#StrengthBasedEDU
Why #StrengthbasedEDU?
Why #StrengthbasedEDU?
#StrengthBasedEDU supports educators (parents, siblings, families, teachers, admin, etc.) by providing strategies for a strength-based approach to teaching and learning for all students. Leveraging an ethic of care while embracing the power of relationships and relationship building, #StrengthBasedEDU supports all students and families. A few examples of what a strength-based approach might look like in a learning setting include, but are not limited to, the following:
#StrengthBasedEDU supports educators (parents, siblings, families, teachers, admin, etc.) by providing strategies for a strength-based approach to teaching and learning for all students. Leveraging an ethic of care while embracing the power of relationships and relationship building, #StrengthBasedEDU supports all students and families. A few examples of what a strength-based approach might look like in a learning setting include, but are not limited to, the following:
Collaborative trust in one another's talents and strengths
Collaborative trust in one another's talents and strengths
Starting with the learner's talents and strengths
Starting with the learner's talents and strengths
Discovering passions and starting a journey
Discovering passions and starting a journey
Appreciation for individual experiences
Appreciation for individual experiences
Experiential Teaching and Learning Opportunities
Experiential Teaching and Learning Opportunities
Engaging in nonviolent communication
Engaging in nonviolent communication
Embracing change and transformation
Embracing change and transformation
and more...
and more...
Follow us on Twitter @strengthbaseEDU and the hashtag #StrengthbasedEDU
Follow us on Twitter @strengthbaseEDU and the hashtag #StrengthbasedEDU
What is a strengths-based approach to learning?
What is a strengths-based approach to learning?
In 2004, Dr. "Chip" Anderson, a professor at Azusa Pacific University, defined a strength-based education as "a process of assessing, teaching, and designing experiential learning activities to help students identify their greatest talents, and to then develop and apply strengths based [sic] on those talents in the process of learning, intellectual development, and academic achievement to levels of personal excellence. "
In 2004, Dr. "Chip" Anderson, a professor at Azusa Pacific University, defined a strength-based education as "a process of assessing, teaching, and designing experiential learning activities to help students identify their greatest talents, and to then develop and apply strengths based [sic] on those talents in the process of learning, intellectual development, and academic achievement to levels of personal excellence. "
How do I discover strengths?
How do I discover strengths?
Here are some surveys you can take (some free and some cost):
Here are some surveys you can take (some free and some cost):
Via Character.org (free)
Via Character.org (free)
Myers-Briggs (free)
Myers-Briggs (free)
Thrively.com (free - answer questions as if you are your best KID-self)
Thrively.com (free - answer questions as if you are your best KID-self)
Thrively Strengths
Thrively Strengths
Thrively Strengths.pdf