Teaching is a challenging job but every teacher knows that at the end, numerous rewards will come. I believe that those who choose to be a teacher of any kind have a true vocation. Most people wake up every day to work for a paycheck in order to survive. They also get frustrated of doing the same thing over and over just like machines do. Teaching offers a great deal of variety, satisfaction, and sense of contribution to future citizens. Teachers get incredibly washed in joy in seeing with their own eyes the difference they make as students gain new knowledge. Everyday teachers are the ones that help construct the future of students through impacting their student’s views and understandings. I would like to one day be that person, giving service …show more content…
(Slavin, Pg.286) Motivation is an important factor that teachers can focus on in order to improve learning. There are numerous theories that can help explain motivation. There is no wrong or right theory to relate to motivation, they all have a little truth in them. Very little learning can happen unless students are motivated on an everyday basis, and I experienced it in my observations. Teachers could try to a variety of tactics to enrich student motivation. When students are motivated they pay attention, they begin working on tasks immediately, they ask questions and volunteer answers, and they appear to be happy and …show more content…
If a student is hungry or thirsty, it is more difficult to focus on learning. Also, if the environment is physically, mentally, or emotionally unsafe, then it will be hard for the student to put all of his or her attention on learning. If the teacher always is critical of the student, then the student probably will not feel accepted or that he or she belongs. Low self-esteem and ego will make the student feel unappreciated and unrecognized. As such, the educator must do what is necessary to support the student to a higher level of need satisfaction so that the student can focus his or her attention on learning. (Research in Higher Education Journal Pg.4) The need of a pencil is important in order to do your work. Well I thought it was pretty neat the idea of trading your old pencil for a new one. This small action created tremendous motivation for them to participate and get work done during
“It’s motivation that is the key, not the emphasis or innate ability or personality… its finding a way to engage every child in meaningful activities and helping them to enjoy learning” (Groundwater Smith, 2006, p. 84) Students are motivated in many different ways, some can be motivated by the social side of school, being involved in extracurricular activities. Another student may be more interested in the learning delivered in the classroom setting and excelling in set tasks given by the teachers. Ormrod (2010) discusses how motivation affects students in a positive way, directing their behavior towards particular goal and leading to increased effort and energy and also increasing initiation of and persistence in activities. I believe that motivation helped in achieving certain goals in my schooling days. An example of this is shown in the awards system that is som...
When children are learning there education it is very important for the children to have all the motivation that they can handle as an individual child do to the way each child learns on a normal basis. Education comes in different formats so that each child would be able to learn on there own level.Motivation can be a pattern for some children because some children can learn better when they are being motivated. Children learning styles can take an effect on the way that they learn from what they are learning and how they learn it.The children learning comes from a variety of teaching activities that goes with there age and grade level. When children are learning they look for the teachers approval in having a positive reinforcement about learning and having open communication when learning on some many different level.Motivation in a education part is to keep the children updated with the different learning styles into how to complete a task knowing that they understand how to complete the different learning by motivation and letting them know how they are doing.WWW.Pearson Education.com Tammy L.Stephens
Motivation is an integral part of teaching in order to improve student learning. In order for Mr. Entenmann to motivate his students he must first be motivated to want to help his students. In order to do so he needs to first understand and empathize with his students as
These days, there is an ongoing debate among people about the importance of motivation. With many people claiming that motivation and structure practice can consider as the most effective method rather than teaching in classrooms. While many other arguably arrogating that classroom coaching should not replace with any other alternate methods. However, this notion merits serious consideration. In this essay, I will explicate my point of view by analyzing both the sides of the assertion.
In a society where kids must go to school up to the collegiate level, teaching is an impactful career choice. Teachers help contour the minds of future leaders of the world. Furthermore, teachers play a crucial role in guiding students to the knowledge, skills, and abilities they need to succeed in life, and teachers lead students to make informed decisions on any topic the meet in the future. As a teacher, a person must relinquish their knowledge onto students. Finally, they must prepare their students for all the obstacles they will face later in life.
The study of motivation helps managers to understand what motivate people to begin action, what influences their choice of action, and why they work hard in that action. However, motivate student similar to satisfying them to do any work to help them to learn whether reading a specific homework or asking question.”We'll define motivation as the processes that account for an individual's intensity, direction and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal". (Robbins.2001:155). Motivation refers to the forces internal or external to a person that arouse direction and persistence of behavior. I evaluate Maslow's hierarchy of needs. The motivation level differ according to this need is essential need or not.''The motivation is the result of the interaction of the individual and the situation"(Daft, 2001:156). The persistence of motivation measures how long a person can maintain his or her effort. Motivated people stay with a task enough to achieve their goal.
Today’s culture is for students to sit, listen, and learn. While Edmundson and Freire indicate that there are valuable rewards in provoking students to critically think and analyze the materials provided, they say little about ways to keep students motivated. Further research indicates that motivation plays a significant part in keeping the interest and focus of students and teachers. Adjustments to educational culture are insignificant if strategies for increased motivation in the classrooms aren’t utilized.
Through my own experiences, and as enforced by others' opinions in the profession, I have found that teaching is one of the most rewarding careers. Not only are you placed in the position of instructing and guiding children and young adults through the life long learning process, but you are able to give back to the schools and communities which have supported your early education and experiences that opened you up to a bright future. In becoming an educator, I hope to someday share the knowledge and lend the helping, supportive hand that I was once given, allowing students to formulate their own perspectives of the multicultural society and world around them. Teaching is a career I have been interested in pursuing throughout high school, and as my experiences and study in the field expands, I feel that my desire to teach will grow stronger and develop more soundly.
It is first important to understand how motivation works in the classroom. There are infinite procedures teachers use to achieve desired effects from their students, but there are general patterns these motivational tools follow. In order for teachers to communicate with their students, they must identify with their needs on an individual basis (Gawel, 1997). This proposal is much akin to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, which states five basic needs that must be met in order to achieve full motivation. These needs, in ascending order, are as follows: physiological, security, love and belongingness, esteem and self-respect, and self-actualization (Gawel, 1997). Each of these needs details a very important issue in motivation inside the classroom and out.
My interest in teaching started at a young age. I used to watch my teachers in awe as they were able to find new ways to get their students involved and excited to learn. Their enthusiasm to teach was so inspiring. I would often find myself using that same fervor as I grasped each concept. I, then, was able to relay it to my fellow classmates as a peer tutor. To this day, becoming a teacher is a passion that flows through me. However, my enthusiasm and passion are not the only reasons I would be a good teacher. I aspire to see a student’s ability to grasp the knowledge they never before understood. I aspire to see a student succeed at something they never thought they ever could. I aspire to not only support students with academic skills, but also with life lessons about the value of community, pride in one’s own ethnicity, good citizenship, sportsmanship, and more. I aspire to play a fundamental role in ensuring that all students from all cultures and learning abilities have the opportunity to be guided in a positive learning
...em to look at several elements that affect their student’s motivation and ask why and how this affects them in the first place. After that, I would tell him to arrange a lesson plan utilizing structural factors such as patterns and sequences, with a view to individual application and the group dynamics of the class. By doing so, the teacher can grow in his students a sense of shared motivation guided by these structural factors, so that each interrelated lesson are remembered. These lesson plans must also consider the effective ways of instilling discipline in the students. The teacher must allow for response from the students so that he may understand the students’ perception of reality, value systems, and will, so that he may understand how to motivate his students more. By understanding the motivations of his students, he can bring about a change in their lives.
Student motivation can be affected by several factors. These elements include parent involvement, teacher enthusiasm, rewards, peers, the learner’s environment, personal experiences, personal interests of the student, and self-esteem and self-image.
As we reminisce and reflect back either on our childhood or academic career, we tend to have that one teacher who was memorable to us in some way - for their sense of humor, their stellar personality, or perhaps having that charisma and charm no other teacher had to make a difficult subject and it 's concepts fun to learn. While knowledge is power, I firmly believe that it is rather the exchange and distribution of knowledge that is power. When one can educate the masses there is no doubt that together we can accomplish great things. Becoming a teacher would mean the opportunity to be able to witness the shaping and molding of the minds of the future generations and the satisfaction knowing that you have helped your students set themselves onto the right path and provide guidance towards the creation of a better tomorrow. Choosing to become a teacher will allow me not only to educate my students, but also educate myself to be a better teacher throughout my career. I believe it is a function of human nature to want to change the world for the better. In adulthood, I have learned that the improvement of the welfare of the world must begin with
To a certain extent it can be said that without a sense of motivation, whether it be intrinsic or extrinsic, a child’s ability to learn and reach their potential is greatly lessened. Motivation is best described as an internal state that not only arouses and directs behaviour but also helps to maintain it (Woolfolk & Margetts, 2013). Motivation not only plays a large role in a child’s learning ability, it also shapes a student’s interests and enjoyment of school and study (Martin, 2003). For both pre-service teachers and expert teachers it is easy to see that if a student possesses high motivation to learn, their behaviour towards their school work is more positive and in turn leads to higher academic success, whereas a student with little to no motivation will exhibit negative behavi...
Teaching is a daunting task that I do not intend to take lightly. Becoming a teacher has been a dream of mine for several years. I always knew that teaching would be the career for me, especially when I began working in the school system as a substitute secretary. I loved working in the school environment; coming in contact with children everyday made me realize how much I would enjoy teaching a classroom full of students.