1 INDUCTION TRAINING PROGRAMME

2 STUDENT MOTIVATION YOU CAN BECOME A MOTIVATIONAL FORCE Presented by N.Smitha

 Motivation is typically defined as the forces that account for the arousal, selection, direction, and continuation of behavior.

 Motivation is a stimulus, external or internal that enhances the energy level in an individual.  -- Swami Sukhabodhananda  Motivation is a process that accounts for an individual’s intensity, direction and persistence of effort towards attaining a Goal.  -- Stephen B.Robins

 Student motivation naturally has to do with students' desire to participate in the learning process  It also concerns the reasons or goals that underlie their involvement or noninvolvement in academic activities

 How do I motivate students to learn?

 Some students are unmotivated  One person can motivate another

“There is and there can be no teaching where the attention of the scholar is not secured. The teacher who fails to get the attention of his scholars, fails totally.”

“A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering cold iron.”

More concerned with motivation in a situation-specific state-- getting students to learn information that they are not necessarily interested in learning.

A Universal Principle of motivation WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME ? (WIIFM principle) Self-interest is the greatest motivator

The effort people will expend on a task is a product of:  The degree to which they expect to be successful if they apply themselves.  The benefits successful task completion will bring to them.

 Capitalize on students' existing needs.  Make students active participants in learning  Analyze what makes classes more or less motivating

Interest Approaches at the beginning of a lesson can help to increase student interest in learning

Three Major Goals of an Interest Approach  Get the attention of the students  Create a mental set  Create uncertainty. This leads to a felt need to know more!

Get the attention of students  Relia (models, specimens, tools, etc.  Stories  Problem situations

Create a Mental Set  Ask about their experiences  Determine a baseline of information  Begin to focus on the topic

Create uncertainty leading to a felt need to know more!  Ultimate goal of an interest approach!  Students must understand there is more to learn  Accomplished by skilled questioning --general to specific

 Adapt tasks to students’ interests  Include novelty/variety elements  Allow opportunities for student decisions  Allow students to create finished products  Include simulation in teaching  Incorporate game-like features  Provide interaction with peers

SHAPE YOURSELF TO BE A POSITIVE MOTIVATIONAL FORCE ? 1)Underlying every behaviour is a positive intention. 2)If one person can do it, anybody can do it with training / guidance. 3)Every problem has a solution. 4)People always make the best choice available to them. 5)Thoughts are foundations of behaviour. 6)There is no failure. Only feedback. 7)Be humorous; humorous people are believed to be more intillegent.

SHAPE YOURSELF TO BE A POSITIVE MOTIVATIONAL FORCE ? 8)The meaning of communication is the response you get. 9)You can always communicate. 10) Language shapes attitudes and leads to change of behaviour. ADOPT (1)Smile (2) Mention name (3) Interest (4) Listening (5) Empathy

AVOID Exclude from your vocabulary: saracasm, double meaning, negative words, foul language etc. Anger, hatred, jealousy, envy. DEVELOP Intuitivity, Inclusivity, humanism.