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Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers

EP276 Finding flow: How to teach productivity strategies to students

Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers

Angela Watson

Teachers, Courses, Education, Teaching

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

We all want students to be self-directed in their learning and take initiative to figure things out for themselves. We want them to think critically and engage in the struggle of understanding so they come out on the other side truly owning their own learning, ideas, and beliefs.

Two of the most powerful ways to help students experience this kind of learning are:

  1. Explicitly teaching students how to optimize concentration, time, and energy
  2. Model these strategies for students with enthusiasm, curiosity, and intellectual humility

That’s exactly what this episode is designed to help you do.

The first and most important step is to shift from viewing learning as something that you’re trying to get students to do and they’re resisting, and instead view learning as something that you experiment with together.

Listen in to learn more about flow theory, and why I prefer its focus on joy and ease over just “managing time” or “getting more done.”

You and your students can internalize this way of thinking about time, energy, and attention, and establish the goal of finding flow in the classroom whenever possible.

Click here to read the transcript and participate in the discussion or, join our podcast Facebook group here to connect with other teachers and discuss the Truth for Teachers' podcast episodes.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to episode 276 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers.

0:06.8

I'm your host Angela Watson and I'm here to speak encouragement into the hearts of educators

0:11.6

and get you informed and energized for the week ahead.

0:15.2

Today I'm talking about finding flow in the classroom and how to teach productivity strategies

0:20.9

to students.

0:22.4

Visit truthforteachers.com to get an easy to read, easy to share a version of this podcast

0:27.4

episode.

0:31.1

If you teach eighth through 12th grades, I have a special opportunity for you.

0:35.9

I'm releasing a brand new curriculum line designed to help students find flow in the

0:40.5

classroom and manage their time, energy, and focused attention.

0:45.2

As a podcast listener, you're invited to be part of our beta tester group.

0:49.5

You can purchase the entire curriculum line, all six units, with 55 lessons in total,

0:55.1

for just $35, now through May 31, 2023.

1:00.6

This is a deeply discounted price only for my email subscribers and podcast listeners.

1:05.9

You'll receive the resources before they're available to anyone else, and you'll have

1:09.8

the opportunity to offer suggestions that shape the development of future units so they'll

1:14.8

better beat the needs of your students.

1:17.4

I'll share more about the curriculum and beta testing opportunity at the end of this

1:20.8

episode.

1:23.7

As it feel like every year you have more and more students who could be successful in

1:28.7

class, but just won't apply themselves, are your students prone to shutting down when

1:34.2

things are hard, giving up when they don't understand, and not putting forth the necessary

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