Motivation
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Motivation
I have looked at how to motivate learners. These are learner's behaviours, Maslow's Hierarchy Theory and Motivational Drivers. I have used the following websites for my information http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs , http://www.abraham-maslow.com/m_motivation/Theory_of_Human_Motivation.asp ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivation . All sources accessed on the 18th of March 2011.
We have looked at why learners may display signs of negative behaviour and lack of motivation during their program. This may be because they have problems at home or work or they may not have wanted to do the NVQ in the first place. We looked at ways to overcome this by setting some ground rules at the start of a program. This way you lay down the expected behaviour for the program and can overcome some of the issues from the start. You can do this in three different ways. The first is student led. This is where the students set the rules. The positive aspects of doing it this way is that they are more likely to 'buy into' the rules, take ownership of the rules and self manage the rules as they set them. The negative is that they could set the standards too low; they may be too soft and can be unrealistic for the program. The second is teacher led. The positive aspects of this are that the rules will be specific to the program; teacher takes control and can link the rules to the subjects in the program. The negative aspects can be that the students view the rules as too harsh, it may not be inclusive to all learning styles and the students may rebel against the rules. The third option is consultation led. This takes the best from both student and teacher led options and is like a negotiation between the student and the teacher. By agreeing the roles together it will become a 'contract' between the student and the teacher. Some situations or programs may require you to use just the teacher led option.
We also looked at Maslow's Hierarchy of...
I have looked at how to motivate learners. These are learner's behaviours, Maslow's Hierarchy Theory and Motivational Drivers. I have used the following websites for my information http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs , http://www.abraham-maslow.com/m_motivation/Theory_of_Human_Motivation.asp ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivation . All sources accessed on the 18th of March 2011.
We have looked at why learners may display signs of negative behaviour and lack of motivation during their program. This may be because they have problems at home or work or they may not have wanted to do the NVQ in the first place. We looked at ways to overcome this by setting some ground rules at the start of a program. This way you lay down the expected behaviour for the program and can overcome some of the issues from the start. You can do this in three different ways. The first is student led. This is where the students set the rules. The positive aspects of doing it this way is that they are more likely to 'buy into' the rules, take ownership of the rules and self manage the rules as they set them. The negative is that they could set the standards too low; they may be too soft and can be unrealistic for the program. The second is teacher led. The positive aspects of this are that the rules will be specific to the program; teacher takes control and can link the rules to the subjects in the program. The negative aspects can be that the students view the rules as too harsh, it may not be inclusive to all learning styles and the students may rebel against the rules. The third option is consultation led. This takes the best from both student and teacher led options and is like a negotiation between the student and the teacher. By agreeing the roles together it will become a 'contract' between the student and the teacher. Some situations or programs may require you to use just the teacher led option.
We also looked at Maslow's Hierarchy of...