Many educators wrestle with on how well students are motivate in the classroom. Most students are motivate to learn. Students have their own way of learning. I like how the two authors compared motivation as a gas tank and garden. The authors stated," the gas tank analogy compares motivation to the amount of potential energy or drive a student has." If a student does not have enough energy to work, then they less likely to be motivate to work. The only way a student or anyone else can work, they have enough energy. " In contrast, the motivation-as garden metaphor emphasizes the influence of the environment on a student's motivation. This point of view encourages teachers to concentrate on making elements of the classroom such as the curriculum,
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We can see something that teachers and students can tap into or reach the high level of engagement and achievement. We can also think about the way to formation of the teaching and learning activities in way that students can understand and relate to. This start with the teacher preparing a way to engaging students in learning. The two author identify four characteristics that can help students engage into learning. " Teachers must be watchful during an instructional activity so they see what they need to do to adjust their instruction to meet the student's needs, adaptable enough to make those changes along the way, reflective about their practice and open new ways of teaching, and modest enough to understand that there's always room for improvement"( Kevin Perks and Michael Middleton). These four characteristics are good ways and techniques to help entice students into learning. Also, these characteristics would be very beneficial toward teachers and students as well. We would think if the student have lack of engagement into learning activities, the student is not motivate. According to Perks and Middleton, "lack of student engagement in a given activity does not mean that students are not motivated, just that they are motivated to do something else at that
We can see something that teachers and students can tap into or reach the high level of engagement and achievement. We can also think about the way to formation of the teaching and learning activities in way that students can understand and relate to. This start with the teacher preparing a way to engaging students in learning. The two author identify four characteristics that can help students engage into learning. " Teachers must be watchful during an instructional activity so they see what they need to do to adjust their instruction to meet the student's needs, adaptable enough to make those changes along the way, reflective about their practice and open new ways of teaching, and modest enough to understand that there's always room for improvement"( Kevin Perks and Michael Middleton). These four characteristics are good ways and techniques to help entice students into learning. Also, these characteristics would be very beneficial toward teachers and students as well. We would think if the student have lack of engagement into learning activities, the student is not motivate. According to Perks and Middleton, "lack of student engagement in a given activity does not mean that students are not motivated, just that they are motivated to do something else at that