I love to see the learning procees working in others. Team groups allow discussion and problem solving with alternative outlooks for solutions.
Intristically, I have always taken pride in doing my job to the best of my ability. I was once a student at the shcool I am now teaching at and I remember some of my instructors making an impact on me professionally and personally. I want to be that same person for my students.
Extrinsically,Being an excellent instructor helps to secure my job, performance evaluations provide for pay raises. I try not to focus on those to much.
I have the privilege of teaching a clinical profession that I absolutely love! I also LOVE teaching, so I am motivated to educate students to be the strongest clinical professionals in the field. I am disappointed when I encounter someone in my profession that is weak or unprepared for exceptional clinical practice. I have many intrinsic motivators for effectiveness as an instructor, but this is likely the strongest. Externally, I would be devastated if a student came back to me after graduation and informed me that I did not prepare them for clinical practice. I love when students tell me that they're learning alot or that they feel that I have encouraged or enabled them to be successful in their practice.
Eric, one of the best posts I have seen and one every instructor should read. The days of standing in front of a classroom and lecturing need to be over and abolished. The role of the modern instructor is to be among the students and not in front of them. By fully engaging your students and properly preparing an actual lesson plan with intentional and strategic forethought you greatly increase your ability to achieve your desired learning outcomes. Keep up the great work.
James Jackson
Steven, student feedback is a great motivator for instructors. I also enjoy graduation ceremonies and watching my students receive their degrees and the joy among their family members.
James Jackson
Robin, in my experience the more students can be made to understand how the topics you teach impact their earning potential the more they become interested in the subject matter. This includes general education or career specific courses. Thanks for sharing.
James Jackson
Errol, students and parents can tell immediately which instructors care and which ones do not and it is obvious you are one that cares. Your natural love of your subject matter, your students and yourself as a professional can go a long way in achieving the desired learning outcomes. Thanks for sharing and keep up the great work.
James Jackson
Intrinsically my motivation comes from knowing that I'm delivering the required material, but I make sure that the way in which I deliver it shows the value of the material and how it relates to my students in real world applications.
Knowing I've taken bland words from books and slides and converted them to images and actions that will follow my students long after they leave my class is a very rewarding feeling.
Intrinsically I enjoy being an instructor and I get a great satisfaction out of helping my students achieve their goals. I get a great reward personally when I see the light turn on in one of my students who has been struggling with a certain subject matter that's going to mean a difference in his or her future. Having access to the latest and greatest technical information in my field of expertise is also a great personal motivator for me.
Extrinsically, I have been able to make a great living as an instructor while doing what really turns me on. Having a students tell me at the end of a the course material that they really enjoyed the class and I have made a difference in their lives and they have learned a great deal. Having their parents come up to me and tell me that their son or daughter has completly turned around really does go a long way in motivating me to keep on teaching.
feeling of changing others lives,and serving my socity in a best possible way gives me all sources of motivation to be the best for the best of my students.
Intrinsically I enjoy what I do and get great satisfaction out of helping students achieve their goals. Having access to the latest technical information of my field is a great motivator for me.
Extrinsically beyond being able to make a good living, having a student tell me at the end of a course that they really enjoyed the class and learned a great deal really does go a long way to motivate me to keep going.
The subjects we teach deals with the student’s future and how much money they could earn and how hard they would be working. So, by explaining the information and how it will make them better at diagnosing a problem with the customer’s vehicle and this will lead to an easier job and more money they are jumping at the ways they can move forward. During our hands-on labs besides doing the process of the labs we try to show them short cuts and how to think out what they need to do or not do and how that will allow them to understand the problem better. We ask the students to tell us how they think an easier way of doing the same job and discuss their input with them. At the end of the course we award a pin to the outstanding student which they can wear and show off on their shirt or ID badge. This also is listed on their information when graduation comes around.
Robin, what techniques do you use to get your students to me more involved in their own learning process? Thanks for anything you can share.
James Jackson
Rebecca, how do you differentiate between "not so motivated" and introverted students? For some they prefer to remain behind the scenes and take in information versus being out front and providing information. What techniques do you utilize to get your more introverted students to step forward and share their thoughts? Thanks for anything you can share.
James Jackson
A student htat is in involved in their learning process and is enjoying what they do allows me to be excited about their future in their profession as I know they will do well and I am doing less at working to get them to understand the subject.
I too have a passion for sharing my experiences with my students if those experiences can help a student to understand then I have accomplished my mission. In my case that information may save a life or prevent injury.
Since most of us have a deep passion for what we teach, I find myself getting deep into certain areas of subject matter that I will completely just switch gears and have a student read a portion of a chapter, a role play, etc. I pull my students into the lesson at hand. By the end of the first week, we definitely know who's Intrinsic and who's Extrinsic. Once I have that information, I will cater to those needs and develope the Extrinsics into Intrinsics.The rewards are still there for the Extrinsics, but i nstead of a verbal reward I will challange them even further and have them explain themselves and their rationale. Mitchell Becker
I admit to being competative, I like my students to understand the information, to be able to critically analyse the answers. so I ask a lot of questions to get the students ot interact and to find out what is on their minds. The Motivated students like to engage. I find the not so motivated students also benift from the discussions.
Sean, what actions do you take to ensure your instruction is meaningful to your students? How do you measure success and how often do you measure? Do you make any adjustments to your lesson plan after a measurement does not reach your intended goal? Thanks for anything you can share.
James Jackson
I want to know that my instruction in meaningful to and reaches all of my students.
Sean Taeschner
