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Name of Session: How to Motivate Teens |
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Presenter (Name, Position, Educational Affiliation/School District, etc.):
Dr. Brad Burenheide COE Academic Affair Members Of KSU (Secondary Education) |
Brief Description of the Session:
This is the most interesting session of all. He explained motivation theory by making connection with his own kids. The intention is to show the variance of students (teachers are going to have them) as well as their motivations that need to be channeled properly to ensure their engagements to lessons are fullest. I love his idea that focus more on help students learn how to learn by providing lots of techniques that I have never thought of before. In the end of the lecture, he wanted us to have these three things in minds: a) student centered b) engaging students c) Good teaching by deemphasize grades and meeting their challenges.
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In the sections below, identify 2-3 examples of the sociocultural, linguistic, academic, and cognitive benefits that you gained from attending the session as a future teacher of CLD students. Given the presentation, you may not be able to identify 2-3 examples for each area, but I will be looking for a minimum of 6 total benefits in at least two of the areas below. In addition to identifying overall benefits, please try to identify 3-5 classroom tips that you gained from the session (place these tips in the most appropriate area(s) below). |
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Sociocultural Benefits
Students’ motivation can be improved by lowering their affective filter. The presenter did not mention this, however I relate to it when he said about building rapport between teacher and students.
Classroom Tips: Building rapport can be done through: a) Engagements with students’ daily life activities, asking them, greeting them. b) Knowing students strengths- what makes he/she comes to class (family,motivation,ambition?) and act upon it.
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Linguistic Benefits
Teacher can improve students’ language/linguistic ability by using appropriate, concrete and understandable examples even if it is in their native language.
Classroom Tips: Teacher needs to find material that is relevant and suit their level. Teacher can give them something tangible because this will help them to learn.
Give positive feedbacks as this would help to support them that they can do well especially in mastering the academic language.
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Academic Benefits
Students learn in many ways because they are different. As teachers, we have to stay enthusiastic by having multiple learning strategies to suit our clients.
Classroom Tips: Make them engage in an activity that is open and positive. Activities must be varied as it must be into open learning atmosphere that is open and positive.
Their responses should be valued and validated according to the curriculum.
Giving them appropriate responses help them feel that they are valued members of learning communities. Thus, it increases their study motivation.
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Cognitive Benefits
Students have multiple intelligences. It means our students are different and it is best if we can identify their uniqueness. After identifying, use and apply motivation theories to “activate the switch”.
Classroom Tips: a) Students in incentive motivation group can be given appraisal as there are very self efficacies. b) For extrinsic motivator, teacher can manipulate classroom learning by giving them external reward, let him/her to present, be a leader as it drives him/her.
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