How to motivate high school students to learn?
By Eric Morris
EDI 17 Psychology & Development of Adolescent Students
School of Education
Long Island University, C. W. Post
February 24, 2009
I enjoyed discussing different types of motivation that I can use in my classroom. There were two main types of motivation types that we talked about in class. The first one was intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation. Extrinsic motivation can be in the form of a reward or praise for doing well in task. Many teachers abuse extrinsic motivation which in the end can harm the students if they can’t find a way to become self motivated to learn on their own and have their own goals for themselves.
In high school I considered myself self motivated to do well in school and I wanted to excel so I would be able to attend a good college. I was motivated to achieve and push myself and this allowed me to achieve my goals.
There are some kids that do need extra help in getting motivated to achieve. I find that extrinsic help can be useful but in the end a student has to be self motivated and believe in themselves to be able to achieve. The best way to motivate students to get them to have high self-confidence and make them feel that they can really excel if they put the work in. If students see that the reward for hard work is worth the effort they will be more likely to put the effort in. To do this teachers have to show an interest in what they are teaching and try to explain to their class why their class is interesting to learn about and how they will benefit from it. Teachers can be the key ingredient to a students success in the classroom because if they can find a way to motivate the student about learning about the subject matter. It will be so much easier to reach the student and teach them what they need to learn to achieve.
Long Island University, C. W. Post
February 24, 2009
I enjoyed discussing different types of motivation that I can use in my classroom. There were two main types of motivation types that we talked about in class. The first one was intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation. Extrinsic motivation can be in the form of a reward or praise for doing well in task. Many teachers abuse extrinsic motivation which in the end can harm the students if they can’t find a way to become self motivated to learn on their own and have their own goals for themselves.
In high school I considered myself self motivated to do well in school and I wanted to excel so I would be able to attend a good college. I was motivated to achieve and push myself and this allowed me to achieve my goals.
There are some kids that do need extra help in getting motivated to achieve. I find that extrinsic help can be useful but in the end a student has to be self motivated and believe in themselves to be able to achieve. The best way to motivate students to get them to have high self-confidence and make them feel that they can really excel if they put the work in. If students see that the reward for hard work is worth the effort they will be more likely to put the effort in. To do this teachers have to show an interest in what they are teaching and try to explain to their class why their class is interesting to learn about and how they will benefit from it. Teachers can be the key ingredient to a students success in the classroom because if they can find a way to motivate the student about learning about the subject matter. It will be so much easier to reach the student and teach them what they need to learn to achieve.
1 comments:
I agree that "intrinsic" motivation is probably the factor that will most impact a kid's involvement and success in school. The trick is to find ways in which the student can feel good about his/her accomplishment. This would be a good forum topic to find out what high school teachers do that works.
Thanks for bringing it up, again.
Judy Armes "TheHomeworkCoach"
http://www.homeworksuccessnetwork.com
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