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The most common use of the term is to differentiate between introverts (who are energized by quiet space, introspection, and deep relationships and are exhausted by excessive social interactions) and extroverts (who are energized by social interaction and external stimulation and tend to be bored or restless by themselves) as a way of explaining different personal reactions to similar contexts.
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After 11 years of teaching English at a public high school, Ken Lovgren left the profession, mostly because he was drained by the insistent emphasis on collaboration and group work. Engaging in a classroom that was “so demanding in terms of social interaction” made it difficult for him to find quiet space to decompress and reflect. “The endless barrage of ‘professional learning community’ meetings left me little energy for meaningful interaction with my kids,” he told me. “I suspect a lot of teachers feel as I do.”
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“It’s easier to be a professor as an introvert,” he said. “There’s so much silence and solitude built into it.”
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This type of schedule and expectation for constant social interaction negates the possibility to psychologically “recharge” in relative solitude, something that’s crucial to many introverts. Lovgren described his lunches alone in the sunshine as a place “to be alone and recharge … to think about big ideas and prepare something worthwhile to say to the kids during discussion.” Spencer wrote that introverted teachers in general may eat alone at lunch because they’re “tired of being ‘on’ all the time … [and] they simply need time to recharge.” Brian Little, a widely acclaimed speaker and psychology professor at Cambridge University, refers to these opportunities to recharge as “restorative activities.”
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The primary concern, as always, is for the students, many of whom are introverts themselves and in want of role models and sympathizers in a culture that sometimes misunderstands kids who are seemingly “unwilling to stand up for themselves.”
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Teachers in Robert Coplan’s 2001 study “believed that shy/quiet children were less intelligent and would do more poorly academically than would exuberant/talkative children. However, some of these findings were moderated by teachers' own level of shyness.”
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Earlier this month, Spencer, the former middle-school teacher who’s documented his struggles as an introvert, wrote a popular blog post on “re-imagining school” for educators like him that offers some suggestions on how K-12 campuses can meet the needs of teachers who are less extroverted, from “providing professional development credit for personal learning” to simply offering them some options in regards to collaborative activities.
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Michael VivianA lot of this ringing true for me. Teaching: Not for Introverts https://t.co/jmSt1PH4eV
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structure of a teacher’s personality predicted burnout more strongly than other types of factors
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introversion “means characteristics that foster emotional exhaustion … while they diminish personal accomplishment.
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Perhaps teachers and administrators who tend to be introverted themselves can instinctively provide the space the quiet student needs, and also model and value more reserved behavior.
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introversion and extroversion are not diametrically opposed in black and white fashion; and in any case, people’s personalities shift depending on the time and situation
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with all the social interaction, group activities, common spaces, and noisy activities, “modern school seems designed for extraverts.”
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e’s just asking for less social stimulation and more freedom to think quietly.
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“If you give me time and space to complete the task in my own way, I’ll come back to the group with a quality contribution.”
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simply offering them some options in regards to collaborative activities
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Brian Little, a widely acclaimed speaker and psychology professor at Cambridge University, refers to these opportunities to recharge as “restorative activities.”
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one study by researchers in Spain showed that the structure of a teacher’s personality predicted burnout more strongly than other types of factors
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I remember desperately yearning to just quietly study Hamlet and read my new students’ papers.
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“Most people utilize both introversion and extraversion in their daily lives … no one list [of personality traits] adequately captures the uniqueness of any individual, but serves as a beginning guide to recognizing and understanding behaviors.”
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“modern school seems designed for extraverts.”
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In order to say something worthwhile about big ideas, Lovgren said, many people need significant time and space for prior reflection—and any implication that active group work is categorically superior alienates those students and teachers.
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erikburmeisterintroverts burnout
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A few studies suggest that introverted teachers—especially those who may have falsely envisioned teaching as a career involving calm lectures, one-on-one interactions, and grading papers quietly with a cup of tea—are at risk of burning out. And when these teachers leave for alternate careers, it comes at a cost to individual children and school districts at large.
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“over the past two decades, the time spent by managers and employees in collaborative activities has ballooned by 50% or more.” The difference for teachers in many cases is that they don’t get any down time; they finish various meetings with various adults and go straight to the classroom,
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ntroverted teachers have regularly written about how they miss the traditional lecture format, about how they almost quit teaching, and about how they did in fact leave teaching for a job more suitable for introverts.
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with all the social interaction, group activities, common spaces, and noisy activities, “modern school seems designed for extraverts.”
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The most common use of the term is to differentiate between introverts (who are energized by quiet space, introspection, and deep relationships and are exhausted by excessive social interactions) and extroverts (who are energized by social interaction and external stimulation and tend to be bored or restless by themselves) as a way of explaining different personal reactions to similar contexts.
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“It’s easier to be a professor as an introvert,”
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“collaborative overload” in the workplace
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The difference for teachers in many cases is that they don’t get any down time; they finish various meetings with various adults and go straight to the classroom, where they feel increasing pressure to facilitate social learning activities and promote the current trend of collaborative education.
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“providing professional development credit for personal learning” to simply offering them some options in regards to collaborative activities.
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A CastroInteresting article on introvert teachers and burnout.
introvert education social introversion teachers collaboration learning Teaching
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one study by researchers in Spain showed that the structure of a teacher’s personality predicted burnout more strongly than other types of factors
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being introverted predicts burnout
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The most common use of the term is to differentiate between introverts (who are energized by quiet space, introspection, and deep relationships and are exhausted by excessive social interactions) and extroverts (who are energized by social interaction and external stimulation and tend to be bored or restless by themselves) as a way of explaining different personal reactions to similar contexts.
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bar_quAll this collaboration, it's burning teachers out. https://t.co/K20Gos2VtC
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danvansickle"During that same year, the district assigned to me a mentor to help orient me—he took me out to coffee, and we just talked about good literature and lesson ideas for an hour. The principal, visibly flustered that we didn’t observably “do anything,” assigned me a new mentor who, among other things, encouraged me to divide my class into cooperative groups and then share the results with my department and administration. The implicit message seemed to be similar to what Lovgren said explicitly: “A calm and focused teacher is suspected of underworking, and so everybody, regardless of their personality type, is expected to work constantly in groups.”"
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Lisa NobleR u struggling w/ 'collaborative overload'? Teacher Burnout Is More Likely Among Introverts" https://t.co/hkB8jMR2ow @spencerideas
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“collaborative overload”
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This type of schedule and expectation for constant social interaction negates the possibility to psychologically “recharge” in relative solitude, something that’s crucial to many introverts.
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“collaborative overload”
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the structure of a teacher’s personality predicted burnout more strongly than other types of factors.
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concluded that introversion “means characteristics that foster emotional exhaustion … while they diminish personal accomplishment.”
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“A calm and focused teacher is suspected of underworking, and so everybody, regardless of their personality type, is expected to work constantly in groups.”
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“believed that shy/quiet children were less intelligent and would do more poorly academically than would exuberant/talkative children. However, some of these findings were moderated by teachers' own level of shyness.”
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“modern school seems designed for extraverts.”
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Like many if not most introverts, Lovgren isn’t anti-social, or even anti-collaboration; he’s just asking for less social stimulation and more freedom to think quietly.
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In a 2005 article, he wrote that “for a biogenic introvert who has been protractedly acting out of character as a ‘pseudo-extravert’ the best restorative niche would be one of solitude and reduced stimulation.”
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Gary BertoiaTeaching: Not For Introverts https://t.co/CbgFeNUt6Z via @nuzzel thanks @wootang01
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