motivation & instruction: the portal to post- secondary student success margery b. ginsberg,...
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Motivation & Instruction: The Portal to Post-Secondary Student Success
Margery B. Ginsberg, Ph.D.Raymond J. Wlodkowski, Ph.D.
Adult Student Recruitment and Retention Conference
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Guiding Values…To avoid higher education evolving into a system that
reinforces and increases social stratification and inequality,
and…To become a system that
enhances the education quality of learning for all students
Why is college success important…
….beyond the increased demands of a global economy and technology?
Why is retention an enduring concern?
• Persistent low-completion rates (40%)
• Challenges facing developmental education
• Disproportionality of low-income, students-
of-color who stop out or drop out.
• Policy research suggests what to do but not
how to do it on the ground.
Why is instruction foundational to academic success?
• 90% of social or academic engagement is in the classroom or online.
• Abstract & extrinsically reinforced systems of education do not work for at least 1/3rd of students.
• Access is inseparable from inclusion.
What is intrinsic motivation and why
is it essential to post-secondary
student success?
Reflect on your own experience.
The Motivational Framework for Culturally Responsive Teaching
I AM COMPETENT
An Example of Instruction
Transformative ways for faculty & student services professionals…
‘We learn best from our experience, but we never directly experience the consequences of many of our most important decisions’,
Peter Senge (1990: 23)
Shadowing, interviews and sustained faculty development focused on instruction.
Faculty need what students need
Authentic community
Relevant learning experiences
Interesting ways to strengthen instruction
Supportive & evidence-focused feedback
Where there is a will, there is a way”
should be reversed and restated as
“Where there is a way, there is a
will.”
(p. 45). Anyon, 2005
What spoke to you?
What questions do you
have?
Thank you!