For your blog this week, think about the similarities and differences between how you evaluated yourself as a communicator and how others evaluated you.
--What is the one thing that surprised you the most? Why?
--What other insights about communication did you gain this week?
--Choose at least two to share with others through your blog and consider how each might inform your professional work and personal life.
For this assignment, I had a co-worker and one of my adult students from one of the night classes I teach evaluate me. The thing that surprised me was how differently my co-worker saw me as a communicator. For example, on the Communication Anxiety survey, she scored me on the LOW (21) side which meant that I would be very comfortable speaking in public and have no anxiety. I suppose I must play it off well or come across as confident when I am speaking in public because I scored myself as MODERATE (40). I am anxious in certain situations and comfortable in others.
As for the evaluation by the student in my night class, I was curious to see if I am an effective communicator in that situation since I am teaching them about early childhood development. The surprising result came when we compared answers for the Listening Style survey. I scored in GROUP 1 which meant I was a PEOPLE ORIENTED. I am too trusting. I am empathetic and I care about others' feelings. The student scored me to be in GROUP 2 which is ACTION ORIENTED. I found this to be interesting and that the reason why she sees me this way could be because of my position as instructor and her position as student. It makes sense that she would see me as being organized and prepared and clear-cut, to the point.
The final insight I gained this week was that I have some work to do to be a more effective communicator. I need not to be as concerned as I am about what my co-workers think about me. They are a gossipy bunch and I am not there for that. I need to refine how I come across and state my intentions in clear and respectful ways and not let the feelings I have towards them affect my communication with them.
Kim, I would like to be organized, prepared, clear-cut and to the point, That is my goal. I admire that you can adapt your communication to various environments and therefore be more effective in your communication.
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I am sure it was an eye opener to allow your student to evaluate you. Understanding how your students see you as an educator will help ensure that you are an effective communicator.
ReplyDeleteKim, I also was suprised at how different both people that did mine saw me and in the listening style they both put me in group 1. Which I have to agree with I rather listen than talk which is something that I need to work on.
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ReplyDeleteI was aurprised to see that my friend and my son both matched my own self-assessment in all three of the tests! I can see how your student would view you as something different, and I think that it is to your credit because she sees you as a professional! As far as the "gossipy group" goes, good for you for steering clear! That is not the type of communication you would want to indulge in!
Marie
It is so interesting to see what others see us as communicators or as we show up in the world. I was surprised that my colleague and a personal friend scored so close to what I scored. As for gossip...good for you. I am not in favor of gossip. Thanks for sharing. Hope that you visit my blog.
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ReplyDeleteIt is good to know that you are able to adjust your communication styles to fit your environment and audience. This is very important because people often forget that perception is rarely the same for everyone.
Hello Kim,
ReplyDeleteIt is good to know that you are able to adjust your communication styles to fit your environment and audience. This is very important because people often forget that perception is rarely the same for everyone.
That's great you were able to have your students evaluate you. It sounds like you have been in several different situations where you may have come across as laid back and not stressed but inside you were full of anxiety. Being able to adjust to communication is important and it seems like you have that good trait!
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