We live in a continuous adaptation mode. Adaptive pedagogy requires an open mind and heart to understanding our environments and to validating each student and their stories as we all adapt each day to the unexpected.

1. Adaptive Pedagogy:
Transformative Teaching & Learning
During Covid
by
Val Margarit, Ed.D
Keiser University Flagship
March 2, 2021
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2. Meet Val Margarit, Ed.D.
Professor of Social & Behavioral Sciences
Award-Winning Educational Leader, Speaker, and Trainer
15+ years of experience - teaching, training, leading
Best-Selling Author
NLP Practitioner ( Neuro-linguistic programming)
Mindfulness Meditation Teacher
Marathon Runner - Wellness & Holistic Health Advocate
Unlimited Human Potential Advocate 10X
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3. “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the
most intelligent. It is the one that is most adaptable to
change.”
-Charles Darwin

4. How are you feeling right now?

5. ADAPTABILITY
...Being able to rapidly learn new skills, habits and behaviors in
response to changing environments.
#1skill to achieving success, happiness and fulfilment in school,
work, and life.

6. Question:
How do you prepare yourself mentally,
physically and spiritually to handle
whatever life throws at you when you
wake up in the morning?

7. What do you see here?

8. What do you
see here?

9. Solution: Adaptive Pedagogy
“The secret to change is to focus all of
your energy, not of fighting the old, but
on building the new.”
-Socrates

10. Transformative & Adaptive Learning Method
(A holistic approach)

11. MINDFULNESS/
AWARENESS
1.
EMOTION
6.
FOCUS
4.
REPETITION
5.
INTENTION
3.
CHOICES
2.
BELIEF
7.
TLM - Transformative Learning Method by Val Margarit
REFLECTION
8.

12. 1.Mindfulness / Awareness
Class Application

13. “I had an amazing experience in this class, it encouraged me to meditate every
day. "Meditation helped me to relieve stress, lessen depression, lower blood
pressure and improve sleep while boosting memory, mood and even social
intelligence." Especially during this pandemic, I started doing spiritual
meditation which helped release and settle my thoughts and emotions,
relaxes my nervous system and helps my body unwind from stress also helped
to let go of the past and sink in peace which helped me realize who you really
are.”
Keiser Flagship Student, Sociology Fall 2020

14. 2. Choices
Conscious vs. Unconscious Choices
Class Application

15. 3. Intention
Class Application

16. 4. Focus
Class Application

17. “Four weeks ago, I was sluggish and unmotivated. Now I feel empowered and
have a more peaceful mind because I've taken the time to focus on controlling
what I can control and not feeling that I have to change or fix everything. I am
most proud of relaxing my mind. I had a lot of anxiety and chose to ignore it
and it only got worse. I am proud to say that I don't have anxiety as I did
before. The skills I learned in this class with Professor Val will help me be
successful in life: Meditating, Confidence, Positive thinking, Resilience, Focus.
Professor Val has taught me how to control and train the mind to focus on goals
I want to accomplish and not worry about things I cannot control. I feel
empowered. It’s a great feeling.”
Keiser Flagship Student, Sociology Fall 2020

18. 5. Repetition
Class Application

19. “I feel empowered and educated because being able to talk about how
socialization is important in our society makes me learn more about human
behavior and in the future became a much better global citizen. For
example, it's important to socialize people from a young age to learn skills
like respect, teamwork, and being able to communicate with others. It is
through practice and repetition that I was able to polish these skills, which
would help me achieve success in life. “
Keiser Flagship Student, Sociology Fall 2020

20. 6. Emotion
Class Application

21. 7. Belief
Class Application

22. 8. Reflection
Class Application

23. What students are saying
I had no idea that meditation
could help me become better. I
think is really helpful because
most of the time I forgot to relax
and take a break from something
that is making me feel stressed. I
am going to start working on my
meditation and relaxation skills
John
I believe I was most creative when
we did the meditation on Friday. I
really liked how it calmed me down
and made me be able to be more in
the moment and open minded, I will
be looking into meditating more.I
believe we should take time and do
this every day.
Kali
One important thing I learned
this week was how effective
meditation can be. I can use
this every day in my life to
keep my mind from racing to
the past or the future
-Gavin
Quotes for illustration purposes only

24. Student Video Course Reflection
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25. Thank YOU!
HOW we teach matter more than WHAT we teach.
Adaptive Pedagogy is not an option. It’s a
survival skill.

26. Reflection Questions:
Please share your takeaways from today’s presentation?
How do you feel now as opposed to when we started the presentation?
What’s your intention going forward?
What changes are you ready to make?
____________write and answer your own question!
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27. Let’s Connect: Together we’re stronger!
How Can I Help YOU?
Val Margarit, Ed.D
Keiser University Flagship
vmargarit@keiseruniversity.edu
https://www.linkedin.com/in/valmargarit/
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