CE 103 Teaching Process Dr.

Sue Edwards
Motivating Difficult People
What is motivation?
a powerful force that energizes students toward learning. (Yount
the art of getting people to do what !ou want the" to do #ecause the! want to do it.
(Eisenhower
resides in each student and it$s the teachers %o# to find a wa! to unloc& it. ('angel
Motivation involves:
the identit! and integrit! of the teacher
the s&ill of the teacher
the identit! and integrit! of the student
the issues in the student(s life
Observations from Tough Guys Deep Fry Chicken
Are you using the wrong kind of motivation?
Good teachers join self and subject and students in the fabric of life. Good teachers possess a
capacity for connections among themselves, their subjects, and their students so thatstudents can
learn to weave a world for themselves.
Par&er Pal"er
The Courage to Teach
What we teach will never "take" unless it connects with the inward, living core of our students
lives, with our students inward teacher. We can, and do, make education an e!clusively outward
enterprise, forcing students to memori"e and repeat facts without ever appealing to their inner
truth##and we get predictable results$ many students never want to read a challenging book or
think a creative thought once they get out of school. The kind of teaching that transforms people
does not happen if the students inward teacher is ignored.
Par&er Pal"er
The Courage to Teach
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ntrinsic vs! "#trinsic Motivation
E)trinsic *oti+ation, the urge to learn and grow co"es fro" outside, not fro" the internal
-teacher..
/ntrinsic *oti+ation, the urge to learn and grow co"es fro" within the person0 fro" his or her
own heart.
$houghts on the story: The Student from Hell
%ow to move students toward intrinsic motivation:
Shift the focus fro" rewards to the ad+enture of learning
'i+e students a sense that the! are de+eloping co"petence
Create an ethos that under"ines student$s preoccupation with feelings of inco"petence
Dissol+e e"otional #loc&s
1e cautious with co"petition
/ntensif! personal relationships
What happens when we focus on intrinsic motivation?
Students shed dependenc! on rewards and learn for #etter reasons
Students de+elop "ore conceptual understanding of "aterial
Students e)perience greater pleasure and in+ol+e"ent (-flow.
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