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Motivation of Students

Students in this generation need to be highly motivated to go to school and learn. The motivation is either intrinsic, extrinsic or both.  Students go to school because of their need to learn or they are told to do so by the parents. However, there is a natural desire to know something and this is referred to as intrinsic motivation. I believe that this natural desire to explore should be facilitated with teachers' guidance and help. The intrinsic motivation alone has been the major factor in facilitating education in early days. However, in this century education, the contribution of the extrinsic factors is indispensable. Such as obtaining value for the subject they learn and the environment where they learn should be fulfilling. Joneses (p. 187) have defined motivation as the product of expectation, value and climate (M = E x V x C). They emphasized that students will not go to school to learn unless they (1) expect they can accomplish learning a subject (2) find value in the subject and (3) complete learning the subject in an environment supportive of their personal needs (Joneses, p.187). In my student teaching, after a few lectures on ecology, I asked my students if they want to become ecologists. There was only one  student who showed interest. But after we visted  a stream out in the field to  see the  interdependence of biotic and biotic factors  and  after  our discussion on the profession of an ecologist (what he would do) the number of interested students to be an ecologist increased to 3 (Please see video).

At this stage, I prefer to indicate some of the important needs of students that need to be approached to motivate them and learn effectively.

•   Freedom to interact with adults and the peers.
•   Need to be cared for by adults and friends.
•   Need to know everything (exploration and self definition).
•   Need for competency and achievement.
•   Need of physical activity.
•   Need to get attention (to be listened).
  

If these needs are fulfilled, it will be one means of facilitating classroom management for both the teacher and students. I believe that meeting the needs of my students and motivating them to learn is a very crucial part of my classroom management strategy.

References

1. Jones V. and Jones L. (2004). Comprehensive Classroom Management: Creating communities of support and solving problems. 7^th edition. Pearson education, Inc. Boston, USA. 450 pp.