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The Attributes of Learning Environment Design– Professional Development Module addressing Instructor and
Student Motivation
Organizational Problem, Need, or Situation: Instructors need to know and understand and how instructor’s behaviors
can contribute to student’s low motivation.

Learning Taxonomy: Bloom’s Performance

Instructional Framework: Kolb’s Experiential Learning
Affective Domain Assessment

Experience and Reflection: Abstract Conceptualization:

Having a concrete experience
Receiving, responding, valuing, organizing,
and reviewing or reflecting on
internalizing
that experience
Concluding and learning from
the experience
Active Experimentation:
Planning and Trying out what
you have learned.
Demonstrate applications
of characteristics of
positive mindset and
empathic correction in
the classroom over the
course of a term.

Preparation for
Reinforcement / Learning
Learning Learning Learning Learning Exercise
Practice Assessment
Outcome Objectives (Presentation or (Discussion)
(Assignment) Criteria
Activity)
Internalize a 1. Value, organize and Role play between 2 Accept and commit to Internalize and practice 1. Demonstrate an
positive Internalize the Arab students these values and find a the values of : accurate and
mindset and concept of Instructor discussing their training. way to fit them into your appropriate
be able to motivation affecting Role players will utilize daily instructional duties: building of
practice Student motivation Arab communication student-teacher
positive 2. Value, organize and principles as outlined in  Building  Building relationships
language internalize the (Zaharna, 1995) Student-teacher Student-
that language necessary emphasizing language relationships teacher 2. Demonstrate and
encourages to increase student that is:  Helping relationships accurate and

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growth. effort and help them  High context students see  Helping appropriate
grow by making  Indirect themselves as students see helping of students
mistakes.  Being oriented successful themselves as seeing themselves
 Oral learners successful successful
 Non-linear  Building a sense learners learners
of belonging  Building a
 Building sense of
empathetic belonging 3. Demonstrate an
Discipline  Building accurate and
empathetic appropriate
Discipline building of a sense
of belonging
Respond to your Internalize the
colleague with up to 2 feedback and 4.Demonstrate an
questions or reorganize your accurate and
observations of their definitions as needed appropriate
definitions and share with your building of
colleague empathetic
discipline
Review and critique the Internalize the
presentation answering feedback and convert
questions such as your presentation into a
 Is this congruent mini lesson plan to be
with school “taught” to your
policy? colleagues.
 Is this culturally
sensitive?
 Is correction
building up or
tearing down?

Learning Environment: K. P. Cross’s Adult Learning Framework “highlights lifelong learning and focuses on personal
characteristics and situational characteristics” (Ace, 2018d) This professional development module focuses on defining
and refining the concepts that affect instructor mindset followed by discovering ways to build more empathetic correction
to build the esteem of students in order to increase motivation.

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