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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