WEEK 3 BLOG

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     Motivation is a condition that activates and sustains behavior towards a goal. This is significant throughout life; motivation meets engagement, persistence, and better learning results. Learning as the objective instead of performing as the objective is more effective in keeping the students engaged and persistent. Teachers can encourage students to focus on the learning aspects and not the grade. We do not determine students' intellectual worth based on standardized scores. How do students learn? Motivation is known to develop and change after some time.

In this way, the learning experience should be dynamic. Self-efficacy, values, and interests are components within motivation that need to be considered when developing a lesson plan. Teaching needs to pertain to a specific audience. Intrinsic motivation to learn involves willingness. Students are more opted to become or stay involved in a project that they actively want to participate in and do not feel controlled. Who likes to be pressured into doing something they do not want to do? External rewards can be a great motivator. These rewards would need to be age appropriate, hopefully not the only motivation a student has to complete a task. That would defeat the purpose of genuinely being engaged in the learning process. The learners' desired outcome could be motivation enough. Teachers probably influence students more than they expect. Students have lives outside of school and may not have a positive influence at home. Teachers can lead and be positive influencers that let them know they are intelligent and take a leap of faith to try. Children are sometimes afraid of failure; however, if we believe in them and motivate them then they will work hard to achieve and succeed at reaching their goals.

 

Gura mentions in the text that creativity is a "safe" space. This means no judgment for the student's efforts. It is essential to give them time to be creative, understand there is no exact answer to creativity, know mistakes are a part of the learning process and look at the lessons as challenges instead of assignments. Creativity is a social phenomenon that becomes a habit, and students should embrace the reflection portion of their creativity to progress in their craft (Gura, 2016).

 

The innovative designer ISTE student standard coincides with motivation to learn and part 2 of Make Learn, succeed: Building a Culture of Creativity in Your School (Gura, 2016). Students can be creative with their solutions to open-ended problems that allow them to expand their creative process, which entails the motivation to learn.

             

References

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2018).  How people learn II: Learners, contexts, and cultures.  Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press.  http://dot.org10.17226/24783

Gura, M. (2016).  Make, learn, succeed: Building a culture of creativity in your school.  Eugene, OR:ISTE

ISTE Standards for Educators (2017).  Retrieved from: https://www.iste.org/standards/foreducators


Comments

  1. Rebecca WelchJanuary 25, 2023 at 5:13 PM

    Apathy has been a concern among some of my peers. I really believe motivation along with the ability to be creative would go a long way to curb some of the issues.

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  2. Michelle PruittJanuary 26, 2023 at 3:08 PM

    I appreciate Gura saying that creativity is a safe place. I think that too often, our students fear judgement. Teenagers, in particular, are so worried about not fitting in. I think creating a classroom/school where students feel like they can be their authentic selves is so important.

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