a presentation for college teachers in mathematics.

1. SOFT SKILLS
FOR
MATHEMATICS TEACHERS
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2. What do you expect to learn?
What?
Why?
How?
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3. What are Soft Skills?
The cluster of personality traits, social
graces, communication, language,
personal habits, friendliness, and
optimism that characterize
relationships with other people. They
enhance an individual's interactions,
job performance and career
prospects.
Wikipedia
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4. Soft Skills vs Hard Skills
 EQ vs IQ
 Intangible vs Tangible
 Hard to teach vs Easy to teach
 Hard to measure vs Easy to measure
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5. Soft Skills for Teachers
 Effective Communication  Group Dynamics
 Listening Skills  Goal Setting
 Presentation Skills  Dealing with Criticism
 Body Language  Discussion Management
 Knowledge Management  Conflict Resolution
 Time Management  Problem Solving
 Student Motivation  Art of Asking Questions
 Praising & Rewarding  Giving Instructions
 Constructive Feedback  Eliciting Skills
 Interpersonal Skills  Mentoring
 Negotiation Skills  Avoiding Ennui
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6. Soft Skills
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7. What do you expect to learn?
What?
Why?
How?
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8. Why Soft Skills?
 Window to your personality
 Immediate effects
 ‘Recruit for Attitude, Train for Skill’
 To advance one’s career
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9. What makes a great teacher?
A mediocre teacher
tells.
A good teacher
explains.
A superior teacher
demonstrates.
A Great teacher
inspires.
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10. The Teacher who inspired you?
Recollect
Who was your best mathematics teacher
at school/college?
How did he/she inspire you?
Write
Share
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11. What do you expect to learn?
What?
Why?
How?
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12. Motivation Skills
1. Aim B IG
2. Success comes from
a. Desire
b. Decision
c. Determination
3. Challenge yourself
What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches.
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13. Motivation Skills
 Passion to inspire
 Urge to help
 Right attitude
 Expect good
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
- Henry Brooks Adams
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14. Interpersonal Skills
 Humane
 Understanding
 Mutually supportive
 Appreciative
 Nonpartisan
 Empathetic
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15. Interpersonal Skills
 Courteous
 Optimistic
 Well mannered
 Smiling
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16. Interpersonal Skills
 Greet
 Appreciate
 Listen
 Enthuse
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17. Communication Skills
 Listen keenly
 Speak clearly
 Mind your words and tone
 Maintain eye contact
 Use your body effectively
 Accept heterogeneity
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18. Communication Skills
 Reinforce
 Encourage
 Acknowledge
 Clarify
 Highlight
What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches.
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- Karl Menninger

19. Interactive Classroom
 Involve students
 Elicit, don’t tell
 Give good instructions
 Ask intelligent questions
 Add games, activities
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20. Be Resourceful
 Creative
 Imaginative
 Intelligent
 Sensible
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21. Be Humorous
 social lubricant
 enhances communication
 helps you appear human
 makes class enjoyable
 helps you see the joy in life
 no sarcasm, please
It is hard for people to disagree with you when you are smiling
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22. Support what you say
 Statistics
 Examples
 Evidence
 Definitions
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23. Math is Fun
 Explore math in the class
 Make Math a way to solve
problems
 Make Math fun
 Use computers/
mobiles as tools
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24. Thank you
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25. FEEDBACK SANDWICH
 ALW AYS LET YOUR STUDENTS KNOW
THAT YOU APPRECIATE THEIR WORK AND
SKILLS
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26. DEALING WITH CRITICISM
 KEEP YOUR COOL ON
RE
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 SUMMARIZE THE KEY POINTS YO
SO
, IF CK
 ASK QUESTIONS RSE T LF RA
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 ND YIN R
PUT YOURSELF E WTHEIR SHOES
FE TH
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 BE NEV
GRATEFUL
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27. TIME MANAGEMENT
 USE A DAILY PLANNER
 CALL OUT ROLL CALL WHILE THE STUDENTS
ARE WORKING
 KEEP A LOG OF PHONE CALLS/
MEETS YOU
HAD WITH PAREMTS
 RESEARCH FROM BEFORE, USE GOOGLE/
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