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Teaching Guide: Facilitate Learning that Motivates Students

Inflexion February 9, 2021
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A female teachers and a diverse group of elementary students sit on desktops in a circle and laugh with each other.

Students work hardest for teachers they like and respect. When I’m asked, “How do I get the students to like and respect me?,” my immediate response is, “Like and respect them first.”

– Dr. Debbie Silver

INTRO

Train teachers to better understand and facilitate learning that motivates students. This teaching guide provides some strategies and key concepts connected to student motivation.

ACT skills and behaviors help students take ownership and successfully manage their learning. These skills include the ability to be self-directed, collaborate, set and meet goals, persist through challenges, learn to take notes effectively, and manage time well.

OBJECTIVES

  • Train teachers to better understand and facilitate learning that motivates students.

RESOURCE LINKS

ACTIVITY

  • Train teachers to better understand and facilitate learning that motivates students.

  • This teaching guide, by the Center for Teaching at Vanderbilt University, provides some strategies and key concepts connected to student motivation.

TIPS

  • Key Moves are efforts that require a bit of planning, but can be implemented within the next 3-6 months.
  • Like this activity? Check out Inflexion’s full-page ACT document for more ideas.
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