1. THINK PEOPLE AND PASSIONS RATHER THAN CLASSES AND CONTENT
EDUC 518
Harriet Greaney
Marilupe Rodriguez
Wenjie Wang

2. A key aspect of partnering education is discovering students passions and interests. Todays teachers need to help students discover, understand, and develop their passions.
PARTNERING + PASSIONS

3. LEARN ABOUT STUDENTS INTERESTS AND PASSIONS
While partnering, it is important to know students passions in detail.
Passion provides a source of energy that inspires learners to make an effort and determines how long they will be willing to endure an activity, how hard they will pursue it, and how much they learn.

4. Passion means a persons central focus, what the learner cares about most, or what moves him or her emotionally.
A student need not become passionate about learning English in order to succeed in English class. Rather, the student needs connect English learning to his passionate interests.
Todays students expect individualized treatment.
WHY LEARN ABOUT STUDENTS PASSIONS?

5. Educators must discover the passions of individual studentsthe things that truly interest themand use them as the drivers of student engagement and achievement.
By accessing students passions, we can create individual learning that will stick in students minds, be valuable in their lives, and make them want to know more.
PASSIONS DRIVE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

6. Educators can learn from their students by helping them find their passions and by organizing class activities around the theme of self-expression.
To discover students passions, educators can use various methods--personalized tasks, idea journals, speaking circles, or interactive questionnaires.
LEARN FROM YOUR STUDENTS

7. HOW CAN WE USE PASSIONS?
To build respect and tolerance for individuality.
To inspire more variety in our lessons.
To allow us to create meaningful guiding questions.
To encourage us to get and give constant feedback.

8. Adjusting to new roles takes time, so patience is important at the beginning of the process.
PARTNERING=NEW ROLES FOR TEACHERS & STUDENTS

• New teacher and student roles lead to improved mutual respect.
• 9. Students become more active and equal participants in the learning process.