I was very surprised to read the area of listening in our readings for the week. I think that after reading how to be a good listener...I have determined I have many areas to work on. One being that I am quick to judge a person for what they have said rather than the content of their discussion. I also that that acting in silent cues, and pausing will allow me to gather my thoughts and speak concisely. I really felt that this chapter was most effective for the reading we did!
I also really enjoyed reading Crucial Conversations and found out that it also a book on tape that my friend had just read by the same author! The book was called 7 Habits of Highly Effective People which he loved! It has also inspired him to read this book when I am finished which is exciting because he is finally interested in my grad work!!! :)
I felt like I made small progress this week and scheduled a meeting with our Special Ed teacher to have her map out the math plans for 2 weeks. She was so appreciative and really felt included after we talked. I felt like I let her in our little 4th grade bubble and I feel FINALLY that we can start working together as a team rather than as them being outsiders pulling students out of our rooms! Yeya~!:)
Questions I still have: How can we specficially use concrete examples of communication in order to say what we need to say? Will our book explain useful ideas of specific terminology!?
Katie,
ReplyDeleteI feel the readings this week were full of prompts for thoughtful self-reflection, especially in the area of how we listen in conversation. During a parent-teacher conference yesterday, I found myself thinking about the concerns being raised, the body language being used, and how effective I was at taking it all in. You have raised some excellent questions and I am anxious to hear the answers as well. Crucial Conversations is an engaging book, and I will be looking for 7 Habits of Highly Effective People as well! ~leeanne