12.
Expectations for Success -
Motivation and Learning |
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“A lot of times people think
about motivation as something that the student has – she’s
either motivated or un-motivated. But we actually know that
motivation is a function of what happens in classrooms. The
way teachers construct tasks, the way they let students know
about their competence, the way they scaffold and support developing
competence, all motivate students, or if they’re done badly,
they de-motivate students.”
Linda Darling-Hammond |
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Key Questions:
- What motivates us to learn?
- How can teachers create motivating learning environments?
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Learning Objectives:
- Influences on motivation
– Teachers will understand motivation as something
constructed by both teacher and students. Teachers will
learn how students' expectations for success and interests
in learning can influence motivation.
- Motivating learning
environments – Teachers will understand the
characteristics of learning environments that enhance students'
motivation, including building on students' interests and
strengths, offering choices, encouraging risk taking and
improvement over time, and minimizing competition and comparison.
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Video
Program
Teachers can enhance their students’
motivation by encouraging them to be thoughtfully and
critically engaged in the learning process, by supporting
their drive for mastery and understanding, and by helping
them become self-confident. This episode takes a second
look at the classrooms of Daryl Robbins, Mary Edmunds,
Don Johnson, Kendra Hearn, Julie Helber and Avram Barlowe
to see how motivational techniques work in concert with
other learning theories. Stanford University School
of Education Dean Deborah Stipek adds her insight to
this episode.
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Key Terms - New in this
Session
ability-oriented
learning
expectations
for success
supportive
learning environment
task-oriented
learning
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