Demonstrating

Personal Interest in
Students
Name :Anita Charolina Bulan
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Demonstrating Personal
Interest in Students
in this context students want to
feel that they are "knowing" that
others understand them, or value
them, and recognize their
uniqueness and qualities, skills,
interests, needs and personality
Recommendations for
classroom practice
There are numerous ways to show interest in
students as individuals. In this module, we
discuss three broad strategies:

• Discovering and incorporating students’

personal interests into academics
• Noticing individual accomplishments and
important events in students’ lives
• Interacting with students as individuals
Discovering and Incorporating
Students’ Personal Interests
into Academics

There are many ways to learn about

students’ personal interests, including the
following:

• Student interest surveys

• Teacher-student conferences
• Informal conversations with students
• Taking notice of the kinds of activities
students participate in outside of school
 Student Interest
Survey
To learn about—and spark—students’ interests,
consider using these strategies:
• Ask which book, article, video, or movie the student
most enjoyed in the past month.
• Give the student a leadership role in the classroom.
• Ask the student to suggest a video or movie clip for
the class to watch that exemplifies a particular topic or
idea.
• Assign the student the task of caring for a class
or school pet (such as a turtle or fish). • Ask
students to line up for lunch or to sit in groups in
fun ways
• Ask students to line up for lunch or to sit in
groups in fun ways; for example, ask them
whether they would rather “lie in a hammock and
read a good book,” or “sail across the ocean.”
• Give students options for topics to study; for
example, during a unit on historical investigation
“scientific discoveries of the past,” “young people
who were inventors or entrepreneurs,”
 Noticing Individual Accomplishments
and Important Events in Students’ Lives

You can develop a number of practices in this area: • Read the school newspaper, newsletter, and
bulletins for information and announcements about
• Use part of each parent-teacher conference to ask students who are participating in extracurricular
about and listen for critical details, such as upcoming activities.
family get-togethers or vacations, transition points for
siblings (such as graduation, marriage), or a move to
a new home.
• Compliment students on important achievements
• Develop good relationships with teachers of in and outside of school.
“specials” and learn about the extracurricular
activities students are participating in throughout the
school year.
 Interacting with Students as Individuals
few straightforward things that you can do and practice so that students feel you know them as
individuals:
• Meet students at the door as they come into class and say hello to each student, being sure to use the
student’s first name. Simply saying “hello” or “good morning” to groups of students does not have the
same impact as saying, “Good morning, Rosa,” “Hi, Joseph,” “Welcome, Susan,” and so on.
• Find time to talk informally with students about their lives and their interests. for example, with
students who arrive early to class or as students complete a classroom task at different times. This is a
good time to give students unsolicited
• Make a positive phone call home with the student present.
• Take photos of students for room display.
• Attend an after-school function that involves the student.
• Single out a couple of students each day
• Greet students by name outside of school if you happen to run into them at, say, the movie theater, a
sporting event, or the grocery store.
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