1. THINK PEOPLE AND PASSIONS RATHER THAN CLASSES AND CONTENT
EDUC 518
Maggie Armendariz
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.
WHAT ARE STUDENTS PASSIONS?

3. LEARN ABOUT YOUR 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, determines how long they will be willing to endure an activity, how hard they will pursue it, and how much they learn.

4. Passion, in this sense, means a persons central goals in life, the things the learner cares about most, or the things that move him or her emotionally. This does not mean that a student needs to become passionate about learning English in order to succeed. Rather, the student needs to find a way to connect English learning to his passionate interests.
WHY LEARN ABOUT STUDENTS PASSIONS?

5. Each student learns differently. As partners and educators, we find that students are talented in different ways. One student may be creative, another analytical;or one may be mechanical, and another may excel at writing. Teaching requires differentiated and individualized instruction.
We use passions as the drivers of student engagement and achievement.
INDIVIDUALIZE INTRUCTION DAILY

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 ROLES

• The key to partnering is having mutual respect between students and teachers.
• 9. Make students more active and equal participants in the learning process.