Motivating Your Students | Origin: ED102
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Student Retention Methods --> Motivating Your Students
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building honest relationships with students and showing you are human builds strong community in the classroom and helps to motivate student learners.
Motivating your students is a big part in their success moving forward.
You need to use reinforcement that motivates each learner when reinforcing student learners.
Having compassion for the subject you are teaching shows to the students they will be more engaged. Proper planning on the instructional side will help give clarity and will also assist on showing the students that you are dedicated and actually care about the information you are giving out.
Knowing what motivates each student is essential to their success in the program. As teachers we can help them by knowing them and what motivates them. We need to be excited about what we teach and show them how the material is relevant to their career and success.
It is important to be empathetic to your students and their needs. Understanding the students and relating to them the real life benefits of the content can help them stay focused on their motivating factor.
I will try and be enthusiastic
I've learned to know my students in order to motivate and instruct them in this module. I have also learned to use a positive approach and appreciate them as they achieve good work and ask for feedback when necessary.
Four cornerstones of instruction by instructors: Expertise, Empathy, Enthusiasm and clarity.
I like to motivate my students through action and success in hte lab setting. This is achieved by showing enthusiam to the student for getting a weld done correctly.
Students are excited when you acknowlege their contributions about their experiences.
The more prepared you are the easier it is to motivate the students and the more motivated they are the more they will learn.
As an instructor, it is important to show that you are enthusiastic about the subject you will be teaching.
Enagaging students is important in helping them understand and grasp the content. Create clear content that relates to life, that has meaning and is well planned.
Another importany nugget: Reinforce students in a way that motivates each individual learner, supports their learning and maintains class control.
Motivating students is important to student success as well as maintaining student retention.
This course has helped me to see craeting a class enviroment that crates opportunities for the student to take risk, and be a creative thinker is a important. I too must learn to present my instructive style in such a way that transcends the message.
Upon enrollment the student was motivated to seek higher learning. My position as the insturctor to to have devoloped ednough skill, knowledge, and empathy to put in my clearly defined curriculum to keep that spark and motivation! I will engage with students by learning their why and put that into my learning structure.
Motivation and caring for your students is extremely important. Showing enthusiasm when they have done a great job and empathy when they are having rough time. Sometimes just breaking it down to there level helps for the light bulb to go off upstairs. When they get it, you will see it immediately on there faces. So rewarding!
i share my personal experiences and successes with my students and encourage them to strive to be the best they can be and enjoy the ride.
