- •Content Module 4 Motivation of Today’s Youth
- •Education motivation. Student Motivation
- •If your class is small, have students turn in brief notes on the day's reading that they can use during exams.
- •1. Read the text below to learn advice on motivating students given by different sources. Pick up the recommendations which seem to you most and least effective. Fill in the table.
- •Techniques of Motivation
- •(Http://www.Motivation-tools.Com/elements/index.Htm)
- •Business motivation
(Http://www.Motivation-tools.Com/elements/index.Htm)
C) 1. Consequences – Never use threats. They’ll turn people against you.
2. Pleasure – This is the old carrot on a stick technique. Providing pleasurable rewards creates eager and productive people.
3. Performance incentives – Appeal to people’s selfish nature. Give them the opportunity to earn more for themselves by earning more for you.
4. Detailed instructions – If you want a specific result, give specific instructions. 5. Short and long term goals – Use both short and long term goals to guide the action process and create an overall philosophy.
6. Kindness – Get people on your side and they’ll want to help you.
7. Deadlines – Many people are most productive right before a big deadline. Use this to your advantage by setting up a series of mini-deadlines building up to an end result.
8. Team Spirit – People work more effectively when they feel like part of team.
9. Recognize achievement – People like to see that their work isn’t being ignored.
10. Personal stake – Think about the personal stake of others.
11. Concentrate on outcomes – Focus on outcomes – make it clear what you want and cut people loose to get it done on their own.
12. Trust and Respect – Give people the trust and respect they deserve.
13. Create challenges – Give people the opportunity to face new and difficult problems and they’ll be more enthusiastic.
14. Let people be creative – Allowing people to be creative creates a more optimistic environment and can lead to awesome new ideas. 15. Constructive criticism – Let people know what they’re doing wrong.
16. Demand improvement – Don’t let people stagnate.
17. Make it fun – Work is most enjoyable when it doesn’t feel like work at all.
18. Create opportunities – Give people the opportunity to advance.
19. Communication – Keep the communication channels open.
20. Make it stimulating – Don’t ask people to do the same boring tasks all the time.
(http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/21-proven-motivation-tactics/)
2. Which two recommendations of the above-given would you keep in your teacher’s armoury? Give your commentary and explanations.
Support or criticize the following statement: There is no single magical formula for motivating students (150 words at maximum).
3. Why do you think students try to do all the assignments given to them by teachers and lectures? Justify your position, give your reasons.
4. What would stimulate you in your studies and in your career pursuit best of all? Why?
5. What are the dominant motives of today’s students? Give your arguments.
Profession-oriented assignment
Act as a teacher. Explain to your pupils the meaning of ‘motivation’. Design a graph or scheme whose central element is ‘motivation’ and peripheral elements are its types, also desires and incentives.
Senior pupils are always career oriented. Read the text below to obtain information, adapt it for school children and organize a discussion of business motivators ‘Is there a stronger business motivator than money?’ for senior pupils. Present teacher’s words in the scenario of the discussion.