This video also plays into how I view motivation in the context of education. I am very goal oriented and set short-term goals that will allow me to reach the long-term success. These goals drive my motivation and help me to continue. As a teacher I can use goals to help keep my students involved and engaged in the learning process. I feel like that if the students only see a long-term goal of passing the end of course tests or getting a good grade in the course, they will not learn the material. Everyone can attest to the fact that some subjects only entice the student to simply memorize and regurgitate information. The goal theory approach provides constant motivation that can be intertwined with the other theories. For instance, self-efficacy is a very important part of being able to succeed and stay motivated. If the student can have a set of goals to reach, he/she can continuously improve their self-efficacy. In the case that the student cannot reach their goals, it would be job to help the student review the information and help them concentrate on the necessary topic. I feel that this process will help me to monitor my students closely and continuously. The challenge will be to help the students that care nothing about the goals or cannot actually obtain them. I look forward to learning more about facing this challenge and helping my students overcome the various obstacles.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Motivation
This video also plays into how I view motivation in the context of education. I am very goal oriented and set short-term goals that will allow me to reach the long-term success. These goals drive my motivation and help me to continue. As a teacher I can use goals to help keep my students involved and engaged in the learning process. I feel like that if the students only see a long-term goal of passing the end of course tests or getting a good grade in the course, they will not learn the material. Everyone can attest to the fact that some subjects only entice the student to simply memorize and regurgitate information. The goal theory approach provides constant motivation that can be intertwined with the other theories. For instance, self-efficacy is a very important part of being able to succeed and stay motivated. If the student can have a set of goals to reach, he/she can continuously improve their self-efficacy. In the case that the student cannot reach their goals, it would be job to help the student review the information and help them concentrate on the necessary topic. I feel that this process will help me to monitor my students closely and continuously. The challenge will be to help the students that care nothing about the goals or cannot actually obtain them. I look forward to learning more about facing this challenge and helping my students overcome the various obstacles.
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Interesting video choice! I think you brought up very interesting points in regards to motivation, like self-efficacy, and you touched on aspects of scaffolding like helping students reach their goals. I hope that the learning theories will be interesting to you and give you more insight into these ideas.
ReplyDeleteFirst off, I am really excited to follow your blog, I think we think the same in terms of sports and the impact it plays in our lives. In knowing that, I have an immense amount of appreciation for this video. I think that when something becomes so important (like education) you don't simply "give up" or quit because it becomes too hard. I think that our jobs as teachers are to promote this sense of motivation and make the material too valuable to "give up" or quit the pursuit of continual learning.
ReplyDeleteI think your passion for sports is going to reward you in a good relationship with your students, I look forward to reading your posts!
I am interested in your emphasis on goal-oriented motivation. I know from personal experience that accomplishing a goal feels very good, and the intrensic reward of know you have met your goal can be more powerful than an extrensic reward. If I go for a long run, I am rewarded with the feeling of accomplishment if I went as many miles as I set out to. Of course I can give myself an extrensic reward of an ice cream, but there are other ways to get that. I think the real power of the intrensic reward is that the only way to obtain it is to work for it, and that makes it more precious. good post. I'm following.
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