In search of motivating practices

Abstract

"Do you know what academic motivation is and how to develop it in students? Although the subject has been discussed many times, including in the pages of this journal, it keeps being revisited as a fundamental aspect of the educational process. "How do I motivate my students?" This is a question that many teachers ask themselves when faced with a more or less interested class. Some develop knowhow and manage to motivate the troops, others do not. Is it a question of intuition or personality? Not really! There are proven practices that support students’ motivation to learn. This article discusses the best-known theories of motivation and presents what teachers can do to support motivation to learn. For each of these theories, a case study of a hypothetical student’s story is presented, and the role that the teacher can play is detailed." -- AQPC