Motivational Take Aways
Lisa A. Brennan
May 2008
"If your plan is for one year, plant rice;
If your plan is for ten years, plant trees;
If your plan is for a hundred years, Educate children."
Confucius
“Effective schools and effective teachers are those who develop goals, beliefs and attitudes in students that will sustain a long-term involvement and that will contribute to quality involvement in learning.” Motivation: What Teachers Need To Know by Carole A. Ames, p 410
“One of the best ways to show respect for students is to hold them to high standards by not accepting sloppy, thoughtless or incomplete work, by pressing them to clarify vague comments, by encouraging them not to give up, and by not praising work that does not reflect genuine effort.” (Stipek, 2002, p. 157 Motivation in the Classroom p. 344)
Teachers expectations about students’ learning can have a profound implications for what students actually learn.” (Stipek, 2002, p. 210) Motivation in the Classroom p.
345
In a positive classroom climate, the teacher and students work together as a community of learners, to promote students' feelings of safety and security, together with a sense of success, challenge and understanding. Motivation in the Classroom p. 348
Deliberate teacher efforts to promote involvement result in increased interest and learning (Hidi, 2002; Schraw & Lehman, 2001) Motivation in the Classroom p. 355
