As a teacher, we face so many challenges during the day. Motivation is one of the main concerns that every teacher faces. Students today have so many influences that it makes it difficult to present lessons and learning experiences that are of interest to students.
As an elective teacher for many years, I have had the opportunity to provide students with lessons that involve them in hand-on life skills activities. With the addition of the Globaloria program to my daily schedule, I feel that this program will provide them even more of these types of activities - creating something to "show off" their ideas as well as the skills they have learned.
When looking for ideas on student motivation, I came across this article http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/motiv.htm. It has some good points and I really like the practices that were identified as methods of encouraging "students to become self-motivated independent learners . . .
- Give frequent, early, positive feedback that supports students' beliefs that they can do well.
- Ensure opportunities for students' success by assigning tasks that are neither too easy nor too difficult.
- Help students find personal meaning and value in the material.
- Create an atmosphere that is open and positive.
- Help students feel that they are valued members of a learning community."
To me, these seem to embody the very components that the Globaloria program promotes.
1 comment:
great posting, especially liked your link to the article, plan on using that with staff at my school. This time of the year is when we lag. thanks
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