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- 1. MOTIVATION AT WORK! BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS
- 2. Our students will be the leaders of tomorrow; therefore, we
must give each student the knowledge and skills necessary to face
the challenges that lay before them. We also want to build on our
students' hopes and dreams, and help instill in them the belief
that anything is possible if you believe it is possible. If these
goals are achieved, then both student and teacher motivation will
increase at Don Jeter Elementary!
- 3. Don Jeter Elementary Demographics Percent Faculty Staff
Student Parent Male 3 % 6% 54% NA Female 97% 3% 46% NA Hispanic 24%
76% 83% 17% White 76% 24% 17% 83%
- 4.
- Answer the following statements with AGREE OR DISAGREE:
- I feel that some students cannot be motivated at all.
- I feel that I can play an integral part of motivating my
students.
- I feel that extrinsic rewards are the best way to motivate my
students.
- I feel that all of my students should be able to perform well
on standardized tests if I provide a lot of practice
- I feel that I do my very best when planning lessons, so all of
my students will be successful.
- 5. Most of you probably answered most of these questions with
YES. However, after viewing this slide show, I think you will be
able to reevaluate your approach to teaching with a different
perspective.
- 6. Motivation is an internal state that activates, guides and
maintains behavior. Motivation Theory attempts to explain student
behavior and influence future behavior.
- 7.
- When students are motivated the following behaviors occur:
- Higher cognitive practices
- Students self-efficacy rises
- Intrinsic rewards are values instead of extrinsic rewards
- Students see the relevance of a task
- 8. HOW CAN I MOTIVATE MY STUDENTS?
- 9.
- Teacher understanding of self-efficacy will influence
struggling learners.
- The teacher should allow the students to work with other
students whenever possible.
- When this is not possible, direct guidance of a new skill
should be employed along with a demonstration, so the struggling
learner develops the internal imagery needed to implement the
targeted skill.
- The evaluation of the product will be based on whether or not
the student mastered the skill and not on other criteria.
- 10.
- Steps to Motivation Success
- Teachers need to sit down with students and find out their
interests and how they make a lesson relevant to them.
- Also, the teacher can find a way for the student to obtain
independence and competence by allowing the student to show their
mastery of the skill in alternative ways by giving a choice of
assessment when possible.
- Use positive classroom language.
- Create a safe and inviting classroom environment.
- 11. EXTRINSIC VERUS INTRINSIC REWARDS Intrinsic Rewards
Extrinsic Rewards
- Desire to do well for own sake
- Mastery based evaluation systems
- Prizes (stickers, free time, etc.)
- 12.
- Intrinsic Psychological Needs:
- When planning lessons in the future, there will be a decrease
in the amount of extrinsic motivational strategies while boosting
intrinsic motivation.
- 13. By keeping the socio-cultural theory in mind when planning
lessons, students will be able to interact with each other and
become engaged with the task at hand. Interpersonal relations are a
very important part of motivational theory due to the human need to
feel accepted. Some students reach out to feel like part of the
crowd in negative ways, so anytime the teacher can facilitate other
ways to build relations; it will consequently affect motivation to
learn as well. This practice will facilitate success; therefore
allowing students to feel success. Once the students can feel
success in a group, than it will boost their own
self-efficacy.
- 14. IMPORTANCE OF STUDENT MOTIVATION If educators do not find
ways to motivate students, then the likelihood of them dropping out
will soar. We must promote life-long learners regardless of
cultural/economic backgrounds or skill levels. All students will
end up as citizens one day and it is the educational communitys job
to find ways to promote motivation in all areas of life.
- 15. TEACHER MOTIVATION WILL INCREASE STUDENT MOTIVATION!
- 16.
- Ways to Increase Teacher Motivation
- shared beliefs, customs, and behaviors
- groups shared beliefs, customs, and behaviors
- frequent problem-solving sessions
- 17. INSPIRATIONAL STUDENT STORY Most of the motivational
strategies used during lessons are extrinsic in nature. The male
student being described in the story often lost interest in an
activity because he was embarrassed in front of peers. Many times
he lacked interest because he did not understand the concept and
had a low self efficacy. This caused him to have little motivation
for any task. Once the teacher made the material realistic for him,
he became engaged. The student was given an opportunity to embrace
his Hispanic culture by reading books about famous Mexicans instead
of other biographies. He was also allowed to illustrate his
opinions rather than write them down since the assignment was to
know the contributions of the famous individual and not how well
the report was written. In this case, it made all of the difference
to the student because he was no longer intimidated or drawing gang
signs. Teacher classroom practices can influence these goal
orientations at any level of learning.
- 18. Success!!! The recommendation for increasing and
maintaining the level of motivation by the students in the
classroom includes making the task relevant to the students and
decreasing the amount of extrinsic motivational strategies while
increasing intrinsic motivation. This can be achieved by fostering
the desire for learning as the students idea instead of the
teachers.
- 19. Find product assessments that make student s feel
successful! This will increase motivation for any given task. Is
there a way technology could be used? IMPORTANT NOTE TO KEEP IN
MIND