Twenty Tips on Motivating Students. Vanderbilt University. Introduction Fostering student motivation is a difficult but necessary aspect of teaching that instructors must consider.
How to Motivate Students: Top 12 Ways. If there is one thing we know about kids, it’s that they have short attention spans and prefer now to later.
This is especially true at the beginning of the year. Teachers, more than any district or schoolwide programs, have the most power to know how to motivate students because they’re on the front lines. The Most Inspiring Motivational Posters for Teachers. The Most Inspiring Motivational Posters for Teachers The images above were all lifted (with permission!)
From a wonderful Flickr stream created by Krissy Venosdale. I find them deeply inspirational, and I thought I’d share them in case someone else out there is looking for a bit of motivation. Krissy is a passionate and inspired American teacher. You can find out more about her and her projects here: Also, you can find the full-sized images of these and many other ‘Venspired’ posters at: 21 Simple Ideas To Improve Student Motivation. 21 Simple Ideas To Improve Student Motivation by TeachThought Staff The best lessons, books, and materials in the world won’t get students excited about learning and willing to work hard if they’re not motivated.
Motivation, both intrinsic and extrinsic, is a key factor in the success of students at all stages of their education, and teachers can play a pivotal role in providing and encouraging that motivation in their students. Of course that’s much easier said than done, as all students are motivated differently and it takes time and a lot of effort to learn to get a classroom full of kids enthusiastic about learning, working hard, and pushing themselves to excel. Even the most well-intentioned and educated teachers sometimes lack the skills to keep kids on track, so whether you’re a new teacher or an experienced one, try using these methods to motivate your students and to encourage them to live up to their true potential. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
Educational Leadership:Students Who Challenge Us:Eight Things Skilled Teachers Think, Say, and Do. Among the many challenges teachers face, often the most difficult is how to engage students who seem unreachable, who resist learning activities, or who disrupt them for others.
This is also one of the challenges that skilled teachers have some control over. In my nine years of teaching high school, I've found that one of the best approaches to engaging challenging students is to develop their intrinsic motivation. The root of intrinsic is the Latin intrinsecus, a combination of two words meaning within and alongside. Strategies-helping-students-motivate-themselves-larry-ferlazzo?crlt_pid=camp. Editor's Note: This piece was adapted from Building a Community of Self-Motivated Learners: Strategies to Help Students Thrive in School and Beyond by Larry Ferlazzo, available March 21, 2015 from Routledge.
My previous post reviewed research on extrinsic and intrinsic motivation, and described the four qualities that have been identified as critical to helping students motivate themselves: autonomy, competence, relatedness, and relevance. In this post, I'll discuss practical classroom strategies to reinforce each of these four qualities. Autonomy Providing students with freedom of choice is one strategy for promoting learner autonomy. Educators commonly view this idea of choice through the lens of organizational and procedural choice. Five Ways To Strengthen Your Classroom Discipline. Quotes. I can't believe it's already time to head back to school!
I asked teacher friends on Facebook for some quotes they'd like to see on posters and they gave me some fabulous ones! I'll be posting a few each day this week and you find them in a folder HERE in both PDF and JPG. Classroom Motivational and Inspirational... by Z is for Zebra. Mrs. Laffin's Laughings: Stop Talking with Beat the Teacher.
It's Saturday, so it's time to link up with my BBB Joanne from Head Over Heels for Teaching for Spark Student Motivation!
The weeks leading up to spring break were absolutely horrible with chattiness -- talk, talk, talk. I'm talking about the kind of talk when there shouldn't be talk. I know the kids were excited -- I was excited -- be we still had some learning to do! So I came up with this very simple, yet powerful, way to control all of the talking. I call it Beat the Teacher. It basically is a game of you versus the students, and who doesn't love a little friendly competition? Successful Student Motivation Classroom Teaching Strategies. Student motivation, especially intrinsic motivation (the motivation that comes from within ones self), is a critical part of the education process.
Motivation is a necessity so that learning becomes a continuing, improving, interesting and hopefully enjoyable process. I say "hopefully enjoyable" because although you as a teacher try to make learning fun, your students should understand that learning is the goal, the fun part is just nice to have. As I'm sure you know, most people can be intimidated when it comes to doing or learning something new - they would just prefer to maintain the status quo, it's easier.