Summary of Motivation Assignment
Write one paragraph to help remember key points of this section.
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
Write a one paragraph response to each with personal and specific application of course concepts.
1) How will you utilize students' needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness to motivate your future students? Include each of the above in your response.
2) How will you help students in your future classes (or even yourself) to overcome learned helplessness?
I hope to help myself and my students to overcome learned helplessness by creating a safe environment where there wrong answers are an opportunity to learn the right answers, where mistakes are just opportunities to try again. I hope to create an atmosphere of trust and acceptance, no matter how hard or easy the subject may be. In this atmosphere, "successful" students will look for the "struggling" students (although I won't call them that) and will tutor and help them. I also plan to have office hours where students are encouraged to talk with me about anything they want: homework assignments, concerns, activities they've attended, their family, etc. I hope to help motivate students by my enthusiasm and love for the subject - by involving them in many different ways. I hope to have positive relationships with my students so they will know without a doubt that their growth (not "success") is most important to me - that I believe they are capable of growth.
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