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Reflect: What kept you motivated to learn in primary or secondary school? 

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Reflect: What kept you motivated to learn in primary or secondary school? 

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Reflect: How can you foster motivation in your students? 

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Reflect: How can you foster motivation in your students? 

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I think the best ways to foster motivation is to make what they are learning meaningful and interesting as well as giving praise and choice. I will help motivate my students by setting achievable goals.

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I actually was not that motivated when I was younger during primary and secondary school. In high school I made a conscious decision to do better because I wanted to graduate with a diploma.

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I was always motivated by fear of failure more than the desire to succeed. My parents had high expectations so I wanted to do my best because I did not want to disappoint growing up. It was once I got to college that I started being motivated for myself. -C.I.

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I think the best way to foster motivation in my class is to create engaging activities that students want to be apart of. Giving verbal praise can always help motivate students to continue working hard. For activities that might be harder for students, I plan to provide extrinsic motivation for my students like stickers, class dojo points, and prizes. I think this can help them push past the hurdle of frustration because they will be working towards a specific goal that is tangible. - C.I.

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In primary and secondary school my motivation to learn was to get good grades. I wanted to do well for my parents, if I brought home bad grades I was in trouble. I was competitive and wanted to get the rewards at the end of the quarters. In high school it was competition to do my absolute best to get into an Ivy League school because I wanted to make a better life for myself.

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I was motivated by both my parents as well as my personal goals, but it changed throughout my education. Through high school, it was mainly my parents, although I had personal goals of being a valedictorian. In college, it was more motivation to just finish my degree and be done with school.  - DG

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I always want to take an interest in my students so that they see I am invested in their success just as much as, if not more than, they are. I also want to try goal setting at the beginning of the year with my students, where they come up with goals for themselves. This is something that they can be held to and encouraged to achieve, and since they developed the goal it will feed more into the intrinsic motivation. - DG

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Fostering motivation for kids shouldn't be neglected. I think making content relevant is very important to motivating students. One question I always ask myself is, "Why is what I'm learning important? How is it going to help me? In college? In my career? In life?" And I think explaining this and discussing this with students can create motivation.

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I believe I was motivated by my desire to please my parents and teachers during primary and secondary school. My parents always had high expectations for my siblings and I and school was always considered the number one priority. - Julia Tsutsui

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I believe we can foster intrinsic motivation in our students by using language that encourages students to feel proud of their own effort. For example, "I can tell you worked very hard on that!" In addition, I think it is important to encourage our students to self-reflect on their work. For example, "Are you happy with the work you did?" It is important for students to know that their opinion of their work is just important (if not even more important) than our opinion of their work. - Julia Tsutsui

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My motivation was myself. I always like doing good and learning in school. I enjoyed working hard and I was always a teacher pleaser.
- karina Ramirez

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I feel like I can motivate students into learning by placing value in learning and tying learning to student interest. I feel like if students understand why they are learning something they would be into the learning. -karina ramirez

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In school I was self-motivated because I wanted to be considered "smart."
I aim to foster motivation for my students by helping them understand that there are many form of intelligence and many ways to communicate it. The goal is to get students to believe in their own type of intelligence, leverage it and also helps them to grow in other types of intelligence.
My goal is to set them up for intrinsic motivation so that they can look inward and know that they can accomplish anything with effort and authenticity.

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I was able to stay motivated throughout my primary school experience by extrinsic motivators (candy, toys, fun activities). When it comes to secondary education, I remember more intrinsic motivations (feeling good about doing a good job at something).

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I can foster students motivation in my teaching practice by explicitly teaching self-regulation skills. S.J.

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My personal motivation was my dad/family along with myself. I always was motivated by proving something or by doing something meaningful. So I think being able to promote motivation through meaningful practice is the best way because if it isn't relevant/important to you then there will be no will to incorporate motivation.

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I can foster motivation in my classroom by learning what my students have interest in, and making my teaching relevant to the students. -Autumn

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I was always motivated by being the best student in my friend group. That extrinsic motivation only lasted until I got to college and had to find another form of motivation. - Deonte P.

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My motivation to learn in school was based off of grades in the earlier years. Eventually through my last two years of public school, I was working towards my career goal. -Autumn

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In primary and secondary school not much motivated me other than the fear of my parents if I got bad grades (honest truth) However in college (when it came to classes directly related to teaching) I was motivated by my love of teacher and wanting to be the best teacher I could possibly be!

I want to foster motivation in my students by making their learning meaningful to them by utilizing their interests, their cultures etc

Devyn S

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My parents always emphasized the importance of learning, but later, I found out that I loved to learn myself. I really enjoyed ideas presented and knowing about new things.

To begin fostering motivation in students, I want to emphasize a growth mindset and mindful learning. Students will start reflecting on what is important for them and how they can what they learn.
-Mai Dia Vue

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I can foster motivation in my students by understanding what they like and who they are. In engaging to understand their interest I can connect to what motivates them. I am all about showing growth in my students and promoting rewards that will push them further.