Motivational Factors in the classroom part 2

As I have previously stated motivation is such an important part of a students learning. Implementing the developmental learning theory into the motivational aspect of learning is key as it gets students to create their own ideas about the topic at hand which creates a fascination within them. As we have discussed in class if you are about to teach students about something if you get up and give them a physical concrete representation of the material and ask them how they feel about what your doing or what they think is going to happen then this creates a motivation within them to learn, an internal motivator. This is also giving them an original standpoint, a visual, something to start with such as a base. Then once you start to challenge them more by thinking more abstractly they will continue to grasp more and more of the material and will want to apply it to more and more. Developing their learning using this theory means that the students are staying within their ZPD and are actively mentally engaged and thus motivated. Now, obviously there are going to be times when something will not be all that exciting to a student and therefore they will be more hesitant to learn but it is the job of teachers to make the material as interesting as it can be and to accommodate each student by addressing the information in a manner that best fits the students.

I know for me I love working in a group and I always have because I love to give my opinion and to hear others and hopefully build my knowledge from putting all our information together. I also think that when your in a group it motivates you to get the work done and to participate. I really do feel that by incorporating discussion into the classroom it really does allow for students to participate more and to really acquire a new or more advanced outlook on something after hearing others and after talking and others listening to you and building on your viewpoint. I think there are many advantages into incorporating both the DLT and SLT into your classroom and I think that by doing so you will ultimately be endorsing more internal motivation for students without them even realizing it.