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Teaching and Learning Styles

After taking the NC State teaching a learning styles inventory and Grasha's teaching styles inventory I have a clearer idea of how I stand as a learner and as a teacher.  The NC State quiz results showed me that I have an extremely strong preference for Active and Visual learning, I am sure that my teaching style will reflect my preference.  In PE I believe that an Active and Visual teaching style will benefit the students because they will have the opportunity to see detailed demonstrations and remain active during the course of the class.  The second inventory, Grasha's, showed me that as an instructor I have the strongest tendencies to be a delegator, a facilitator and a personal model for the students.  I think this will allow my students to succeed as team leaders and build personal responsibility for my students.
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MMDI Personality Test Results

      I took the MMDI personality test that was offered to us on the Blackboard site.  The results showed that I am an even split between having an ENFJ personality and an ESFJ personality.  Both of these personalities reflect who I am very well.  ENFJ personalities seek to find personal growth in others such as teammates and peers.  They also will push the group to reach its potential but will not push hard enough to cause interpersonal problems amongst the group as they value harmony in relationships.  The ESFJ personality is very similar, they also value harmony in relationships and promote cooperation and teamwork.  Oftentimes they value the needs of others more that their own needs.  I think that having a mixture of these personalities is great for an aspiring PE teacher.  Teamwork is essential in sports and in a lot of PE activities, however, it is also important to push the students to succeed at their highest potential.  I also think that coming into a PE setting with my person
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     My name is Tucker Toppan, I am an aspiring PE teacher who loves to travel and surf.  I played sports every season my entire academic life and I played baseball in college for a few years.  I have found that being physically active and having a passion for the outdoors is a great thing for children.  I was lucky enough to have benefitted from those things and would love to impart some of those passions on to my students.  I currently do not teach but I am excited to begin.
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