Motivation: What motivates me to learn?
By Angela Ford
EDI 600 Psychological Foundation of Education
School of Education
Long Island University, C. W. Post
April 8, 2009
It’s always interesting to see how others perceive things and the Motivation exercise was a great example. You always make the class interesting and I love the fact that you build exercises into the lesson that allows us to interact in groups and as a class in whole. Today’s lesson got me thinking of what “Motivates” me. First of all I think motivation is a desire to achieve some sort of goal. I know for me personally, there are a lot of things that motivate me. I’d say one of the first things is my husband. He’s passionate about what he does and he always strives for the best. Seeing what he’s accomplished, I feel motivated to do the same for myself therefore that’s why I went back to school.
Now that I’m back in school, I’m more motivated than ever to actually learn. I see so many great teachers out there and they’re my source of motivation for wanting to gain as much knowledge as I can out of my classes. Of course it’s motivating when I get A’s because I then want to study more to make sure I keep getting the same grades. As motivating as it is to get good grades, it’s even more motivating to understand and retain the information that’s being taught. I set a goal for myself to become a teacher and that in its self is my motivation.
Long Island University, C. W. Post
April 8, 2009
It’s always interesting to see how others perceive things and the Motivation exercise was a great example. You always make the class interesting and I love the fact that you build exercises into the lesson that allows us to interact in groups and as a class in whole. Today’s lesson got me thinking of what “Motivates” me. First of all I think motivation is a desire to achieve some sort of goal. I know for me personally, there are a lot of things that motivate me. I’d say one of the first things is my husband. He’s passionate about what he does and he always strives for the best. Seeing what he’s accomplished, I feel motivated to do the same for myself therefore that’s why I went back to school.
Now that I’m back in school, I’m more motivated than ever to actually learn. I see so many great teachers out there and they’re my source of motivation for wanting to gain as much knowledge as I can out of my classes. Of course it’s motivating when I get A’s because I then want to study more to make sure I keep getting the same grades. As motivating as it is to get good grades, it’s even more motivating to understand and retain the information that’s being taught. I set a goal for myself to become a teacher and that in its self is my motivation.
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