings? Yeah, it's kind of silly. And the entire idea of classifying people into 16 slots is questionable too, but it has its uses. Also, I wanted to mention to people that if you go through the pain of answering the 70 questions on that Keirsey site that I mentioned before, when they score you, they don't give you complete information. They just clasify you into one of 4 types. You have to pay to get your full results and your exact type! The creeps. There are probably free tests on the Web too somewhere. Priscilla John Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7i=62925t=62826 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Myers Briggs Re: OT: New Instructor Experiences [7:62826]
John Neiberger wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... John has a difficult task because he has learners of all levels, from different walks of life. I bet he has a huge mix of learning styles. Now, you might think that networking attracts hands-on learners, so if he were teaching all real networking people, he would have an esier time. I have actually studied this, and that's not so. There's definitely a mix of types who are attracted to networking, both analytical/theoretical types and kinesthetic learners. A few years ago I participated in a study of personality types of networking people. We used the Myers Briggs personality test. I came out as INTJ (Introvert, iNtuitive, Thinking, Judgeing.) A lot of other people did too. We have a tendency to do way to much theory first! ;-) The other side of Intuitive is Sensory. A lot of people in the networking field have S in their Myers Briggs personality type. These folks learn with their senses, especially their hands. They like lots of hands-on. Anyway, bottom line, you need to run your class in a balanced manner to accomodate all these types as much as possible. There's more about the Myers Briggs personality sorter here: http://keirsey.com/ Anyone else want to share what they are, or have we wasted enough bandwidth on this already? :-) Priscilla First, you're correct about the mix of learning styles in my class. This is just a three-hour overview of networking and TCP/IP, and it is a little difficult to convey the necessary information without a portion of the class getting lost or falling asleep. :-) I've heard good things about the class yesterday that I thought went so poorly so perhaps I was overreacting. As for Myers Briggs, I'm a fellow INTJ. However, I really dislike their testing process. It seems to consist of Given a certain situation would you do A or would you do B with no room for a 'maybe' answer. At least a third of the time I wish there were a sometimes A and sometimes B answer. Perhaps that means I'm an INTJ with definite ISTJ leanings? no, it means you're management material, if not husband material. ;- John Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7i=62932t=62826 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
