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Motivational Interviewing in Teaching: Engaging Change
April 5 @ 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Motivational Interviewing is a technique developed in counseling that has emerging evidence as a useful teaching tool, both in the classroom and in office hours and consultations with individual students.
The technique of Motivational Interviewing is particularly effective when someone is exhibiting resistance. It’s a way to facilitate decision-making around change.
In the classroom, for example, this technique can be used to help students change their exam preparation practices without provoking defensiveness.
What You’ll Gain by Attending:
*Explain motivational interviewing as a teaching technique.
*Plan to address common resistance in teaching by applying motivational interviewing.
*Practice motivational interviewing in educational scenarios.
Facilitated By: Jen Garrett-Ostermiller, Director of the CTLI