parking lot. makeda miller lets motivate our students! but how?
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PARKING LOT
Makeda Miller
LETS MOTIVATE OUR STUDENTS! BUT
HOW?
IS THIS YOUR CLASSROOM?
How you think you’re motivating your students…
How some students interpret your motivation…
WHY IS MOTIVATION SO IMPORTANT
Competence Autonomy Relatedness
SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY (SDT)
• Focuses on the social-contextual conditions that facilitate the natural process of self-motivation.
• In order for self-motivation to be effective it is important that our students three innate psychological needs are met:
Determining what kind of motivation is being exhibited: either self-motivation or external regulation is the major focus of SDT
SDT wants to foster positive development tendencies, but it is also very realistic to consider social environments that can contravene those tendencies.
Intrinsic motivation is inherent. We’re born with the tendency to seek out novelty and challenges, explore, and learn.
It is natural for us to be curious, even without rewards.
The challenge is eliciting and sustaining these natural conditions so that students remain motivated while in and out of the learning environment
INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
Remember the 3 Needs?: Competence, Autonomy, & Relatedness
According to the Cognitive Evaluation Theory (CET), in order for intrinsic motivation to be evident, students must experience competence and feel as if their behavior is self-determined.
As teachers we should foster an autonomy supportive approach rather than a controlling one so that students don’t lose interest and learn less eff ectively.
ARE YOUR STUDENTS’ NEEDS MET?
According to Ryan and Deci, social environments can facilitate or forestall intrinsic motivation by supporting versus thwarting people’s innate psychological needs.
SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTS & INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
Performance of an activity in order to attain some separable outcome
Example: Homework Completion
EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION
Extrinsic Motivatio
n
External Regulatio
n
Introjected
Regulation
Identified Regulatio
n
Integrated
Regulation
TYPES OF EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION
HOW DO WE PROMOTE AUTONOMOUS REGULATION
Extrinsically motivated behaviors are typically interesting. People perform these actions because: Prompted Its been modeled for them Valued by significant others whom they feel attached or
related to
RELATEDNESS IS KEY!!!!
Identify where students are and what type of motivation they need
Intrinsic Motivation: student’s are born with it, but it dwindles the older they get
Although students weren’t born with extrinsic motivation it can still have a positive impact the more autonomous it is.
If the 3 Psychological needs are met and students are supported they are able to develop appropriately
Be mindful of the environmental challenges and potential disruptions
Additional Reading: “Self-Determination Theory and the Facilitation of Intrinsic Motivation, Social Development, and Well-Being” by Richard Ryan and Edward Deci
KEY POINTS
Ryan, R. & Deci, E. (2000). Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being. American Psychological Association. 55 (1). 68-78.
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