Motivating reluctant learners
Most, if not all, teachers have students in their classes who are unmotivated to participate in learning, or students whose motivation is less than optimal. Preparing ‘bells and whistles’ activities to engage your students is time consuming and any motivational benefits are often short-lived. However, simple changes to everyday classroom routines can make a substantial impact on your students’ motivational states, resulting in increased persistence, engagement and resilience. Discover the science behind motivation and learn evidence-based strategies that will help you to meet your students’ motivational needs. As a bonus, you will also learn how to motivate yourself to achieve your own personal and professional goals!
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Course outline
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Course Details
To begin, we provide a definition of motivation and introduce some common misconceptions, laying the foundations for a deeper exploration of motivation as we move through the day.
We then look at five key areas of research in motivation:
- Expectancy, value and cost
- Self-determination Theory/Autonomy and Control
- Theories of Intelligence
- Self-Efficacy
- Goals
We then explore sources of motivation. In particular, students’ beliefs, goals, skills, feedback, attributions, and expectations.
After lunch, the workshop resumes to examine the links between the morning’s theoretical learning and the afternoon’s focus on applying theoretical knowledge in real life teaching contexts.
We conclude by looking at practical approaches to improving students’ motivation through each of the six sources of motivation.
Cost
Our full day workshops are $270 per teacher. Discounts are available for group bookings. Please use the contact form below if you would like to request a discounted invoice.
Certification
All teachers are issued with a certificate detailing the APST standards referenced, course hours and date of completion.
Course Certification
On completion of this workshop, you will be issued with a certificate of completion to satisfy requirements for continuing registration with VIT and for your own professional records.
This course is recognised by VIT as contributing 6 hours of professional learning addressing APST: 1.1, 2.1, 2.5, 3.1, 3.5, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.2
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At this time, we have no available dates for this workshop.
This workshop is also available on demand throughout the year as an online course.