1. Because I said so doesn't work anymore: Personal Motivation and Practical Strategies Session J, Friday May 30, 2014 11:30-12:45 am St. Anselm College’s 22 nd Annual Conference for Nurse Educators: Clinicians and Educators Rhonda Lawes MS, RN, CNE

2. WHAT ARE THE MOST CHALLENGING STUDENT ATTITUDES YOU’RE FACING AS A NURSING FACULTY NOW?

3. WHERE ARE YOU STUCK PERSONALLY?

4. SNAPSHOT OF MOTIVATION THEORIES

5. Making Sense of Motivation Theories?!

6. LET’S CUT THAT DOWN TO THE TOP THREE FOR FACULTY AND STUDENTS

7. EXPECTANCY / VALUE THEORY

8. Expectancy/Value Theory Predictors of student engagement, persistence, & achievement –(Schunk et al. 2014) Eccles-Wigfeld Model Success Expectancy Perceived Value Social Cognitive Perspective

9. Atkinson’s Achievement Motivation

10. Eccles-Wigfeld Model Success Expectancy Perceived Value Social Cognitive Perspective

11. Differences in Expectancy/Values Gender Ethnic Variables

12. SO WHAT!!!? WHY DO I CARE?

13. But I was an A student before nursing school…. How to help students develop realistic expectancies for success The role of faculty feedback How to determine the accurate level of challenge on academic assignments Global self-esteem vs. domain specific competencies Self-Concept Beliefs How to change Student’s belief about learning Unstable nature of competence/ability Decrease social comparison

14. Teaching Strategies How to increase cognitive engagement –Cognitive –Metacognitive –Self-Regulation How to increase the student’s perceived value –Rationales –Model value/interest –Activate personal interest through choice/control

15. How about you? How do you develop realistic expectancies for success Self-Assessment Reality Based Self-Concept Beliefs Global self-esteem vs. domain specific competencies How to change your beliefs about success Unstable nature of competence/ability Decrease social comparison

16. ATTRIBUTION THEORY OR “HOW TO SURVIVE STUDENT FEEDBACK/EVALS”

17. Attribution Theory the perceived causes of outcomes (Schunk et al., 2014) Weiner (1992) cognitive theory of motivation based on the idea that individuals are conscious and rational decision makers Antecedents Environ mental Personal factors

18. Attribution Theory We’re motivated by wanting to understand and master our environment We’re motivated by trying to understand why we and others “do what we do”

19. Causal Dimensions Stable Unstable Stability Internal External Locus Controllable Uncontrollable Control

20. Attributional Theory of Motivation by Weiner

21. SO WHAT!!!? WHY DO I CARE?

22. What to do When Attributions Go Bad….. (yep, even student evals) Nursing Students and Faculty Hedonic Bias/Self-Serving Bias Self-Centered Bias False consensus bias Student Evaluations Learned Helplessness Attributional Biases – Reality Based Assessment –Just the facts ma’am

23. Attribution Retraining Can we really do that? How to leverage Attributional Feedback for your benefit –Students –Personal

24. GOAL THEORY

25. Goal vs. Need Need internal force or drive to attain or avoid a given outcome Maslow Goal a behavior or outcome that an individual is consciously trying to accomplish; cognitive representations of needs or drives

26. Cognitive Goal Theories Social Cognitive Theory Information Processing Theory Motivational Systems Theory Goal Content/Processes

27. SO WHAT!!!? WHY DO I CARE?

28. Cognitive Goal Theories Impact on: –Your personal motivation –Job satisfaction –Student motivation –Academic performance

29. Goal Orientation Theory & Achievement

30. Goal Orientation Theory for Faculty How to influence student motivation Relevancy Learning tasks – do something different Acceptable level of challenge Student choice/control Ways to focus on individual improvement Mistakes are valuable to learning Group projects for team building – not individual assessment

31. Goal Orientation Theory for Faculty Tasks Authority Recognition Grouping Evaluation Time T.A.R.G.E.T.

32. Now Back To Those Challenges Discussion Let’s make a plan Student Personal

33. Thank you for coming! Rhonda Lawes MS, RN, CNE Email: Rhonda.Lawes@gmail.com Blog: www.Passion4TeachingCollege.com