Презентація "Motivation as one of the core elements at learning at a primary school"

Prepared by a student majoring in "Primary Education", group 2APPI, Drabinyuk S.Yu.

The best teacher is that who inspires the pupils to learn or who reveals the wish to learn. In order to teach a child it is not enough to give him or her knowledge and skills, but also to wake the appropriate activity - cognitive or practical activity. NUS New Ukrainian school

The main learning motives of pupils are:

Most good students aren't born good learners. Yes, individual personality plays a big part in a child's willingness to learn and their overall disposition when it comes to schooling and education, but most children who are good learners at some point had to become good learners. More importantly, any student, who possesses the basic aptitude and receives the right motivation, can become a good learner.

Motivation is a complex and invisible thing: the mechanics of motivation evolved over millennia and there are a huge number of factors that come into play. It’s a deeply wired thing in our brains and our biology and so is heavily unconscious. We can’t just open up pupils ’heads and look inside.

It’s also ever-changing. There are so many factors that influence whether a pupil thinks something is worth investing their attention in and they change all the time. There’s no such thing as being motivated or not, only being motivated towards something at a particular time for a particular reason.

Here are the five core drivers that the science suggests could be good places to start:

Secure success If you help pupils feel success over a period of time, that sense of success leads to increased expectancy – the sense that we will successful in future attempts. It also builds proficiency, where we feel agency and curiosity and awe, and we get the positive feeling of being fluent with something. To create success, we need to teach well and help pupils understand what success looks like.

Run routines Learning requires a lot of effort, which can potentially inhibit motivation. So, the more habitual and automatic we make school, the less effort pupils must put into the process of learning. If we build our routines around the ‘how’ of learning, we can allow pupils to spend more attention on the ‘what’. This includes classroom routines, or classroom discussions that help pupils to understand what to expect next so they can concentrate on the content and learn harder things, faster.

Nudge norms We are social beings who value relationships with others. We think the main lever for motivation is between pupils and teachers, but peers also have an influence on motivation. It’s important to reflect on the power of conformity because it has a significant impact on our behaviors. Highlight when the vast majority of pupils are conforming, and the rest will come along and make it natural and normal.

Build belonging Feeling like people are like us motivates us. A lot of our pupils won’t have seen each other for months and lockdown will have been a traumatic time for some of them. We need to think consciously about how we build common ground with them. Something as simple as acknowledging, “Hasn’t this been weird?” could create a sense that we are the same. What else could remind your pupils what they have in common?

Boost buy-in We always need to explain the rationale for our decisions to help build trust, so that we’re seen as consistent and credible. How can we use the power of story and narrative to help pupils see the journey they are going on? Try to make sure every child can answer the question, ‘why do you want to do well?’ Remind them of this when they get a bit off track and want to go home instead of going to revision on a Friday. We could even share the science of motivation with our pupils, so they truly understand.

Annotation This article is headlined “Motivation as one of the core elements at learning at a primary school”. It’s written by me with the help of Internet. The main idea of the article is to reveal the main features of motivation at primary school. Much attention is given to motives and core drivers in encouraging pupils for studying. I find this article very interesting and easy for understanding because it gives the main approaches and tips how to motivate children for learning at a primary school.

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1. The best teacher is a) who knows everything b) who takes care about children who encourages pupils for studying d) who gives knowledge 2. To teach a child means a) to insist on studying b) to increase homework c) to create something new d) to wake the appropriate activity 3. The main learning motives of pupils are a) Interest and aims of getting knowledge b) Self-affirmation c) Wish of being among children d) Wish not to stay at home 4. According to the article a good student is a) who studies hard b) who knows everything c) who has motivation d) who goes to school TEST

5. Motivation is a) rules of behaving a complex and invisible thing c) plan of actions d) a strategy Motivation is a deeply wired thing in a) our brains and our biology b) in our legs c) in our hands d) in our neck 7. Motivation is a) a stable thing b) an ever-changing c) a thing coming from time to time d) not important thing According to the article the core drivers of motivation are a) secure success, run routines, nudge norms, build belonging, boost buy-in. b) making fun, playing games, c) walking outside, enjoying environment, d) making friends

9. Secure success means a) to study little b) to get interested in future results c) to be interested in walking d) to get less knowledge 10. Routines at learning mean a) doing stable things b) to change place of living c) making friends in internet classroom discussions that help pupils to understand what to expect next The main lever for motivation is a) relationships between people b) links between pupils and teachers c) to reflect on the power of conformity d) to spend much time with parents 12. What does “build belonging” mean? a) to build a house b) to build a relationships c) to build a ship d) to feel ourselves like other people.

13. “To build trust” is a) to understand teacher b) to explain rules of behavior to the pupils c) to explain the rationale for our decisions d) to prevent troubles 14. How can we help pupils see the “journey they are going on”? a) to use the power of story and narrative b) to explain the norms of studying c) to persuade to study every day to ask not to do harm 15. The main idea of the article is a) how to teach perfectly b) how to motivate pupils c) to explain the real state of things in life d) how to control knowledge.