Motivating Your Students | Origin: ED102
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Student Retention Methods --> Motivating Your Students
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This module on motivating students has helped me understand the importance of creating an engaging learning environment that encourages students to take ownership of their education. Strategies like fostering a growth mindset, positive reinforcement, and setting clear goals will motivate students. I intend to apply these strategies by creating opportunities for students to feel successful, helping them overcome challenges with a positive outlook, and ensuring that the learning objectives are clear and achievable. I’ll also be mindful of tailoring my approach to each student’s needs, ensuring they are supported and encouraged.
Learn what drives your students. Students want to learn material that will help them reach the goals that they've set. Be a motivating instructor. Find what kind of positive reinforcement your students respond to and go with it. Retention is important, and finding ways to help your students retain the information provided will help them transfer what they know to the field. Never ridicule a student or be combative with their answers, questions, or comments. Students that begin to feel unable to speak without being ridiculed will shut down and rarely do well in the class.
i think (at least in teaching the trades) one of the best ways to find some common ground with students is to show them some small "tricks" for making jobs both better quality and more efficient.
I believe motivation is KEY to student retention and key to not burning yourself out!
A big thing for me that came from this lesson is to make sure that the students will understand how what they are learning will be used in their future careers or endeavors. When I look back at my schooling, I don't recall a lot of practical application, but learning things to complete a project or graded assignment. I remember back to even in high school, when I first started losing interest in one of my previously favorite subjects: math. Taking an advanced class in elementary functions I started struggling a bit. Before then I did math for fun, but this started being more difficult, so I asked the instructor how we will ever apply this stuff? Why are we learning this? What does it accomplish? I have never forgotten his response. He go very flustered, as he had no real answer, and after stuttering and stammering, he blurted out, "For the aesthetics!" I thought, "that's it?" And from then on I struggled even more, and never really proceeded further in any advanced math. Looking back on it, I always thought of what a crime that was for an instructor to crush me like that. I hope never to do that, so I always want to give students a real goal of applying what they are learning.
The module has reflected the importance of movtivating the student to make them successful. The important aspect is to have an open learning environment (so student can thrive in learning), do not intimate students, and have a transend the message of learning. I have to concentrate on not making student be in a negative environment and must reboost my enthusiasum.
Although I may have a student(s) who knows more about the subject than I do, my experience on the subject matter will keep them intrigued.
How to properly motivate students.
I've learned that motivation has multiple steps to it, and each of those steps needs to be attended to with students. Students also need me to focus on the WHY behind their objectives and assignments, be clear and communicate well, and engage both types of memory to build their learning scaffold.
Relating to the students with your experiences can be very helpful. Also understanding their perspectives will be invaluable toward student success.
Motivating students through enthusiasm, positive feedback, and an open learning environment is essential for their success. encouraging engagement, avoiding intimidation, and appreciating their efforts fosters understanding and progress.
Being able to relate course content to real world/working examples will help with student retention.
I want to focus on motivating my students by putting emphasis on the future possibilities for they can achieve for themselves, family, etc. I want to make the content relatable to my students through my personal expertise along side using their individual expertise to encourage them.
Encouraging students to be engaged in the classroom setting by showing them that the nursing field is exciting. Also making sure that students are able to put the pieces together and critically think.
This module has demonstrated the importance of motivating students to be successful. Showing students their instructor not has subject matter, but is equally excited about sharing this and their own personal experiences. A motivated instructor will have knowledge, expertise and enthusiasm for the course material.
We have to show up enthused to teach to help foster and enthused learning environment.
knowing content with clear communications establishes trust with the student. Motivating them to be interested requires knowledge of the individual students. changing things up can help focus the students and keep them interested in the subject content.
Understanding what motivates students is key to keeping them engaged in the learning process. Adult learners come to the classroom with diverse motivations, whether it's building social relationships, fulfilling external expectations, seeking personal advancement, or simply pursuing a cognitive interest. Recognizing these individual drivers allows me to tailor my teaching strategies and reignite their enthusiasm when they face challenges. For instance, if a student thrives in group settings, I can assign collaborative projects to re-engage them. It's also important to remember that adult learners bring a wealth of life experiences to the classroom. These experiences, both positive and negative, shape their learning journey and should be acknowledged and integrated into the curriculum. By connecting new knowledge to their existing understanding, I can help them retain information and apply it in practical ways. Ultimately, my goal is to facilitate a smooth transfer of learning, where students can confidently take their newfound skills and knowledge and apply them successfully in their chosen careers.
Becoming motivated towards my job/teaching my subject is just as important as me motivating my students to learn. What can I do? Take my lectures and see how it applies to their new career in reality instead of me reading words off a piece of paper. Bring in my own experiences and how the information applied to me in the work field.