Motivating

Students

Motivating your studentsAims – to look at • why some students lose their motivation.• ways to help maintain students’ motivation

Objectives – by the end of the session participants will:• understand the factors that lead to demotivated students.• have some strategies to help maintain motivation in the classroom.

Brain storming –

• Why are some students lacking motivation?Think of 3 things.

• What can we do to motivate them?Think of 3 things.

Lacking motivation Intrinsic demotivating factors

• As a learnerReluctant Fear - of learning, exams & tests,

presentations Face Passive learnerVAK learning styleLack of progressionNo interest in course - vocationalBurn out

Lacking motivation Intrinsic/extrinsic demotivating factors

• In the classUnsure of outcomesDifficulty of contentBored Just another ‘bum’ on a seatRelationship with teacherGroup dynamics / class atmospherePast experience

Lacking motivation Extrinsic demotivating factors

• Barriers

Home life - children, husband/wife, homework

Hours of classesWorkFinancial Physical

Lacking motivation Extrinsic demotivating factors

• Teachers

Demotivated and remoteHigh / low expectationsEnthusiasmStyle Explanations, feedback / rewardTTT

Lacking motivation Extrinsic demotivating factors

• Materials and activities

Irrelevant, inappropriate, unstimulatingNo variationNo differentiation nor extension exercises

• In small groups design a wall chart for new teachers on how to motivate students and how to avoid demotivating them.

The text book

• Sticking to a text book too rigidly will demotivate your students.

• You need to find ways of 1)making the book interesting and relevant2)differentiating the exercises3)setting challenging extension activities

• In small groups find ways of making the text book more relevant to your students.

• Design some extension activities for the exercises.

• If your students are from a particular industry or sector (hospitality, construction etc) design some relevant extension activities.

Thank you.

Good luck!