Empathy and Point of View
"The future belongs to the curious.
The ones who are not afraid to try it, explore it,
poke at it, question it and turn it inside out."
- Sonya Teclai
The ones who are not afraid to try it, explore it,
poke at it, question it and turn it inside out."
- Sonya Teclai
Constructive Self Regulation and Reflection Objectives
In this section students will:
-Identify their values
-Recognize what is important to them
-Realize why these values are important to them
-Gain a better understanding of who they are as a student, problem solver, member of
society…
-Identify their own strengths and weaknesses
-Actively look for ways to improve themselves and the systems around them
-Consider how they know what they know
-Recognize the significant influences (people / events) on their lives
-Notice their learning strategies
-Recognize the circumstances surrounding them when they learn best and the surrounding
circumstances when they struggle to understand
-Realize the circumstances surrounding them when they do their best work and the
surrounding circumstances when their work is not up to par
-Understand the importance of taking responsibility for their own actions
-Craft a mission statement
-Work towards becoming proactive, self-starters
In this section students will:
-Identify their values
-Recognize what is important to them
-Realize why these values are important to them
-Gain a better understanding of who they are as a student, problem solver, member of
society…
-Identify their own strengths and weaknesses
-Actively look for ways to improve themselves and the systems around them
-Consider how they know what they know
-Recognize the significant influences (people / events) on their lives
-Notice their learning strategies
-Recognize the circumstances surrounding them when they learn best and the surrounding
circumstances when they struggle to understand
-Realize the circumstances surrounding them when they do their best work and the
surrounding circumstances when their work is not up to par
-Understand the importance of taking responsibility for their own actions
-Craft a mission statement
-Work towards becoming proactive, self-starters
Courageous and Open - Minded Exploration Objectives
In this section students will:
-Reignite their inner curiosity
-Continually ask revealing questions like ‘what if…?’
-Recognize how curiosity leads to opportunities
-Increase their self confidence
-Understand how to develop self confidence
-Appreciate how self – efficacy leads to confidence
-Experience success (small and large scale)
-Realize expertise is the product of long time efforts
-Develop a mindset that allows them to try and fail without discouragement
In this section students will:
-Reignite their inner curiosity
-Continually ask revealing questions like ‘what if…?’
-Recognize how curiosity leads to opportunities
-Increase their self confidence
-Understand how to develop self confidence
-Appreciate how self – efficacy leads to confidence
-Experience success (small and large scale)
-Realize expertise is the product of long time efforts
-Develop a mindset that allows them to try and fail without discouragement
Effective Communication Objectives
In this section students will:
-Understand empathy and the importance of being empathetic
-Recognize an audience’s needs
-Determine how to best meet the audience’s needs
-Develop the ability to write, speak and present clearly and concisely
-Learn the components of a powerful presentation
-Learn to present with focus, energy, and passion
-Thoroughly prepare for presentations
-Effectively use supporting materials
-Enhance the ability to persuade others
-Identify barriers to effective communication
-Become active listeners
-Gain the ability to provide constructive feedback
In this section students will:
-Understand empathy and the importance of being empathetic
-Recognize an audience’s needs
-Determine how to best meet the audience’s needs
-Develop the ability to write, speak and present clearly and concisely
-Learn the components of a powerful presentation
-Learn to present with focus, energy, and passion
-Thoroughly prepare for presentations
-Effectively use supporting materials
-Enhance the ability to persuade others
-Identify barriers to effective communication
-Become active listeners
-Gain the ability to provide constructive feedback
Insightful Interviewing Objectives
In this section students will:
-Appreciate an insightful interview
-Develop effective empathetic interview questions
-Understand how to interpret and categorize different points of view
-Collect qualitative and quantitative data
-Interpret data
In this section students will:
-Appreciate an insightful interview
-Develop effective empathetic interview questions
-Understand how to interpret and categorize different points of view
-Collect qualitative and quantitative data
-Interpret data