1. Psychological Barriers to Student Engagement Paul Charpentier

2. Today’s Agenda  Introductions  Classroom Behaviors  2 Theoretical Perspectives  And if time permits - Andragogy vs. Pedagogy

3. Procrastination  To purposely and needlessly delay starting or finishing an activity

4. I have not yet begun to procrastinate! Do you procrastinate? Why?

5. Why Procrastinate  Fear of failure  Task aversion  Lack of self-determined motivation  Lack of flow

6. Self-handicapping  Barriers to success created or claimed prior to performance

7. Why Self-handicap  Psychological Immune System and academic self-concept

8. Stereotype Threat  The fear of confirming a stereotype for yourself or others

9. Stereotype Threat  We need not believe in a stereotype to be threatened by it

10. Avoidance of Difficult Material  Why do some students enjoy a challenge and others do all they can to avoid it?

11. Discussion  Have you seen some of these behaviors in your classroom and what have you done about them?

12. 2 Theories Theories of Intelligence & Self Determination Theory

13. Theories of intelligence  Carol Dweck  A student’s view of the nature of intelligence correlates with behavior that either engages them in learning and challenges or tend to make them disengage from learning and avoid challenges

14. Theories of intelligence  Fixed vs. malleable intelligence

15. Theories of intelligence  The role of praise  Link to attribution theory

16. Self-Determination Theory  Deci and Ryan  If we feel capable of performing an activity and we value the outcome, then we will be motivated to perform that activity

17. Self-Determination Theory  Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic motivation  The role of rewards Tangible Verbal  Provision of choice  Approach to difficult material

18. Discussion Question  Do the insights from these 2 theories change how you would act when confronted with the behaviors discussed today?

19. Andragogy vs. Pedagogy Malcolm Knowles